Hands-On Mushroom Cultivation Courses Around the World (2026 Directory)
A region-by-region directory of hands-on mushroom cultivation courses and workshops worldwide — from Kenya to Tasmania to Lake Atitlán.
Turkey Tail Mushroom: Everything You Need to Know
Turkey tail is one of the most common — and most researched — medicinal mushrooms on Earth. Here’s how to identify, use, and grow it, in Jasper’s plain-language guide.
Mushroom Substrate: A Beginner’s Guide to Bulk Substrate
A substrate is the material your mushrooms fruit from — and matching it to your species is half the battle. Here’s the beginner’s guide to mushroom substrate, in Jasper’s plain language.
How to Build a Monotub: A Beginner’s Fruiting Chamber Guide
A monotub is the cheapest, most popular way for beginners to fruit a big flush of mushrooms. Here’s how to build and run one, in Jasper’s plain-language guide.
Working With Agar: A Beginner’s Guide for Mushroom Cultivation
Agar is the cleanest tool in mushroom cultivation — the place you purify, clone, and isolate your cultures. Here’s how to pour plates and work with agar, in Jasper’s plain-language guide.
How to Make Grain Spawn: A Beginner’s Guide
Grain spawn is the bridge between a fragile culture and a full mushroom crop. Here’s how to make it — hydrating, sterilising, inoculating, and colonising — in Jasper’s plain-language guide.
Best Resources to Grow Magic Mushrooms: 14 Books, Courses & Tools
The best resources for learning to grow magic mushrooms — free forums, classic books, and online courses. 14 vetted picks plus a step-by-step guide, from Fungi Academy.
How to Grow Magic Mushrooms: Step-by-Step Beginner’s Guide (2026)
A clear, step-by-step guide to growing magic mushrooms at home — the six stages from spore to harvest, what you need, common mistakes, and how long it takes. From Fungi Academy.
Mushroom Liquid Cultures: The Ultimate Guide
Quick answer: A mushroom liquid culture is living mycelium suspended in lightly sweetened sterile water — a common recipe is 500ml of non-chlorinated water to 10g of honey or light malt extract. It colonises grain far faster than spores or agar, can be expanded almost endlessly, and once it’s clean it lets you inoculate grain […]
How to Grow Lion’s Mane Mushrooms
Quick answer: To grow lion’s mane mushrooms, start with a clean culture (clone a store-bought fruit body or buy one), expand it on agar, make grain spawn, then mix the spawn into a supplemented hardwood substrate like Master Mix (20% hardwood fuel pellets, 20% soybean hulls, 60% water). Incubate around 70–75°F (21–24°C) and move bags […]
