Finding the perfect gift for an experienced mushroom grower can be a challenge, but this list has you covered with high-quality, innovative tools and setups that make growing easier, more efficient, and more enjoyable. From automated grow tents that streamline environmental control to portable lab kits that ensure pristine growing conditions, these gift ideas are sure to impress. Whether they’re growing for fun, science, or food, these thoughtful gifts will support and elevate their passion for mycology, helping them cultivate healthy, abundant mushrooms all year round.
1. Automated BoomRoom II Martha Mushroom Grow Tent
The BoomRoom II Automated Martha Tent is the ultimate high-tech mushroom fruiting chamber for the serious grower. This spacious, durable setup offers precise control over humidity, CO₂, and airflow, boosting yields up to 9x over standard methods. Designed to fit trays, jars, fruiting blocks, and more, it works in nearly any indoor space and includes an efficient fresh-air fan and ultra-fine misting system. Built from reinforced vinyl with a waterproof floor, it’s engineered for top performance, with external controls and convenient loops for hanging tools exactly where they're needed! Check out this video to learn more.
2. Automated Boomr Bin Mushroom Monotub Grow Kit
This Boomr Bin offers hands-off automation in a compact setup, ideal for maximizing mushroom yield and quality. This self-contained kit includes everything needed for optimal control over humidity, CO₂, fresh air, and filtration, making it easy to grow any mushroom species. Durable and convenient, it features a stackable design, easy-grip latches, and a light-blocking base to prevent side pinning. With automated airflow and humidity systems, the Boomr Bin ensures healthy, high-yielding mushrooms in a streamlined, low-profile unit! Check out this video to learn more.
3. Liquid Culture Kit Bundle
Boost mushroom-growing potential with our Liquid Culture Kit bundle, combining our best-selling sterilized grain bags with a syringe multiplier kit, allowing your loved one to turn a single spore or culture syringe into 30, saving both time and money. The nutrient-rich expander broth fosters rapid spore germination and mycelial growth, creating a vibrant liquid culture within 7-14 days. This versatile liquid culture can be stored for up to four months and used to inoculate sterile substrates like grain bags, jars, and all-in-one grow bags. Each kit includes two sterilized grain bags, a 300ml jar with injection port, syringe, needle, and other essentials for successful inoculation projects! Check out this video to learn more.
4. NocBox Still Air Box Mycology Lab Set
The NocBox Mycology Lab Set is a portable, comprehensive workspace ideal for mushroom growers, citizen scientists, and mycologists. This kit includes a spacious NocBox still air box to minimize contamination, a 7-piece stainless steel tool set with essentials for cloning, culturing, and lab work, a box of durable nitrile gloves, and alcohol prep pads for convenient sterilization. With restricted airflow to reduce exposure to spores and bacteria, it’s perfect for projects from grain bag inoculation to spawning monotubs. Designed for precision and portability, the NocBox creates a clean, effective workspace anywhere. Check out this video to learn more. Note: Avoid open flames in the still air box for safety.
5. BlocksBox Mushroom Fruiting Block Subscription
Looking for a gift that keeps giving all year-round? The BlocksBox is a monthly or bi-monthly mushroom kit subscription delivering three 5 lb. ready-to-grow blocks at a 25% discount! Ideal for mushroom enthusiasts, each shipment includes fully colonized blocks tailored for optimal growth. Choose the 'Explorer' Box with beginner-friendly varieties like Lion’s Mane and Oyster, or the 'Discovery' Box with beginner-to-intermediate strains like Chestnut and King Trumpet. BlocksBox promotes sustainable home mushroom growing! Check out this video to learn more.
6. North Spore Gift Card
We know, the gift options are mighty and it's difficult to choose. You can always opt to give the gift of choice this year with a North Spore gift card! A gift card will give your loved one the opportunity to choose which route in the mushroom world they will take, or to which new level of mycology they will ascend.