Mushroom growing blog

Seventeen strains in the fridge: how a culture ...

A nursery is ultimately an archive. Seventeen documented strains, each with its own sheet of temperatures, speeds and preferences, decide what comes out of the wood at your place. This...

Seventeen strains in the fridge: how a culture ...

A nursery is ultimately an archive. Seventeen documented strains, each with its own sheet of temperatures, speeds and preferences, decide what comes out of the wood at your place. This...

The split gill: the toughest mushroom in Europe...

Small, hairy and so tough you cannot destroy it: the split gill is the most widespread mushroom in the world and one of the strangest in our range. An honest...

The split gill: the toughest mushroom in Europe...

Small, hairy and so tough you cannot destroy it: the split gill is the most widespread mushroom in the world and one of the strangest in our range. An honest...

Chicken of the woods: chicken from a tree, and ...

Orange as a traffic cone and with the bite of chicken breast: chicken of the woods is the showiest mushroom in our range and the only one that costs you...

Chicken of the woods: chicken from a tree, and ...

Orange as a traffic cone and with the bite of chicken breast: chicken of the woods is the showiest mushroom in our range and the only one that costs you...

What the Japanese have been doing differently i...

Every plug in our cold store descends from a Japanese idea from 1943. Growing shiitake on logs is a craft there, with its own words, its own stacks and its...

What the Japanese have been doing differently i...

Every plug in our cold store descends from a Japanese idea from 1943. Growing shiitake on logs is a craft there, with its own words, its own stacks and its...

Grey, pink, golden, phoenix, Indian or Black Pe...

Oyster mushroom is not a species but a family, and its members differ more than the name suggests. A comparison of the six we grow, so you pick the right...

Grey, pink, golden, phoenix, Indian or Black Pe...

Oyster mushroom is not a species but a family, and its members differ more than the name suggests. A comparison of the six we grow, so you pick the right...

Lion's mane as crab: three recipes that genuine...

The crab comparison is not marketing, it is what happens in a hot pan. Three ways to cook a lion's mane the way it deserves, plus the one step everyone...

Lion's mane as crab: three recipes that genuine...

The crab comparison is not marketing, it is what happens in a hot pan. Three ways to cook a lion's mane the way it deserves, plus the one step everyone...