Learn Home Mushroom Cultivation at Hands on Workshop with Dan Blum

Join Somerville's Dan Blum f D.B. Fungi to learn about gourmet mushrooms you can grow at home!

What You'll Learn:

Session 1: Agar & Culture Basics

Saturday Jan. 3rd

Learn the foundation of mushroom cultivation. We'll cover the full growing cycle (agar->grain->substrate->fruiting), environmental needs, and different ways growers build a culture library (spores, liquid culture, cloning, and transfers).

You'll practice working in a Still Air Box and learn how to avoid contamination, with live demonstrations of agar transfers and cloning.

Session 2: Agar to Grain

Saturday Jan. 10th

Build on your first session by transferring agar cultures, testing iquid culture on agar, and inoculating grain jars.

We'll focus on substrate and nutrient preparation, review session 1 concepts, and demonstrate agar-to-grain and liquid culture techniques.

Session 3: Fruiting Substrate

Saturday Jan. 24th

Bring everything together as we inoculate fruiting substrate using colonized grain. We'll review key concepts from Sessions 1 and 2, answer remaining questions and demonstrate the final step that leads to mushroom production

What's Included

Each participant receives:

• 24 agar cups
• 3 grain jars
• 2 sterilized 6-lb fruiting substrate bags

All materials are provided-no prior experience required