On this page you can find instruction on growing mushrooms from grain spawn, dowel spawn, making spawn from liquid culture, making more spawn from the spawn you have, tips, tricks, and everything else you need to know to become a successful mushroom grower. We hope you can pass the knowledge to other people you know, so we can keep growing our community of mushroom growers and mushroom enthusiasts!

If you received oyster mushroom grain spawn - please use instructions on “Growing Oyster Mushrooms on Straw” or “Growing Mushrooms on Sawdust/Wood Chips”

If you received any kind of wood dowels/plugs - please use instructions “Mushroom Dowels/Plug Spawn Inoculation.”

If you received grain spawn for shiitake, lions mane, oyster mushrooms, enoki mushrooms, chestnut mushrooms, turkey tail, reishi, maitake, or pioppini, please use “Growing Mushrooms on Sawdust/Wood Chips”

Wine Cap Mushroom/Portobello/Morels/White Button/Chicken of the Woods cultivation instructions are below, in their own sections.