The gray, gnarly-looking mushrooms lurking in the last row of the salad bar have never been that appetizing to me. In fact, I avoid them at all costs. So, when I decided to test at-home mushroom ...

A mushroom log-inoculation workshop this month will offer participants the opportunity to learn how to grow mushrooms using proven methods. The outdoor workshop at Trout Lily Deli and Market in ...

A FUNGUS AMONG US: Businesses like Chris Parker's Mushroom Central in West Asheville are making edible mushroom cultivation accessible to amateur do-it-yourselfers. Drive through any Asheville ...

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 ...

David Kuchta, Ph.D. has 10 years of experience in gardening and has read widely in environmental history and the energy transition. An environmental activist since the 1970s, he is also a historian, ...

Southern Tier farmers and woodlot owners are being encouraged to develop mushroom operations. Shiitake growers with at least 200 logs in production has grown 25 percent in the last 10 years. Each log ...

CHATFIELD, Minn. — The humidity level wasn't high enough inside the historic Jordan Town Hall in Chatfield on a recent Sunday to grow mushrooms in. Luckily, the group of about a dozen people who ...

In the first few days after you open the package, mycelium creates a dense spiderweb beneath the clear plastic. Soon, fungus foams out, morphing into lumpy white orbs. Once they're shaggy and softball ...

MONTGOMERY CITY, Mo. - Fred Fry grows mushrooms in his wine cellar. They look like miniature umbrellas hooked onto a row of logs propped along the walls. When they're harvested, Fry said, they'll ...