The mushroomery

Learn how to grow, cultivate and cook incredible mushrooms at home. The Mushroomery is an ode to the joys of growing fungi. It features at-home projects for growing and cultivating different varieties of mushrooms. Each project has an introduction, step-by-step instructions, accompanied by photography, and lots of tips, tricks and troubleshooting. The second half of the book features more than 20 mushroom-forward dishes including recipes for pickling and drying mushrooms for preservation and to enhance their flavor. The projects for growing mushrooms include mushroom kits, bucket mushrooms, jar mushrooms, log mushrooms, mushrooms grown in a bag. There is also information on fungi and its classification, the study of mycology, the life cycle of a mushroom and foraging. A handy glossary helps the reader navigate the world of mycology terms, as well as guidance on equipment and where to purchase it, ingredients (like spores) and sterilization. Written by Buttons – a mushroom expert and owner of The Mushroomery, an urban mushroom company in Melbourne, Australia, that supplies fungi to the city’s best restaurants – this book will show you how to easily grow, harvest and cook delicious mushrooms at home.

mira buttons (Auteur) - Verschenen op 08/09/2026 bij Penguin Random House USA