Mushroom Madness

All things mushroom from Grit in one place. Find your favorite fungi (and how to use it) here.

Growing Mushrooms

The ins and outs of growing mushrooms on your property.
Household Mushroom Cultivation: Try a multiplicity of methods for growing your own edible mushroom colonies.

Learn How to Grow Mushrooms Learn how to grow mushrooms for culinary and medicinal uses.

Growing Mushrooms We are learning to grow mushrooms at Sweet Summer Farm.

Where Do Truffles Grow? Learning how to grow truffles isn’t as difficult as you might think, but it sure does take a lot of patience — and a good dog.

In Episode 208 of Mother Earth News and Friends, we’re talking with Erin Hamilton of the Mushroom Conservatory all about how to cultivate mushrooms at home. In this special video podcast, learn about growing mushrooms in coffee grounds and in straw, explore the best grain for mushroom spawn, get a mushroom liquid culture recipe, and more. You can also get one of the best mushroom-growing kits for beginners from the Mushroom Conservatory and start your mushroom-growing journey today – we can’t recommend them enough!

Mushroom Foraging

Find edible mushrooms in the wild!

Fall Mushrooms: Safely Forage and Prepare : Most folks think of “shroomin” or hunting wild mushrooms in the spring, but fall mushrooms are often more plentiful and need less cleaning since many of them grow on trees and old wood instead of on the ground.

Wild Mushroom Identification: Learn wild mushroom identification for safe consumption to harvest exquisite edible wild mushrooms with caution.

Morel Mushroom Hunting Secrets: Discover morel mushroom hunting secrets to help you find the elusive morel mushroom — or grow your own morel mushrooms!

Chicken of the Woods Mushroom Identification: A great-tasting wild fungi awaits you in the woodlands, and chicken of the woods mushroom identification is easy to master.

Even Experts can be Fooled Hunting Wild Mushrooms: Joshua Young shares his fondness of foraging for morel mushrooms and the story of an expert who make mistakes when hunting wild mushrooms.

Free Food in the Winter Woods: Learn how you can forage a medley of plants and fungi from the winter woods, even during the bleakest months of the year.

Seek Chanterelles in Summertime: Morels aren’t the only treasure available to mushroom lovers! Expand your foraging to include chanterelles and savor their flavor in these recipes.

Seasonal Wild Edibles: A seasoned forager explores the connections between foraging traditions in two distinct places.

Morel Mushrooms Under Dead Elm Trees: Mom uses dead-elm theory for finding a springtime dinner table delicacy.