LLHG 578 - Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms

Did you know mushrooms are incredibly nutritious and considered a super food? Learn about the amazing world of mushrooms and using them as a high quality food or for medicinal purposes. We will explore the mushroom life cycle, as well as the diversity of mushrooms available to today's consumer. We will then talk about cultivation, best types of mushrooms to grow, easiest methods for beginners, and options for propagating mushrooms indoors and as part of your outdoor garden. You will leave the class with your own, fully colonized mushroom block in your choice of Reishi, Oyster, Lions Mane or Shitake mushrooms and a straw bucket colony that you will build yourself, in class. Class requires 24 hour advanced registration.