Grow Mushrooms

Cultivation of Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms

Agar propagation techniques.

Mycelium culture techniques allow cultivators to grow mushroom mycelium on a variety of liquid mediums. The mycelium can then be used to colonize spawn much more quickly than with spores.

Amateur mycologists may want to try their hand at cultivating other species of psychoactive mushrooms than Psilocybe cubensis, as it's often easier than some might think.

Learn how to take a spore print and how to prepare a viable spore syringe.

Some ideas on how to make your own fruiting chamber.

Documents that describe techniques that either donīt work (reliably or at all) or are risky to perform. They are here for historical reasons mainly, use your head before using the directions contained within the following documents.

Something to do if you have already accomplished everything else.

Descriptions of various P. cubensis strains.

Everything about using grain in mushroom cultivation.

If you want to step up from cakes, these guides are for you.

If you are a newbie, this collection of techniques based on brown rice substrate "cakes" is for you.

A collection of frequently asked questions for those wanting to learn about growing mushrooms.

Casing is a process of applying a non-nutritious layer over the colonized substrate so that the mycelium has access to more moisture, thereby increasing the size and number of flushes.

If you want to grow somewhat larger amounts of tasty mushrooms ;) on straw, dung or compost, this is the right stuff for you.

Tips and teks to help improve your sterile culture technique.

Mushrooms require a high level of humidity to grow. These documents will explain how to achieve the necessary humidity level in your terrarium.