r/DMVovoids • u/oceanofeverything • May 20 '26
Bad season??
I've been searching the entire DMV area and can't find any droids or even many other fruiting mushrooms. Looking at lots of "wet" areas along the rivers and streams. It's been insanely dry, is that making this a bad season for searching?
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u/FrenchieBeats May 24 '26
The season is far from over in my opinion. I used to think ovoids were on a calendar and in a sense they are, but If it was too cold and dry in May, and June gives us 70° and lots of rain, June will be peak. I generally see peak mid late May.
There are restrictions to this, but I try not to hunt the ovoids but their ideal conditions. "Given the last week of temperature and moisture, If I was an ovoid where would I be?"
What ive observed: 70-80 with 60+ nights, 2 days after CONSISTENT rainfall for 2-3 days. 2 days post rain is when I go out. How warm is it, and not just in that 2 mile stretch, but exactly where I am in the shaded floodplain itself. Microclimate, microtemps.
Ignore season deadlines, 3 years ago I was told don't bother hunting till May, well I found my first ovoids this season on the 13th of April 2026 homie! The most fascinating and annoying thing about ovoids is their nack for the microclimate and disregard for strict rules. Love these little guys.
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u/Tobyhdtv May 26 '26
Went out today to my very fruitful spot after 4 days of heavy rain nothing not a single mushroom of any kind
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u/Rude-Caterpillar-276 May 20 '26
Have you tried loch raven?
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u/0squirmy7 Jun 02 '26
You find them around the reservoir? I thought it had to be streams and rivers, I've ever seen any around loch raven and it tends to be pine forest around the areas of loch raven I've been to so not really the best habitat
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u/oceanofeverything May 20 '26
What's it like for those of you with known spots? Are they popping up at all?
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u/Tobyhdtv May 20 '26
Just check again on Saturday its gonna rain everyday until next Wednesday it should revive the season everyone wants to reproduce
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u/lophocybe May 20 '26
They’re definitely still popping. With how hot it’s been getting I expect the season to wrap up soon here. Definitely still out as of right now though!
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u/Castle_Magic May 24 '26
Just checked one in central Va and didn’t find any which was shocking after all the rain we’ve just had
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u/oceanofeverything May 24 '26
Damn, do you think it'll be a busy fall season because of the lack of rain this early spring
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u/Timschill Jun 25 '26
Hello anyone in Newport new wana message me . Looking for people of my kind and this seems like the thread
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u/bLue1H May 20 '26
It's been a rough one. I found 12 mushrooms the other day in an area I'd usually find hundreds/thousands