What is mycelium? The part of a mushroom you do not see
Mycelium is the living body of a fungus, a mass of fine threads. A mushroom is the part it sends up to spread spores. Here is how that works, and how it happens in our grow bags.
Articles from the farm
What we have learned growing oyster mushrooms near Chennai, written from our own records and the sources named in each article.
Growing oyster mushrooms in Chennai’s heat: how we run our rooms
Oyster mushrooms need cool, moist, fresh air to fruit. How we keep our indoor rooms near Chennai that way, how we make and hang our grow bags, and what went wrong along the way.
How to store oyster mushrooms
Keep them cold and dry, in their punnet, and eat them by the date on the pack. Why a closed box or plastic bag makes them spoil faster, and the signs that they are going off.