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Healthy and Delicious, Oyster Mushrooms Can be Grown at Home

by Molly Jameson
June 10, 2017

Oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus) – which have nothing to do with oysters besides their similar shape – are some of the most delicate, subtlety flavored, and easiest to prepare mushrooms of the culinary world. They can easily be ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture
Tags: Growing Mushrooms, Mushrooms, Oyster Mushrooms, Panhandle Gardening, Pleurotus Ostreatus, Technology

Grow Shiitake Mushrooms in Your Backyard

by Molly Jameson
November 29, 2016

Growing up, I was never too fond of mushrooms. To me, their only purpose was to ruin a perfectly good pizza. As I got older, I started to warm up slightly toward raw button mushrooms in salads – with enough dressing, that is. But it wasn’t ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture
Tags: Edible Fungi, Growing Mushrooms, Lentinula Edodes, Mushrooms, Mycelia, North American Mycological Association, Oak Logs, Panhandle Gardening, Shiitake, UF/IFAS Small Farms Mushroom Production

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