The Black Trumpet Blog

Discover the top Pioppino mushroom recipes from Spore to Fork with dishes like Brown Butter Pioppino Caps and Pioppino Risotto. You can grow your own Pioppino mushrooms at home to use in these recipes.

Indoor cultivation allows you to grow mushrooms year-round regardless of weather or space limitations. Learn how to grow mushrooms indoors with our comprehensive guide - discover the advantages, best ways to grow, substrates to use, and more.

In this article, we cover five of the most common contaminants you may encounter in your mushroom grows including trichoderma and orange bread mold. We'll also offer tips for dealing with contamination and avoiding it in the future.

Sterile substrates are the nutrient source (food) for your mushrooms. But which substrates pair best with which mushroom species? In this article, we will guide you in pairing your mushrooms with the correct substrate. We will also cover different kinds of substrates, how to use them, and how you can supplement them.

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!

Grow your favorite edible and medicinal fungi with North Spore's 'BoomRoom II' Automated Martha Tent Mushroom Grow Kit. We explore the features, setup and uses for the BoomRoom II including important considerations for environmental factors like humidity and fresh air exchange.

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!

Our Mycology Lab Skills lesson demonstrates how to prepare three kinds of growth media for mushroom cultivation. We’ll show you how to make MYA for plates, PDA for slants, and Malt Yeast for liquid culture. These skills are essential for growing gourmet edible and medicinal mushrooms and propagating desired qualities. While we used a sterile lab for the lesson, the same techniques can be adapted for a home setting.

We have put together a list of popular and helpful tools for growing your favorite edible and medicinal fungi indoors and outside. In this article we cover the basics: spores, spawn, grow chambers, along with tools you'll need to keep your workspace clean and tidy.

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!

How can this famous psychedelic fungus have anything to do with Christmas, Santa Claus, and other yuletide traditions? Let's explore.

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.

Should you grow your mushrooms in an all-in-one bag or in a monotub? Let's find out!

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.

We've collected 5 of our favorite mushroom recipes that will complement your holiday dinner! You can use your own homegrown, dried, or wild-foraged (or store-bought) mushrooms and impress your friends and family this year.

Whether inoculating grain jars, cloning your favorite edible or medicinal mushrooms, or mixing bulk substrates our new NocBox Still Air Box is a practical and affordable choice for those looking to reduce contamination with confidence.