How to Make a Still Air Box: The Complete Guide
How to Make a Still Air Box: The Ultimate Guide Updated May 2025 The start of many people’s mushroom cultivation journey begins with a DIY Still Air Box, and there are many reasons for that! For one, mycology is oftentimes a passion project or hobby that attracts people with a bare-bones budget and a do-it-yourself attitude. […]
Soxhlet Extractor: Old Equipment, New Technique
Over the past few years a little known extraction apparatus invented in 1879 known as a Soxhlet extractor has taken the medicinal mushroom extract industry by storm. But what is this fancy looking piece of glass, how does it work and why are people so excited about its application to medicinal—and psychedelic—mushroom extraction? Enter Sam […]
How to Grow Chestnut Mushrooms
Welcome to Part III of our “How to Grow” series, where we dive into the details of cultivating mushroom species from a petri dish to the mushroom fruit body. Last week, we dove to oceanic depths to talk about Oyster mushrooms. This week, we’re roasting Chestnut mushrooms over an open fire. So, grab your fire […]
How to Grow Oyster Mushrooms
Welcome to Part II of our “How to Grow” series, where we dive into the details of cultivating mushroom species from a petri dish to the mushroom fruit body. Last week we looked at Lion’s Mane. This week, we wanted to zoom in on what we at the Fungi Academy like to call the Swiss […]
Mushrooms and Permaculture: A Perfect Marriage, Pt. I
I hope you’re hungry because we’re about to serve up a hope sandwich to humanity! The two main ingredients in today’s dish? Mushrooms and Permaculture, a mouth watering combination full of tasty tangible solutions to satisfy many of humanity’s greatest hungers…we mean challenges. So get ready to mow down as we outline the ethos of […]
How to Grow Lion’s Mane Mushrooms
Welcome to Part I of our “How to Grow” series, where we get into the nitty gritty specifics of cultivating mushroom species from a petri dish to the mushroom fruitbody. For our inaugural installment, we figured we’d zoom in on a shining star in the recent medicinal and gourmet mushroom wave sweeping across the western […]
Grow Magic Mushrooms at Home with the Hoodie Tek
There’s a new mushroom cultivation technique in town that’s simple, discreet, scalable, can fruit almost any mushroom species, requires practically no maintenance until harvest, and is helping people grow magic mushrooms at home with minimal time, effort or prior experience. Meet the Hoodie Tek, a game changer for people looking to grow magic mushrooms at […]
Could the Bee Man Shaman Be More Than We Thought? An Ethnomycology Investigation
Thanks to our ancestors, we know which mushrooms to eat, which to avoid, and which to respect for their mind-altering powers. Yet aside from gastrointestinal and psychological considerations, mushrooms have for centuries been used by our ancestors for countless other purposes like medicine, instruments, toys, ornaments, sacred symbols of protection and power, spiritual guides, tinder, and dyes. How do we […]
5 Must-Read Mushroom Books
5 Must-Read Mushroom Books Are you ready to inoculate yourself with mushroom wisdom but don’t know which mushroom books to start with? Or maybe you’re already well versed in mycology but are want to expand your knowledge. Either way, you’ve come to the right place! As a loud-and-proud bookworm and nerd, the library at Fungi Academy […]
Mushroom Contamination: How to Spot and What to Do
Mushroom Contamination: How to Spot and What to Do In the world of mushroom cultivation, contamination is as inevitable as death and taxes. That’s why a solid understanding and consistent practice of the fundamentals of sterile technique is so important. Yet even with a flawless workflow, contamination will at some point find its way into […]
