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 […]
How to Make Mushroom Chocolate Bars
Mushroom chocolate is growing in popularity, and for good reasons! Mushroom chocolate tastes delicious, is super shelf stable, and is very easy to portion or dose anything else that’s inside, like your favorite mushrooms. If you use high-quality cacao in your chocolate, which we definitely recommend, you’re also getting health benefits from this wonderful plant. […]
The ULTIMATE Lemon Tek Guide
The ULTIMATE Lemon Tek Guide What is Lemon Tek, and why should you Lemon Tek mushrooms? Lemon Tek is a method of preparing magic mushrooms with something acidic, such as juice from lemons or limes, before consumption in order to produce desired effects. Common Effects of Using Lemon Tek with Shrooms: Reduces gastrointestinal issues Stronger […]
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 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 […]
10 Reasons Why Oyster Mushrooms Are Our Greatest Fungal Ally
You’re stranded on a deserted island and can only bring three mushrooms. Which do you choose? Admit it, a Psilocybe strain was the first to pop into your head! While that’s an obvious choice, those in the know will also have Oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus sp.) at the top of their list. For this ubiquitous mushroom, […]
Reishi Mushroom: Everything You Need to Know
Reishi is the common, nonscientific name used to describe multiple different species of a mushroom under the genus Ganoderma. The most famous species of Reishi mushroom is probably Ganoderma Lucidum, Ganoderma representing the mushroom’s genus and Lucidum representing the species.Scientific naming aside, Reishi is a hard, conky, wood/leather-like saprophytic mushroom that grows from dead tree […]
Medicinal Mushroom Supplements: A Deep Dive
Medicinal mushroom supplements aren’t cheap. So, when you go to a health food store or click “check out” on an online retailer’s website, you want to be confident your hard earned money is purchasing a product that’s going to provide the benefits you seek. Yet, as medicinal mushroom supplements explode into the multibillion dollar health […]
The 7 Best Mushrooms To Grow At Home
You’ve received your tutoring, purchased your equipment, and reviewed what mistakes to avoid. Now, you’re ready to put your preparation into action. But how do you select which mushrooms to grow at home? That depends entirely on what you want to achieve! Don’t fret, we at the Fungi Academy are here to offer some guidance. […]
