Select a mushroom-growing kit or purchase spores. Kits are ideal for beginners as they contain everything you need, including a substrate (growing medium) inoculated with mushroom spores. Popular ...

If you've ever considered growing mushrooms from home, you likely know how difficult it can be to get started. The fact is, mushrooms require specific conditions to grow, and even the slightest ...

Kits that help people grow their own golden oyster mushrooms at home may be one reason this nonnative species is now ...

Need a winter gardening idea? Utah State University Extension recently published a comprehensive guide to help beginners learn to grow gourmet mushrooms. “A Beginner’s Guide to Growing Mushrooms at ...

Spawn plugs before and after the mushroom mycelium has grown on them. Learn how to make mushroom spawn at home on a mushroom grow log to kick-start your backyard permaculture forest. If you’re ...

Mushrooms are healthy, hearty ingredients that can be used for a variety of dishes, but some varieties can be relatively expensive or hard to find in stores. If you're a mushroom lover, you may wonder ...

Matthew McInnis loves mushrooms. He got into them as a teenager while working at a local restaurant on Mt. Desert Island off the coast of Maine. He remembers feeling particularly elated after foraging ...

For generations, many Filipinos believed that mushrooms sprout only after a thunderstorm. “Kapag kumulog, may kabute” (when it rains, expect mushrooms), our elders would say, a poetic observation of ...