Loving Fungi
Growing mushrooms made easy
We started by foraging in the coastal woods of Downeast Maine- where fog horns and clanging buoys can be heard from the chanterelle groves and hemlock reishi stands, and chaga tea with maple syrup is a winter staple.
Mushroom cultivation was the next logical step for us and we want it to be for you too...
Discover the mycological world as we did. North Spore is your access to the world of fungi. How will you choose to Spread the Spore?
The Black Trumpet Blog
A Mushroom Dish For Mushroom Haters
Finally, a mushroom recipe to silence the mushroom skeptics out there. This is for your relatives who only know rubbery grocery store criminis and portobellos and won't even touch a mushroom - cooked or uncooked. They've decided they're better off without mushrooms and this Thanksgiving, you're going to prove them wrong!
North Spore Goes South
... to South America that is. For the past several weeks I have been down in Ecuador helping set up a spawn lab for the Amazon Mycorenewal Project (AMP). This non-profit has set down roots in Lago Agrio, Ecuador in order to use mushrooms to bioremediate the large amount of petroleum polution...
What's Wild, Yellow, and Smells of Apricots?
Behold the chanterelle, golden and elegant. A mysterious fungus that sends mushroom hunters and slugs alike on a hunt through the duff of oak groves and hemlock stands, fending off mosquitos that hang and whine in the muggy July air. Culinarily, there is nothing quite like a freshly picked golden...