The Fungi Ally Mushroom Alliance

Lion’s Mane Spores: From Mushroom Growing Kits to Totems
Lion’s mane spores are used to develop the fruited body, eventually. A germinated spore will form hyphal thread. These hyphal threads ultimately lead to the development and growth of the mycelium. The mycelium can be thought of as the mushroom’s root system. The fruited lion’s mane will develop through the mycelium.

Learn Lion’s Mane Mushroom Benefits From Reputable Studies
Have you experienced the lion’s mane mushroom? You may have heard of this furry mushroom friend as a choice edible with healthful benefits that support the brain and nervous system. Its popularity has grown particularly in the supplement market, where many companies are touting the medicinal qualities of this mushroom. However, we wanted to look deeper into studies to go beyond the hype that often exists in sales channels.

Learn Blue Oyster Mushroom Cultivation & Recommended Spawn Strains
If you are one of the many people interested in blue oyster mushroom cultivation, then you have come to the right place. Below we present a low tech method for growing blue oysters with minimal cost.

Build Your Own Shiitake Mushroom Log to Grow Mushrooms at Home
To start creating your own shiitake mushroom log, you will need to use plug spawn or sawdust spawn. Check out our available options and learn the method below so you can begin growing your own shiitakes!

The Best Mushrooms to Eat: Recommendations for You to Try
Today we are looking at some popular favorites, including morels, shiitakes, oyster mushrooms, and lion’s mane. We also look into general nutrition value for these delicious edibles. Take note that we offer mushroom growing kits for all of the gourmet mushrooms we discuss below. You can check out the full line of mushroom growing kits here.

Using Shiitake Mushroom Plugs for Log Inoculation & Totem Creation
Today we are looking at the use of shiitake mushroom plugs for log inoculation and making totems. This information will help you grow your own shiitakes at home.

Growing Oyster Mushrooms: The Top 6 Strains for Great Yields
Learn the process for growing oyster mushrooms, including best strains to use, and you can have a colorful harvest at your fingertips quickly

Growing Psilocybe Cubensis in Locations Where It’s Legal
There are many ways to grow psilocybe cubensis. It can be difficult to wade through all the information on the internet to learn exactly how to grow these mushrooms. This post will walk through easy step by step processes for growing magic mushrooms. One of the hardest things with magic mushroom cultivation is you cannot purchase spawn. Spawn is mycelium that is typically used to introduce the mushroom you want to grow into a substrate. The first step to cultivation is developing spawn. Next inoculating a bulk substrate and finally fruiting the mushrooms.

What is Mycology? A Rapidly Growing Field on the Study of Mushrooms
Mycology is a rapidly growing field with many intersections with other topics. From the classification and evolution of fungal species, to the use of magic mushrooms, to using mushroom mycelium for packaging material the field of mycology is diversifying.

Are Shrooms Bad For You? Considerations & Fungal Food for Thought
Are shrooms bad for you? IS connection, nutrition, love, beauty, healing, or inspiration bad for you? This can happen on many layers, between people, communities, land, and plants. Recent studies have shown that psilocybin mushrooms, or magic mushroom are not bad for you but rather can be extremely helpful. These mushrooms are currently being researched with promise as

Calories in Mushrooms: Nutritional Info for Eating Mushrooms
Today I’m writing about calories in mushrooms, specifically for a variety of popular edible mushrooms.

Mushroom Nutrition: Protein, Amino Acids, & Vitamins Are Only the Beginning
When most people imagine a nutritious diet, they think plenty of leafy greens and brightly colored fruits and vegetables. What about mushrooms? Despite their often less exciting colors and technically not being vegetables, our fungal friends are actually a powerhouse of nutrition. They’re low in calories, sodium and cholesterol while being high in protein, vitamins and antioxidants.

Golden Teacher Mushrooms: Scientific Studies Show Promise
Golden teacher mushrooms are one of the many strains of psilocybe cubensis. P. cubensis has gained a lot of interest as of late, especially after Denver, Colorado and Oakland, CA decided to decriminalize the usage of these mushrooms.

How to Grow Mushrooms at Home: Oysters are KING
Growing mushrooms at home can be a rewarding, fun experiment, as well as a fruitful way of producing food from an otherwise under-utilized resource. If you are interested in how to grow mushrooms at home, start by considering some of the common household waste that can be used to grow mushrooms, like:

Mushroom Spawn Bags for Growing Mushrooms on Grain or Sawdust
If you’re looking to buy mushroom spawn bags, you’ve come to the right place! At Fungi Ally we produce the highest-quality mushroom spawn for growing mushrooms, both commercially and recreationally.

Discover Reishi Mushroom Benefits and Learn How to Grow Your Own Supply
There are a variety of reported and purported reishi mushroom benefits when it comes to human and animal health. We discuss these findings below, and also offer an opportunity for you to grow your own reishi at home with our reishi mushroom growing kit.

Using a Mushroom Extract Has Grown in Popularity for Sensible Reasons
Mushroom extracts are becoming more and more popular throughout the United States. Not all extracts are made the same. As this craze grows there are some important factors to consider before buying an extract.

Cordyceps Cultivation Methods: A Step-by-Step Process For Growers
Cordyceps is a mushroom that is EXPLODING in popularity in the United States for both cultivation and consumption. Cordyceps cultivation methods are diverse, in this post we walk through one method of cordyceps cultivation.

Magic Mushroom Kit: Learn How to Grow Your Own and What to Know
Here is a great guide to the legality, things to check for, and common stores to work with for buying and creating a magic mushroom kit. Shortly we will be offering an online course to help you work with magic mushrooms.

Growing Shiitake Mushrooms: The Most Popular Processes Being Used Today
Shiitakes are the second most cultivated mushrooms in the world and the primary mushroom consumed in Asia. Today I’m talking about the processes used for growing shiitake mushrooms.