Jackie Hamel

I recently wrote an article on why and how to prevent oyster mushrooms from turning brown and wondered if all the same applied to lion’s mane mushrooms. So, I did …

I’ve done some research on a few mushrooms and whether or not you can grow them on straw (like shiitake) but wanted to find out if I could grow lion’s …

I buy shiitake mushrooms the most out of any other mushroom. So, I recently had the idea to grow my own shiitake mushrooms in my backyard. The only problem is, …

I grow oyster mushrooms and recently noticed some of them changing from their usual color to brown. As this can be seen as a bad thing, it doesn’t always mean …

Fungi are a fascinatingly diverse group of organisms in their own kingdom, separate from animals and plants. Kingdom Fungi include a wide variety of species beyond the common culinary mushrooms …

It isn’t cheap to purchase and keep produce fresh, and mushrooms are no exception. It’s frustrating when after buying fresh mushrooms they spoil before getting a chance to eat them. …

With so many look-alike mushrooms, it can be daunting to tell edible and poisonous morels apart. Thankfully, morel mushrooms have distinctive characteristics that help delineate a real morel from a …

When people talk about gourmet mushrooms, the conversation typically revolves around a few main topics: how to grow them, where to forage them, how nutritious and delicious they are, and …

If you are out shopping for lion’s mane mushrooms, how do you know they’re past their prime? Does yellowing or browning indicate the mushroom might be bad? Not necessarily. Colors …

First recognized in the 1700s, the popularity of portobello mushrooms increased in the 1980s with the shift toward healthier food. The name may sound exotic, but portobellos are commonly available …