As an avid gardener and (very) amateur cook, learning how to grow edible mushrooms at home seemed like a no-brainer. Little did I know how little I knew. I ordered fungi guru Paul Stamets’ definitive ...

My late Uncle Pepe was an avid mushroom hunter, rising early on late-summer Saturdays, field guide in hand, to head to a local New York City park for his weekly forage. Upon his return, my Aunt Jenny ...

HOWELL — Over the last decade, Erin Hamilton discovered a passion for fungi, especially oyster mushrooms, and now she's teaching people how to grow them. Hamilton is conducting a six-week interactive ...

Select a mushroom-growing kit or purchase spores. Kits are ideal for beginners as they contain everything you need, including a substrate (growing medium) inoculated with mushroom spores. Popular ...

The button, cremini or portobello mushrooms you find at the grocery store are the most commonly cultivated mushrooms in the United States. They’re easy to grow in large quantities and sturdy enough to ...

Cater to Pollinators The butterflies, bees, and fireflies need your help! Get tips on pollinator garden planting, community resources, and more in this crash course in DIY pollinator… It’s never been ...

Fresh-picked mushrooms add so much flavor to pizza, pasta, and more. Plus, they're easy to grow indoors. Reviewed by Sylvia Duax It’s easy to grow mushrooms at home, especially since they can grow on ...

Golden oyster mushrooms, with their sunny yellow caps and nutty flavor, have become wildly popular for being healthy, delicious and easy to grow at home from mushroom kits. But this food craze has ...