Alberto Ray

Conventional mushrooms are grown with many of the same chemicals that conventional crops are. Fungicides are used to prevent mold from growing on substrate, and… Read More »Are Mushrooms Sprayed With Chemicals?

Organic Mushrooms Are Better For The Planet Mushrooms, even when grown indoors, can become infested with both bugs and disease, and pesticides are used to… Read More »Is Organic Mushroom Better?

The stems of large portabella, while technically edible, can be woody and fibrous and are usually discarded (or used to flavor stock). Likewise, the dark… Read More »Should We Remove Black Part Of Mushroom?

Mushrooms are eligible for organic certification under the USDA National Organic Program regulations for crop production. Although taxonomically mushrooms are considered fungi, not plants, the… Read More »Are Mushrooms Considered Organic?

What Kinds of Wild Mushrooms Are Toxic to Dogs? Amanita phalloides, known colloquially as “death cap” Galerina marginata, known as “deadly Galerina” or “Galerina autumnalis”… Read More »What Mushrooms Are Bad For Dogs?

Contamination can reduce the nutrients available for mushrooms or break down the mushrooms themselves so they begin to decay. If you are growing edible mushrooms,… Read More »Why Do Mushrooms Need To Be Sterile?

Once that is ready, the substrate needs to be sterilized or pasteurized. This kills off any competing mold or bacteria and gives the desired species… Read More »Does Mushroom Substrate Need To Be Sterilized?

Place your substrate above a steaming pot of water for 3-4 hours. Like this, you can get pretty close to sterilization. Temperatures will only reach… Read More »How Do You Sterilize A Mushroom Substrate Without A Pressure Cooker?

A mushroom is the fruit, or fruiting body, of a much larger fungus that’s usually hidden from sight underground or in decaying wood. What is… Read More »Will Mushrooms Spread?

The yeast is genetically modified by 3D printing the genetic sequence of a cow and inserting it in the plasmid of the yeast cell. After… Read More »How Is Yeast Genetically Modified?