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At The Mushroom Shop, our mushrooms are naturally and sustainably grown without the use of chemicals in a climate controlled environment. The bags we fruit our fungi from are biodegradable and the spent substrate goes to local farmers to be used as compost.

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Flammula “alnicola-IN01” is an unnamed species

Flammula “alnicola-IN01” is an unnamed species that I cloned from the wild last fall in Queensbury, NY. The DNA was sequenced by @ohio_mushroom_dna_lab confirming its identity.

The aroma is like blewits, floral with some sweetness. The flavor is also floral like lilac or fresh linen. There is no bitterness. The texture is soft and not fibrous like most Pholiotas.

Every part of the fruit body glows bright green in the presence of UV light. The spore print is reddish brown.

I grew this on 50/50 sawdust and soy hulls. It took 6 weeks to incubate and 4 weeks to reach maturity after being introduced to fruiting conditions. The yield is about 2lbs.

I think I’ll give it the common name “Saffron Cap” assuming it will be good to eat. I have eaten a few grams, but not sautéed it properly.

The iNaturalist wild sighting with the DNA sequence can be found here http://inaturalist.org/observations/187543254

Very secretive and limited Mushroom Shop shirts we

Very secretive and limited Mushroom Shop shirts were made.

You can just remove the bag and fruit wood ears 36

You can just remove the bag and fruit wood ears 360

Setting up aerated LC from @myco_op. I think it wa

Setting up aerated LC from @myco_op. I think it was a mistake for me to add a steel down stem instead of the tubing he usually includes because it’s not air tight and the bubbles aren’t as strong. My technique could use some tweaking but this is only the 4th time I’ve done this. Practice makes perfect. Insanely fast growth on my slowest growing species using this set up.

“Rooting Shank” or Hymenopellis radicata growi

“Rooting Shank” or Hymenopellis radicata growing from wheat straw. The largest mushroom here weighed one pound. These mushrooms have a pronounced sweet flavor and crunchy texture.

Showed off the Red Wood Ears at the farmers market

Showed off the Red Wood Ears at the farmers market today.

We’ve been using the front half of our walk-in a

We’ve been using the front half of our walk-in as incubation space. It’ll allow us to grow all of the super slow incubation species this winter. We also plan to grow Cordyceps year round with this.

Lots of lab work recently.

Lots of lab work recently.

“Cloud Ear” - this is our first attempt at gro

“Cloud Ear” - this is our first attempt at growing this albino wood ear species from Japan. This mushroom is really popular to put in soups.

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Oyster mushrooms, shiitake, lions mane, pioppino,

Oyster mushrooms, shiitake, lions mane, pioppino, and a few experimental species.

Some wild mushrooms from Salem NY- Candy Apple Bol

Some wild mushrooms from Salem NY- Candy Apple Boletes, Indigo Milk Caps, and Chanterelles. Hasn’t been the best year for chanterelles in our area, but the black trumpets are starting to grow. Better late than never!

Shaggy mane mushrooms. We will likely be growing t

Shaggy mane mushrooms. We will likely be growing these on the farm all winter.

Our original account got taken down by instagram t

Our original account got taken down by instagram today. Still lots of cool stuff to come. These are some Pleurotus giganteus pins. Please share to help people find us again!

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