Montana Mushrooms

Checked on the “Oysters growing on cornstalks” project and was excited to see life! The project had survived being outside during this cold weather.The last time I posted pictures, the oysters were starting to grow(see other posts on oyster cultivation). Then in a couple weeks the fungus gnats found the fungus and it had to [...]

Article about Paul Stamets from the Montana Standard newspaper. The article is very good and touchs on the inspiration that Paul can create.   Can mushrooms save the world? Monday Musings By Roberta Stauffer, Standard opinion page editor – 03/16/2009                          Roberta Stauffer, Standard Opinion Page Editor   Paul Stamets speaks for the fungi [...]

“Mushrooms Demystified”, by David Arora is one of the best identification books for this area. This book has a thourough description of mushroom terms, features and families. There is even a section on Greek and Latin terms to make the scientific names more understandable. The bible of mushroom books, as it is known, is my [...]

Checked on my outside Oyster Mushroom Bed. As you can see it doesn’t look like much! This bed was “planted” last spring with a mixture of branches, apples and garden waste. It was then covered with leaves and spent most of the winter under a blanket of snow. I will be checking this regularly and [...]