Mushroom growing blog

Maitake: from dancing mushroom to grow kit, and...

A rosette of hundreds of ruffled fronds, sometimes weighing kilos, at the foot of an oak: hen of the woods is the most impressive mushroom you can grow in a...

Maitake: from dancing mushroom to grow kit, and...

A rosette of hundreds of ruffled fronds, sometimes weighing kilos, at the foot of an oak: hen of the woods is the most impressive mushroom you can grow in a...

Reishi: the lacquered mushroom you do not eat, ...

A reddish brown, glossy disc that looks varnished, and never goes in the pan. Reishi is the odd one out in our range and one of the most beautiful things...

Reishi: the lacquered mushroom you do not eat, ...

A reddish brown, glossy disc that looks varnished, and never goes in the pan. Reishi is the odd one out in our range and one of the most beautiful things...

Coral tooth: the coral of the forest, and how t...

Where lion's mane is a ball, its brother is a branching white coral with thousands of tiny spines. In the woods a rarity you leave standing, from a grow kit...

Coral tooth: the coral of the forest, and how t...

Where lion's mane is a ball, its brother is a branching white coral with thousands of tiny spines. In the woods a rarity you leave standing, from a grow kit...

The most expensive mushrooms in the world, and ...

The real top prices go to fungi that only grow wild, with a tree or a caterpillar as partner. But the list of expensive mushrooms includes three that simply come...

The most expensive mushrooms in the world, and ...

The real top prices go to fungi that only grow wild, with a tree or a caterpillar as partner. But the list of expensive mushrooms includes three that simply come...

Turkey tail: why this fungus is in Japanese hos...

The striped little fan on every dead log is a medicine in Japan and a tough, unremarkable fungus here. Both are true. A portrait with the facts in their place,...

Turkey tail: why this fungus is in Japanese hos...

The striped little fan on every dead log is a medicine in Japan and a tough, unremarkable fungus here. Both are true. A portrait with the facts in their place,...

Nameko, and why that slimy layer is exactly the...

Orange-brown caps with a glossy layer of slime: nameko wins no prizes with people who do not know it. In Japan it is a classic, and that layer is the...

Nameko, and why that slimy layer is exactly the...

Orange-brown caps with a glossy layer of slime: nameko wins no prizes with people who do not know it. In Japan it is a classic, and that layer is the...