In this workshop students will learn the main steps used in cultivating mushrooms at home using low tech methods. The lecture will include basic fungal biology, information on tools needed to grow mushrooms, making liquid culture, grain spawn and preparation of straw for Oyster mushrooms and for King Stropharia. For the hands-on part, students will be making their own straw bag with Oyster Mushroom spawn to bring home. The focus will be to introduce people to the exciting potential of growing mushrooms at home and in the garden and provide them with the necessary information to begin on their fungal adventures.
1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Please see the link below to register:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/grow-your-own-mushrooms-tickets-465416442107
Compost Education Centre, 1216 North Park St.