Mushroom Cultures

Contact me if you would like a liquid culture of one of my cultivated mushroom species. I may have agar plates, slants or spores that I can share. Oysters, Lion’s Mane, and King Stropharia are among the easier species.

Now is a great time to begin indoor preparations for a mushroom garden in the spring

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