Brief Description:
Shaggy Manes (Coprinus comatus) are delicious and widespread throughout the northern hemisphere. This particular strain comes from wild specimens collected in the San Juan Islands in Washington State. Shaggy Manes can be grown in a wide variety of composted materials, and favor rich soils, especially those of newly created lawns. Simply mix the mushroom spawn provided into a soil bed or compost pile, follow the watering instructions, and wait. Fruitings occur primarily in the Fall.

Brief Description:
The Garden Giant™ (Stropharia rugoso-annulata) grows equally well in beds of hardwood chips and on straw within the garden, especially between rows of corn and amongst leafy vegetables. In the process, your garden will flourish from nutrients released by this monster mushroom. These giant, burgundy-colored mushrooms are low-maintenance and fruit in temperatures as low as 40° F and as high as 90° F. Once inoculated, beds of the Garden Giant™ (also known as King Stropharia) take 4-12 months to fruit. Flushes span 6 months to 2 years depending on care, location and mass of colonized material. These mushrooms are delicious when cut like steaks, basted with teriyaki and barbecued on a grill.

Brief Description:
Considered by many to be one of the best edible mushrooms, (Lepista nuda) is a Winter-hardy mushroom that thrives in yard debris (mixed wood & grass clippings). The spawn is ideally mixed into a shallow yard compost pile and left alone, allowing Nature to take over. Mushroom needs Fall temperatures in the 40-50° F range for best fruitings.