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. […]
Best Mushroom Spores [2025] | Best Places to Buy Mushroom Spores Online
More and more people all over the world are learning how to grow mushrooms at home with our online mushroom cultivation course. After years of honing our practices, we want to pass on the places we personally trust to buy mushroom spores and cultures — saving you time, money, and frustration! Not all spore vendors […]
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 […]
5 Ways Mushroom Mycelium Will Change the World
Imagine sitting down to a delicious meal with bacon made from mushroom mycelium in your mycelium insulated home. There’s a knock at your door – a delivery man with your latest online purchase. You hastily remove the mushroom mycelium packaging to find your favorite new mycelium leather shoes. To show off your new regenerative kicks […]
How to Grow Reishi Mushrooms
Welcome to Part IV 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 gave it our best for the Chestnut mushroom. This week, we wanted to take a gaze at Reishi (Ganoderma spp.), the Mushroom of […]
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 […]
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 […]
Mushroom Liquid Cultures: How, Why and Where to Buy
When it comes to home scale mushroom cultivation, we at the Fungi Academy believe in the power of mushroom liquid cultures! Why? They’re easy and cheap to make, extremely scalable, colonize grains far quicker than agar cultures and can be used to make endless more liquid cultures or to inoculate grains in non-sterile environments. Compared […]
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 […]
