Designed for the beginner as well the experienced cultivator, this
course covers everything you need to know to start producing high
quality mushroom spawn, fruit mushrooms indoors all year, construct a
mushroom farm, and establish regenerative outdoor mushroom
installations. Topics include:

Mushroom Cultivation Fundamentals
•  The biology, ecology, and history of the Fungal Kingdom

•  The principles underlying the art and science of cultivation

•  Aseptic (“sterile”) practices with agar, grains, compost, and wood-based materials

•  Liquid-based mushroom cultivation practices

•  Place-based resource management and systems design principles

•  Lab and fruiting environment designs for home-, farm-, or community-scale projects

•  Appropriate, low-cost, and low-tech cultivation methods and tools

•  Growing wild mushrooms

Appropriate Applications of Fungi
•  Medicinal mushroom processing for maximum potency

•  Outdoor mushroom garden design and installation

•  Fungal integration into various permaculture-inspired sustainable living systems

•  Mycoremediation chemistry and design concepts

•  Supporting and diversifying fungal–plant relationships

Extra Myco-Skills
•  Building soil health through cultivating mycorrhizal fungi

•  Biochar & fungi

•  Biogas & fungi

•  Wild mushroom identification

•  Resources & much more!

Tuition
includes 4 mushroom cultures (valued at over $150), supplies, and a
100-page workbook. Student, group, and low-income discounts are also
available.