The Mushroom Conservatory

Explore Kingdom Fungi With Us

Join us in exploring the incredible potential of fungi – from growing your own mushrooms to creating thriving food systems. Whether you’re a tinkerer, homesteader, educator, market gardener, or just curious about the role of fungi in revitalizing ecosystems, there’s a place for you in this journey.

The Mushroom Conservatory is dedicated to advancing fungi research, education, global food security and restoring our planet’s ecosystem.

We offer gourmet mushroom growing kits and supplies,
science kits and hands-on learning experiences
to help you discover the incredible world of mushrooms.

We make the most sustainable mushroom growing kits on the planet.

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    Phoenix Oyster Mushroom Growing Kit

    $20.00

    Bring the farm-to-table experience to your home with our Phoenix Oyster Mushroom Growing Kit! These are some of the fastest growing mushrooms we’ve worked with…

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    Black Pearl Oyster Mushroom Growing Kit

    $20.00

    Great for Cooking | Nutrient-Rich | Sweet Umami with a hint of Pepper

    This kit is designed to help you learn to grow mushrooms at home without any special gear. They are fairly easy to work with and include instructions for growing them on a bag of precooked rice at home.

    Each set includes detailed instructions, your mushroom culture, and a fungi word search. It’s a great project to do as part of your nature or biology studies, or as an independent experiment. And they’re great for cooking with/eating or just looking at if you’re the non-mushroom-eating type.

    There’s also an additional section to the instructions for using your leftover culture to grow even bigger mushrooms in larger quantities out of a bucket of straw if you’re interested in diving deeper after you grow them the first way.

    This is a pretty flexible project age-wise with the only caveat being that you’ll want adult supervision for the inoculation process for young students so that no fingers get poked:) it’s an indoor project, you’ll need a bag of pre-cooked rice, rubbing alcohol, and some paper bandage tape.

     

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    Lions Mane Mushroom Growing Kit

    $20.00

    Lions Mane mushrooms taste like Crab and are gaining attention for their potential health benefit. You can enjoy them in a variety of dishes, from stir-fries to soups. Our lions mane mushroom growing kit helps you grow mushrooms at home using brown rice and optionally, a bucket of straw or coffee grounds. No specialized equipment needed!

    Each set includes detailed instructions, your mushroom culture, and a fungi word search. A good project for plant lovers, nature study, or just because plants are beautiful and interesting. And they’re great for cooking with/eating or just looking at if you’re the non-mushroom-eating type.

    People of any age can grow lions mane mushrooms indoors or outdoors. You will need brown rice, rubbing alcohol, and paper bandage tape. To grow larger buckets of mushrooms instead of small bags, we recommend using straw or aspen chips. Enough culture in each kit to start 5 bags or 5 buckets of Lions Mane mushrooms. No special equipment needed!

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    Golden Oyster Mushroom Growing Kit

    $20.00

    Golden Oyster mushrooms are a versatile and nutrient-rich variety known for their dramatic flavor. These mushrooms are smaller than King Oyster mushrooms and are typically yellow or golden in color. With their delicate texture and nutty flavor, they can be enjoyed in a variety of dishes, from stir-fries to soups. Our mushroom growing kit is designed to make it easy for you to grow Golden Oyster mushrooms at home, using either a bag of precooked rice or a bucket of straw. No specialized equipment needed!

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    King Oyster Mushroom Growing Kit

    $20.00

    Versatile | Nutrient-Rich | Dramatic Flavor

    King Oyster mushrooms are native to Mediterranean regions of Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa and are the largest mushroom in the oyster family.

    The distinctive shape of the King Oyster mushroom lends itself to a variety of innovative cooking techniques, including searing them sliced in the fashion of scallops. When freshly picked and uncooked, King Oysters are almost tasteless and have very little scent to them, but when cooked, they deliver an incredible umami flavor and a meaty texture.

    This kit is designed to help you learn to grow mushrooms at home without any specialized equipment. They are fairly easy to work with and include instructions for growing them on a bag of precooked rice at home or a bucket of straw if you’d like to grow a lot of them.

     

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Some of the amazing Brands & Brains Exploring the Wonderful World of Mushroom Growing With Us

We’re so excited to be partnering with the University of Michigan’s Sustainable Living Experience to create a gourmet mushroom growing space for their students. The Sustainable Living Experience is led by Joe Trumpey, Mother Earth Magazine’s Homesteader of the Year 2015, and I am completely delighted to be joining forces to create an amazing learning experience for students to learn mushroom-growing skills that will last a lifetime.

This past fall, we were honored to be included in Zingerman’s Mail Order’s Food Explorer’s Club subscription box to bring their subscribers the delight of growing their own mushrooms at home using our oyster mushroom growing kits. We love helping people that love food dive into mushroom growing because it is such a thrilling experience to cook with them, and all the more so when you grew your own mushrooms yourself.

Farmers Almanac was founded in 1811 and have provided generations of farmers and gardeners with wonderful tips, guides, folklore and fascinating stories. I had the honor of writing a mushroom growing guide for them recently & they’re now carrying our kits in their shop – check it out here!
https://www.farmersalmanac.com/how-to-grow-delicious-oyster-mushrooms

Can you eat oyster mushrooms?

Yes!!! And they are fantastic for cooking with – different varieties of oyster mushrooms even lend themselves to their own particular techniques. Want to learn more about which mushrooms taste like bacon, and how to cook your king oysters?

Click here for a roundup of my favorite oyster mushroom cooking videos.