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A delicious and vegan Snow Oyster mushroom recipe with a chili passion fruit twist. Learn how to make it step by step with Turnip Vegan's recipe guide and your homegrown North Spore mushrooms!

Lion's Mane makes an amazing meat substitute for vegetarian dishes with a flavor and texture similar to crab and seafood. In this blog post, our friend Zach from Spore to Fork outlines 5 creative ways to prepare your homegrown Lion's Mane mushrooms!

One of the best meat alternatives, the Lion's Mane mushroom, is the star of this recipe. Turnip Vegan has turned another classic favorite into a cruelty-free, healthy, delicious dish. You can use your own homegrown or foraged mushrooms in this recipe.

North Spore has partnered with wild foods expert Hank Shaw to bring you home cultivation techniques and the best recipes for your homegrown or foraged mushrooms. Check out our full interview with him here!

Our friend Zach returns to the mushroom that got him started: Golden Oyster. Golden Oyster mushrooms a delicious and very easy to cultivate on your own at home to use in these dishes!

To shed light on the importance of fungal conservation, North Spore had the privilege of sitting down with Gabriela D'Elia, the director of The Fungal Diversity Survey (FunDiS) while attending the Telluride Mushroom Festival back in August.

This vegan Shiitake mushroom and bean soup is creative, creamy, cozy - making it the perfect addition to your rainy day recipe collection! Turnip Vegan is giving you all the tips to impress your friends and family when you make it with your own homegrown or foraged mushrooms.

Turnip Vegan is prepping us for the holidays with this festive main course recipe: Brown Sugar Cranberry Lion's Mane! Friendsgiving will never be the same again.

Searching for mushroom soup recipes to keep you warm this season? Here, we've collected our favorite simple mushroom soups that you can make using your homegrown or foraged mushrooms.

Turnip Vegan is helping us kick off autumn with this salutation to summer: an Italian oyster teriyaki bowl filled to the brim with delicious vegetables. Oyster mushrooms love a marinade, and this one will have you more than satisfied as a meat replacement!

North Spore was honored to take part in the 43rd annual Telluride Mushroom Festival where we caught up with mushroom documentarian Alan Rockefeller for a wide-ranging chat on fungal photography, DNA sequencing, and microscopy.

Lion's mane mushrooms absorb the flavors of your favorite marinades - so this vegan alternative to jerk chicken is a fantastic meat substitute in this creative wonton taco recipe!

Our friend Zach shows how to let your homegrown Italian oyster mushrooms shine with some simple, mouth-watering recipes Our friend Zach shows how to let your homegrown Italian oyster mushrooms shine with some simple, mouth-watering recipes including an omelette, sandwich, tomato sauce, and more!

Perfect for summer, this vegan poblano pepper enchilada recipe by our friend and renowned chef Turnip Vegan calls for your homegrown pink oyster mushrooms! Pink oyster mushrooms love heat, so they are ideal to grow (and cook) in summer.

If you love a tangy beverage that is also healthy and spicy, this drink is for you. Turnip Vegan concocted this reishi pineapple spice drink and popsicle using homegrown, immune-boosting reishi mushrooms from one of our fruiting block kits!

Our friend Zach of Spore to Fork created these 5 savory summertime recipes starring the popular blue oyster mushroom.

If you love shiitake mushrooms and meatball subs - this recipe is for you. Our friend Turnip Vegan crafted this cruelty-free coconut curry shiitake meatball sandwich using homegrown shiitake mushrooms from one of our fruiting block kits!