Information About Mushrooms

Mushrooms may not be for everyone, but for those that love these fungi, learning more about how to grow mushrooms may be necessary. The following article can help with that, providing tips on mushroom care and information on various types of mushroom you can grow at home or in the garden. You’ll even learn how to harvest mushroom for eating or using the spores to create mushroom spore prints. So keep on reading!

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Make Your Own Mushroom Coffee From Homegrown Fungi

By Laura Miller

What is mushroom coffee? Can you make your own mushroom coffee at home? Click here to learn more.

Growing Mushrooms In Coffee Grounds At Home

By Bonnie L. Grant, Certified Urban Agriculturist

Learn how re-using coffee grounds for mushroom substrate is great for the mushrooms and good for the planet.

How To Grow Morel Mushrooms: Growing Morel Mushrooms At Home

By Bonnie L. Grant, Certified Urban Agriculturist

Morel mushroom growing conditions are difficult to pinpoint. Some expert tips are necessary on how to grow morel mushrooms.

Home Canning Mushrooms – Tips For Storing Mushrooms In Jars

By Laura Miller

Are you contemplating home canning mushrooms, but are nervous about safety? Click here to explore how to can mushrooms safely.

Enoki Mushroom Info – Tips For Growing Enoki Mushrooms Yourself

By Bonnie L. Grant, Certified Urban Agriculturist

Enoki mushrooms are very delicate fungi in an almost filament form. They are often the only mushrooms available in winter. If you like eating enoki mushrooms, you might try growing them yourself. Learn more about enoki mushrooms and how to grow them here.

Growing Mushrooms At Home: How To Make A Mushroom Fruiting Chamber

By Amy Grant

Setting up a mushroom fruiting chamber is really the only difficult thing about growing mushrooms at home, and even then, a DIY mushroom house doesn’t have to be complex. To learn how to make your own mushroom fruiting chamber, click the following article.

Propagating Store Bought Mushrooms: How To Grow Mushrooms From Ends

By Bonnie L. Grant, Certified Urban Agriculturist

Propagating store bought mushrooms from the ends just requires a good fruiting medium, moisture and the proper growing environment. Click on this article to learn how to grow mushrooms from ends.

Care Of Button Mushrooms: Learn About Growing White Button Mushrooms

By Liz Baessler

Growing white button mushrooms is easy. Learn more about how to grow white button mushrooms and some white button mushroom information in this article. Click here to get started and you'll be on your way to harvesting your own in no time.

Mushroom Harvesting: How To Harvest Mushrooms At Home

By Amy Grant

Growing your own mushrooms at home is easy if you purchase a complete kit or spawn and then inoculate your own substrate. However you start them, the question of when to harvest the mushrooms will inevitably come to pass. Learn more here.

Caring For Wine Caps – Tips On Growing Wine Cap Mushrooms

By Liz Baessler

Growing wine cap mushrooms is very easy and rewarding, as long as you provide them with the right conditions. Learn more about how to grow wine cap mushrooms and wine cap mushroom cultivation in the following article.

Portabella Mushroom Info: Can I Grow Portabella Mushrooms

By Amy Grant

Portabella mushrooms are delicious large mushrooms especially succulent when grilled. This romance with mushrooms led me to thinking ?can I grow portabella mushrooms?? Read on to learn how to grow portabella mushrooms and other portabella mushroom info.

Oyster Mushroom Care – How To Grow Oyster Mushrooms At Home

By Liz Baessler

Mushroom growing is a great way to put a dark corner to work producing nutritious, protein-rich food. Learn more about how to grow oyster mushrooms at home in this article so you can enjoy a fresh ingredient for your cooking year-round.

Shiitake Mushroom Growing: Learn How To Grow Shiitake Mushrooms

By Amy Grant

The cost of a pound of shiitakes is generally much more than common button mushrooms, which may make you wonder about shiitake mushrooms growing. Click this article to find out how to grow shiitake mushrooms at home.

Making A Spore Print: How To Harvest Mushroom Spores

By Amy Grant

The most common method for harvesting spores from mushrooms is the making of a spore print. What the heck is a spore print, you ask? Read this article to find out, and learn how to harvest mushroom spores.

Learn How To Grow Mushrooms

By Heather Rhoades

Many gardeners wonder if it is possible to grow mushrooms at home. These curious but tasty fungi are typically grown indoors rather than in the garden. Read here to learn how to grow mushrooms.

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