# Anyone grow mushrooms? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 22, 2012, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-grow-mushrooms/613634 "2012-02-22T16:51:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2012, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-grow-mushrooms/613634/1 "2012-02-22T16:51:17Z")
I recently became interested in growing mushrooms. So, I read a bunch of different books (including my old college Bio text) and then began setting up for a crack at it. So far, I just have mycellium, haven’t fruited anything. I’m building up my holdings as I await spring. Currently I have: [ul] [li]Blue Oyster. Heavily colonized quart jar that I am going to transfer to six new quart jars of Wild Bird Seed. I will eventually fruit in some laundry baskets (straw).[/li][li]Phoenix Oyster. Two heavily colonized quart jars that I am going to transfer to a dozen bird seed jars. Eventually will be fruiting this one in straw logs.[/li][li]Shaggy Mane (Coprinus spp). This one is lagging. My hope is to inoculate an outdoor composted manure pile.[/li][li]Shitake. Colonizing some half pint vermiculite and rice flour cakes. I have a shotgun fruiting chamber set up for these.[/li][/ul] Anyone else? Nonactive species only (per board rules)🆒 My gf is asking that I make an attempt at Morels. Everything I’ve read is discouraging me, but I guess I’ll give it a shot. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2012, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-grow-mushrooms/613634/2 "2012-02-22T18:39:58Z")
I have bought a couple mushroom blocks and grown my own shitake mushrooms and they turned out great. These guys have everything you need, from do-it-yourself kits for the hobbyist to spores and cultures for what it sounds like you wish to do. Fungi Perfecti, they have been around for over 30 years. > **[Fungi Perfecti | Home](https://fungi.com/)** > > Fungi Perfecti® is a family-owned, environmentally friendly company specializing in using mushrooms to improve the health of the planet and its people. Founded by mycologist and author Paul Stamets in 1980, we are leaders in a new wave of... ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2012, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-grow-mushrooms/613634/3 "2012-02-22T18:53:23Z")
Yep, Fungi Perfecti is a site I’ve looked at a good bit. It is Paul Stamets" site. I’ve read some of his writings. He is one of the “big guys” in mycology. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2012, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-grow-mushrooms/613634/4 "2012-02-22T18:56:27Z")
On face value, I should be an expert on such matters, but it is not so… ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2012, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-grow-mushrooms/613634/5 "2012-02-22T19:11:04Z")
^HAH!!