Growing Manual Resources

Instructions for mushroom kits, cultivating outdoors and other fun projects! Download and print.

Getting Started

• Conditions of Sale
  • Blog: What Should I Grow My Mushrooms On?
• Log Mushroom Cultivation Troubleshooting Guide: 20 Most Commonly Asked Questions About Cultivating Mushrooms on Logs

Websites to Explore

• iNaturalist
• NAMA
• Find your local mushroom club or mycological society

Helpful Books

• The Essential Guide To Cultivating Mushrooms

Cultivating Mushrooms Outdoors

• Almond Portabella Cultivation
• Growing Mushrooms on Stumps
• Growing Mushrooms on Logs
  • Blog: Growing Shiitake on Logs
• Outdoor Covered Log Bed Method
• Paddy Straw Fungi Cultivation
  • Blog: How to Grow Paddy Straw Mushrooms: Volvariella volvacea
• Wood Chip and Compost Cultivation
  • Blog: Growing Blewit Mushrooms In Your Garden or on your Patio
  • Blog: How to Grow the Wine Cap Mushroom
• Outdoor Morel Cultivation 1 | Outdoor Morel Cultivation 2 – Experimental
  • Blog: Growing Calocybe indica, the Giant Milky

Indoor Mushroom Cultivation and Fruiting Kits

• Cultivating Woodland Mushrooms In Pots
• Cultivating Oyster Mushrooms
  • Blog: How to Cultivate Oyster Mushrooms with Recipe
• Lion’s Mane Fruiting Kit
• Oyster Mushroom Fruiting Kit
• Reishi Mushroom Fruiting Kit
• Shiitake Fruiting Kit
• White Button Mushroom Fruiting Kit
• Portabella Mushroom Fruiting Kit
• Oyster Mushroom Coffee Cultivator
• Blog: Fruiting Mushrooms in Your Kitchen the Easy Way. Focus on Oyster, Shiitake, Lion’s Mane, Reishi, White Button, Portabello
• Fruiting Maitake on Sawdust

Other Fun Projects

• Easy Christmas Tree Recycler
• Recycling Using Mushrooms
• Using Mycorrhizae in Your Garden
  • Blog: Using Mycorrhizae in Your Garden
• Dried Mushrooms