Montana Mushrooms

Our budding mushroom farmer had success with his Shiitake grow kit!

Cathy Cripps is going to be on Montana Ag Live on  Sunday June 13. She is our local mushroom expert!

http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=8542

Sounds like the whole show is on mushrooms. She will probably be answering fungus questions!

There has been some good water for our fungal friends. Now all we need is some warmth. I am hoping the spring mushrooms will not forget to flush! Has anyone else had any luck?

Mushroom Season  has started and it is time to get out and look. Finally the weather has smiled on us. This long cool spring might make for a great season, and hopefully our patience will pay off. All that the rain promises….

Stay tuned for updates on the picking season!

Mushrooms are a great natural source of vitamin D. In Paul Stamets book “Mycelium Running”, he talks about the difference exposure to sunlight can have on the amount of vitamin D available. The level of vitamin D in shiitake mushrooms went from 110 IU  to 21,400 IU per 100g by drying outside in the sunlight, remarkable differences were found when they were placed gills up to dry in the sun. Mushrooms continue to fascinate me and can indeed help us heal!