Shiitake – (Lentinula edodes)
Shiitake – (Lentinula edodes) ABOUT • FEATURES • LOOK-ALIKES • PROFILE • NUTRITION • MEDICINE • PRODUCT COMPARISON • HELPFUL LINKS • RECIPE • MYCOREMEDIATION Shiitake mushrooms are among the …
Meet the Mushrooms
Pink Oyster – (Pleurotus djamor)
Pink Oyster – (Pleurotus djamor) ABOUT • FEATURES • LOOK-ALIKES • PROFILE • NUTRITION • MEDICINE • GROWING INSTRUCTIONS • HELPFUL LINKS • RECIPE • MYCOREMEDIATION This mushroom is a …
Wood Ear – (Auricularia spp.)
Wood ears are classified as jelly fungi, and are essentially flavorless but used for their blood thinning properties and their crunchy seaweed salad like texture. Wood ears have the ability …
Cauliflower – (Sparassis spp.)
Cauliflower mushrooms are unusual looking fungi that create wavy, brain coral like structures that are typically found at the base of dying or injured conifers. They are smooth and most …
Laughing Gym – (Gymnopilus validipes)
A large, lemon-yellow mushroom that forms huge dense clusters with very large caps, this mushroom contains kava kava like molecules that can ease your inhibition to the point of slight …
Bricktop – (Hypholoma sublateritium)
An edible species related to the poisonous Sulphur Tuft (Hypholoma fasciculare), this mushroom is very aggressive and prolific, sometimes evicting other mushrooms out of their patches to set up camp. …
Chestnut – (Pholiota adiposa)
A cousin of the slimy Nameko (Pholiota nameko) this wonderful clustering, wood loving mushroom forms dense clusters of beautiful, dark orange gilled mushrooms with a slightly shaggy cap, without the …
Turkey Tail – (Trametes versicolor)
Turkey Tail mushrooms contain various pigments, including phenols, which give them a range of colors, from browns to deep blues, blacks, and grays. These pigments protect the mushroom from UV …
Tiger Sawgill – (Lentinus tigrinus)
A crunchy, nutty native relative to the US and with global distribution, this is a cousin to the widely cultivated Shiitake. it is currently being researched for it’s ease of …
Shaggy Mane – (Coprinus comatus)
Shaggy Manes are super easy to identify for beginners, and are typically harvested in the morning, since they literally “melt’ by midday. Shaggies prefer composted livestock manure but can also …
Brown Shimeji – (Hypsizygus tessulatus)
Brown Shimeji, with its beautiful watermarked cap, almost cracked or marbled appearance like a tortoise shell, is a crunchy and sweet mushroom that is wonderful sautéed with onions and draped …
Reishi “HEMLOCK” – (Ganoderma tsugae)
Also known as the “Mushroom of Immortality” or Ling-Chi, there are a few species of Reishi mushrooms native to temperate climates, and this is the prettiest we have found. This …