Shiitake mushrooms at Mueller's Mushrooms in Guatay, Calif. (Alan Nakkash / For The Times; typography and illustration by Selina Saldivar / For The Times) As an avid gardener and (very) amateur cook, ...

I embarked on my agricultural journey of growing mushrooms at home by delving into indoor hydroponics. It all began with my homemade deep-water culture system housed in a Sterlite tote bin. An indoor ...

You don’t need a garden to grow mushrooms. This quick tutorial shows how to cultivate gourmet varieties at home using ...

The needle got lost in the bright gleam bouncing off the industrial flow hood. Donning a pair of blue nitrile gloves, a pair of hands torches a syringe, turning its point a bright vermillion, as a ...

Select a mushroom-growing kit or purchase spores. Kits are ideal for beginners as they contain everything you need, including a substrate (growing medium) inoculated with mushroom spores. Popular ...

At first, Matt Williams thought someone might be stealing his mushrooms. The tops of the wine cap mushrooms growing on his Wisconsin farm had been removed at the stems, the way a forager might slice ...