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Telluride: Colorado's Famous Mushroom Festival
Every August, the five-day Telluride Mushroom Festival in Colorado celebrates fungi with scientific talks, guided forays, workshops, cooking demos, and art exhibits, featuring experts and chefs, and highlighting fungi's ecological, culinary, and social significance.
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Mycelium vs. Fruiting Body: Which Medicinal Mushroom Supplements are Best?
A debate is brewing around medicinal mushroom supplements. Mushroom mycelium and mushroom fruit body extracts are all the rage, but are they equally medicinal?
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How to Find, Grow, and Use Turkey Tail Mushrooms
Learn how to identify, find, grow, and benefit from the medicinal qualities of turkey tail mushrooms. This is a well-known fungus that has been used as a medicine for thousands of years in Asian countries and in indigenous populations.
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4 of the Best Mushroom BBQ Recipes for Summer
We've gathered 4 of our favorite vegetarian mushroom recipes that are perfect for summer. Impress your friends and family with the best healthy meat alternative available: homegrown and foraged mushrooms!
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Mediterranean Pink Oyster Mushroom Fish(less) Sandwich by Turnip Vegan
Our friend Turnip Vegan shares with us his delicious Mediterranean Pink Oyster Mushroom Fish(Less) Sandwich recipe: a vegan twist on a classic fish sandwich with homegrown pink oyster mushrooms.
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How to Grow, Find, and Use Lion's Mane Mushrooms
Here we dive into our favorite culinary medicinal mushroom: lion's mane! We share tips on how to forage, grow, and cook lion's mane as well as cover some of the fascinating health benefits currently being researched.
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How to Cook Blue Oyster Mushrooms (the Right Way)
Here's a super simple and delicious way to cook your homegrown, foraged, or store bought blue oyster mushrooms to make the most of their flavor and texture. This recipe is sure to change the mind of any mushroom hater!
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How to Grow, Find, and Use Reishi Mushrooms
Learn how to grow and use Reishi mushrooms with our comprehensive guide. Discover the best substrates, temperature, and harvesting tips for Reishi cultivation, as well as the potential medicinal benefits for overall wellness.
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4 Easy Ways to Preserve Mushrooms
Here we discuss a number of simple preservation techniques for keeping mushrooms edible for the long term, covering best practices and simple recipes to enjoy the fruits of your labor for longer while expanding your culinary opportunities throughout the year.
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Mycophobia: The Fear of Mushrooms Reinterpreted
By questioning deep-seated biases and embracing fungi's ecological and medicinal benefits, we can transform our relationship with these complex organisms. Join us in re-evaluating mycophobia and discovering the profound connections between fungi and our environment.
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Turnip Vegan's BBQ Pink Oyster Mushroom & Jackfruit Ribs
Our friend Turnip Vegan has spent several years trying to perfect vegan BBQ ribs, and here is his best attempt yet. He grew these pink oyster mushrooms in a bucket behind his couch!
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Sawdust vs. Grain: Which Mushroom Spawn is Best?
Here, we'll discuss the differences between sawdust, grain, and plug spawn for mushroom cultivation and outline how to choose the best option for your project.
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5 of the Best Mushrooms to Grow on Logs
We outline 5 of the best mushrooms to grow on logs, including their preferred method of cultivation, substrate, flavor profile and interesting facts about each species
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Cooking Mushrooms & Fish with Hank Shaw
Let's dive in to the world of fish and fungi with our friend and wild foods expert Hank Shaw. In this interview, he shares with us some recipes for pairing your foraged mushrooms and wild-caught seafood that are exceptionally proficient and flavorful.
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Turnip Vegan's Golden Oyster Mushroom Jerk Fajitas Recipe
Turnip Vegan grew his own oyster mushrooms at home in buckets to use for this jerk fajita recipe. You can use the bucket method or grow your own mushrooms at home in indoor grow kits or outside on logs or in garden beds!
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How to Find, Grow, and Cook Morel Mushrooms
Not many mushrooms inspire the sort of fervor that morels do. Perhaps it's precisely because of their elusive nature that they're so prized. Let's take a closer look at the features of this shroom that make us swoon and how to grow them.
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Mushroom Pizza Recipe by Spore to Fork
Elevate your family's pizza night with Spore to Fork's mushroom pizza recipe featuring homegrown oyster mushrooms! This is a simple and delicious way add flavor and nutrients to your family's favorite foods.
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5 Mushrooms to Grow in Outdoor Beds | Mushroom Garden Ideas
Wine cap, oyster, blewit, almond agaricus, and nameko mushrooms are 5 mushrooms you can grow in beds in your yard or garden this year, diversifying your ecosystem, improving the health of your soil, and expanding your home menu!
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