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How to Grow Chestnut Mushrooms

Learn how to grow chestnut mushrooms indoors from scratch in 7 simple steps, from making substrate & grain spawn to ideal fruiting conditions.

The Amanita Muscaria Christmas Legend

The Amanita muscaria Christmas connection may be as old as Santa Claus himself. Learn more about the psychedelic influence on Christmas culture.

The ITW Gift Guide: Perfect Gifts for Mushroom Lovers 2024

The holiday season is already upon us, and if you’re anything like us you’re probably searching for the best mushroom gifts for your friends and family. Lucky for you, we’ve rounded up a ton of mushroom themed gifts for everyone on your list, from the mushroom growers...
Epiphytes: the Inside Scoop

Epiphytes: the Inside Scoop

Fungi are everywhere—they grow in the soil, in petri dishes, and if we’re not careful, on the fruit in the back of the fridge. But did you know it can grow inside plants too? Yes, really! Of course, there are fungal pathogens, which can parasitize a plant, sometimes...

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Shroom coffins

Shroom coffins

Wooden coffins? That trend is so dead. With a goal of making the human burial — and decomposition — process more environmentally-friendly, a company has invented the Living Cocoon, a coffin made from mushrooms that returns the deceased to the earth while enriching it....

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Kole Milner Bust

Kole Milner Bust

This story was written by Seth Austin of ITW.NEWS. The Denver post reports: ‘The young man with a tent full of psychedelic mushrooms in his closet isn’t worried about the cops. “Basically, everything in my apartment’s legal — so I feel safe in that aspect,” he said....

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Secondary Metabolites

Secondary Metabolites

Secondary Metabolites, “MYC Piss Explained, by Seth Austin of ITW.NEWS. Mushrooms have their own metabolism, it is how they consume their substrate. Unlike plants that use photosynthesis, think of them as moving stomachs with the ability to respond to stimuli....

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