>>980546Morels are mushrooms in the vernacular sense, but technically in a different division (Ascomycota) than mushrooms (Basidiomycota). They are more closely related to common molds like Penicillium and fungi such as truffles than, for example, button mushrooms.
Spraying spores of Amanita muscaria probably won't yield much success, because they are mycorrhizal, i.e.: they form obligate symbiotic relationships with compatible host tree roots. Adding innoculum to your area can't hurt, but it may not be successful. Might as well just throw mushrooms in the area and hope for the best instead of spraying spores on the litter layer.
Morels are ecologically interesting, because as a whole they seem to be saprotrophic (decomposers) and mycorrhizal (tree root symbionts). This is why cultivation efforts have been hampered and finding them can be a bit of a crapshoot.
I used to sell wild mushrooms at a farmers market. I'd clean my haul and toss the bits in a forest beside my backyard - lobster mushrooms, several bolete species, morels., chanterelles, hedgehog mushrooms, Hericium, etc. I've since moved, but I always wondered if the diversity of edible fungi would increase markedly after a few years.
