Home Cultivation Guide for Shiitake Mushrooms
If you’ve never grown mushrooms before, terms like inoculate, mycelium, and substrate may sound unfamiliar. In this guide, you’ll learn what they mean and how to apply these concepts to harvest your own shiitake (Lentinula edodes) at home. We present four different methods, with descriptions, difficulty levels, and basic steps, so you can choose the one that best fits…
Discovering the Matsutake, the Pine Forest Mushroom
Can you imagine a treasure growing right beneath your feet that smells like a mix of cinnamon, damp earth, and fresh pine? That’s the matsutake, a mushroom in Japan considered almost as valuable as gold. What is the matsutake and where will you find it? Matsutake (pronounced “mat-su-TAH-keh”) lives in symbiosis with pines: the tree provides…
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Chaga: The Black Diamond of the Forest
In the coldest corners of the planet, where birch trees withstand the harshest winters, a fungus that looks like charcoal hides one of the best-kept secrets of traditional medicine: chaga (Inonotus obliquus). Known as the “mushroom of immortality” for its extraordinary properties, at Fungi natur we invite you to discover this gem of the fungal world. A…
Shiitake with garlic and parsley
At Fungi natur we are passionate about mushrooms not only for their incredible health benefits, but also for their culinary value. Today we bring you a recipe that has it all: easy, quick, healthy and, above all, delicious. Shiitake is a mushroom with a deep, earthy flavour that evokes the damp forest floor. But if…
The reishi mushroom and its healthy properties
On this occasion, we will talk about the healthy properties of the reishi mushroom, supported by various scientific studies that endorse its potential health benefits. We will discover the importance of this mushroom and explain why it is highly recommended to incorporate it into our daily routine. The reishi mushroom, scientifically known as Ganoderma lucidum (also called lingzhi in…
Differences between mushrooms grown naturally and mushrooms from industrial cultivation
The study that changes everything: Nitschke et al. (2011) The study published by Nitschke and collaborators in 2011 analyzed in depth the difference between mushrooms grown in natural environments (such as hardwood logs) and those produced through industrial methods using artificial substrates. Their conclusion was clear:mushrooms grown on logs show a higher quantity and diversity…
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One mushroom a week: Lion’s Mane (Hericium erinaceus)
We continue with the one mushroom a week project, this time we present you a mushroom that you are surely going to love. When we think of foods that can transform our mind and body, few would imagine that a mushroom resembling a mane is one of nature’s best-kept secrets. Lion’s Mane, or Hericium erinaceus,…
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A mushroom a week: oak-grown shiitake
We continue with the “a mushroom a week” project. This time, we will talk about the shiitake mushroom, naturally cultivated on oak logs, just as we have been doing at FungiNatur for over 10 years. If you’ve ever heard of shiitake but don’t really know what makes it special, this article is for you. We’ll…
