Montana Mushrooms

Happy New Year to  all of my fungal friends! It was a great year for mushrooms, and I am looking forward to another great year ahead. Here are some of the pictures from last year! Stayed tuned for exciting things to come thi year!

Happy New Year to  all of my fungal friends! It was a great year for mushrooms, and I am looking forward to another great year ahead. Along with wild mushrooms, last year was a great year for growing mushrooms! The oyster mushrooms proved to be aggressive and versatile again this year. We grew, harvested and [...]

Mushroom growers and farmers…now is probably our last chance to complete fall projects for spring flushes! I still have some plugs to put in logs and will get them completed soon. From what the mushroom growing literature says, October is the last month to inoculate outdoor projects in this area. I will make sure my [...]

When you find a good oyster mushroom source, you often find more than you can eat right away. Oysters don’t store or keep very long after picking, so you are better off to store some for those cold winter months. My favorite way to keep mushrooms around is to dry them. After eating my fill [...]

After successful harvest of oyster mushrooms grown on coffee grounds, the enjoyable job of  cooking and storing the harvest begins! The first thing to do was to eat them and see how they taste. Oysters change flavor a little when grown on different hosts, and I was curious how the coffee would affect it. The [...]