mushroom kit

[wormwood scrubs]

i have just been given a mushroom kit - nice idea, but not very sustaianable - however i would like to see if there is an easy way to prolong its life. it has inocultaed straw with somesort of composty peaty "food".

[mischief]

I'm hoping to do the same thing with the grow your own bucket of mushrooms we just got.
I dont know for sure whether my idea is going to work but I'm going to take alittle bit out when the mysilium is covering the top and put some in amongst the really composty shaded parts of the garden.
Its spring here now and I do wonder if I should be tryng this in autumn.
I think I'll try abit in the compost bin as well.
The kit wasnt expensive so we can afford to try out ideas with it.
From what I have read so far the key factors are damp composty soil and usually shaded areas and around the roots of established trees.

What type of mushrooms were you given.
There is supposed to be a type that will grow in composty soil amonst the vegies,I thought I had saved the page I found but didnt.
Google mushrooms,there are alot really interesting sites.

The kits might not be sustainable, but definitely worth getting as a first step to start learning how they grow.
My feeling on this is that it is better to start small with something you know 100% is not poisonous, get it going well and then expand on it from there.

[wormwood scrubs]

i am happy to start with a kit, especially if i can make it last longer. this kit is just for the standard white mushroom - however if it works I would love to expand to portabella (can you grow poricnis?) i was wondering if i could provide more strawy stuff for it grow in/on or give it something else to eat? or both?

[Kyle]

Mushrooms are the ideal tool in permaculture. you can clean up your land, compsot thigns WAY quicker, get a ton of food and create super healthy dirt. Mushrooms are straightforward for the commonly grown species, the big thing is keeping everything clean. I am experienced with some species of mushroom, which one do you have a kit for?

Many species you can cloen and get your own growing just from a single "stem" from a store bought mushroom.

[wormwood scrubs]

i have the white agaricus that is available everywhere