Montana Mushrooms

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, [...]

Finally made my way to Hill Botanical. I had heard about Kris Hill’s little herb shop for some time now, but had not made it there to actually check it out. I expected to find the herb selection that I saw, but was not prepared for the mushrooms and mushroom products she had in stock. [...]

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 [...]

From an article at Chelsea Green; http://www.chelseagreen.com The following is an excerpt from Fresh Food from Small Spaces:The Square-Inch Gardener’s Guide to Year-Round Growing, Fermenting, and Sprouting by R. J. Ruppenthal. It has been adapted for the web. Preview the book here. Some of the most expensive and delicious gourmet mushrooms on the market are [...]