Mushroom growing workshop - beginner friendly

Learn the basics of growing mushrooms. This beginner friedly workshop will focus on methods that don’t require expensive equipment or a science background.

You will learn about:

• The mushroom grow cycle
• Different types of mushrooms you can grow
• Making spore prints
• How to work with agar and liquid culture
• Aseptic technique
• Kitchen cultivation techniques
• Grain spawn and bulk substrate
• Fruiting your mushrooms

At the end of the workshop, everyone will leave with a mushroom grow bag and cultures to take home.

Saturday, July 27 at BioQuisitive in Brunswick.

MYCOmmunity is a non-profit organisation aiming to make scientific education and resources available to citizen mycologists. Profits go to citizen science projects.

For more information contact mycommunity@myco.org.au

Your teacher:

Ema Corro is a mycologist with over 10 years of experience in mushroom cultivation, including in commercial mushroom production in Australia and Vietnam, and through researching and developing myco-materials at RMIT. She regularly teaches courses and workshops on various aspects of mycology including science, cultivation and identification.