"Most mushrooms grow with dappled sunlight, so a small 12-inch-by-6-inch spot on your kitchen counter works perfectly," says Alex Dorr, mycology expert and founder of Mushroom Revival Inc. To get them started, you'll need just a little water and a small amount of space. Mushroom kits often include everything you'll need to get growing. These kits make it simple to grow mushrooms right in your own kitchen (or even inside a closet!).
With a mushroom kit, you also won't have to worry about the animals and pests wreaking havoc on your outdoor garden. "Growing from kits is the easiest way to go, and ideal for first-timers," explains Britt Bunyard, the co-author of The Beginner's Guide to Mushrooms. Harvest your mushrooms! Ideally, just before spores are released.While some mushrooms are easier to cultivate than others, there is a wide variety that can be grown at home.This will mean controlling temperature, light, humidity, and air flow that your chosen species likes. When the little mushrooms (called “primoidia”) first appear (called pinning), put the substrate with primoidia in an environment with the recommended conditions to promote fruiting.Allow the substrate to become fully colonized by the mushroom mycelium.Put your inoculated substrate in an environment with the recommended conditions for colonization (e.g., 75° F for Pleurotus ostreatus).Inoculate your substrate with the spawn.Treatments include pasteurization, sterilization, lime bath, peroxide bath and "cold fermentation." See page on Preparation of Substrates. Decide what material (called the substrate) that you want to grow you mushrooms on.
Purchase spawn from a mushroom cultivation supplier.Obtain spawn for your species of choice.Beginners should proceed to step 3 and purchase ready-made spawn from a supplier.A pressure cooker is necessary, and you must have a sterile workplace a clean spore print) or by cloning a fresh mushroom. Obtain a culture started from spores (e.g.Beginners should start with Oyster mushrooms.Oyster Mushrooms are the easiest species to grow.Decide which species of mushroom you want to cultivate.With permission: Fungi Perfecti, When you are ready to try your hand at cultivation, here is what you should do
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