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  • No Space? No Problem!

    No Space? No Problem!

    Fairly new to the mushroom world, I’ve found it fascinating how fungi can be cultivated in such small spaces. You can successfully produce mushrooms indoors even if you don’t have a laboratory or grow room of your own. Our Certified...

  • Portobello Marsala Steaks

    Portobello Marsala Steaks

    From BobbyDFunGuy Marsala Mushroom SteakIn a small deep pot, combine (Taylor) Marsala wine, equal parts pure organic cane sugar and sea salt to taste. Bring to a flash boil and reduce. Continue adding salt and sugar to taste. Vegan butter or oil...

  • Mushrooms for Dessert?

    Mushrooms for Dessert?

    Here at Fungi Perfecti, we love all edible mushrooms, not only those you can cultivate. So when we aren’t busy inoculating mushroom kits or researching new and innovative uses for fungi, many of us go hunting for the mushrooms we...

  • Cindy's Baby Bella Mushroom & Spinach Turnovers

    Cindy's Baby Bella Mushroom & Spinach Turnovers

    From Cindy Esposito. 17 oz frozen ready-to-bake puff pastry 1 tbsp butter or margarine ~1½ cups baby bella mushrooms 10 oz frozen chopped spinach ¾ cup whole milk 1 cup ricotta cheese 1 clove fresh garlic, finely chopped 1 tsp...

  • Black Truffle Balsamic Glazed Almonds

    Black Truffle Balsamic Glazed Almonds

    Courtesy of the Webmaster! Base recipe is for 1 cup of almonds. Multiply as needed. 1 cup raw almonds 1 tbsp Black Truffle Balsamic Glaze 1 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil 1 tsp finely ground sea salt Rice flour Preheat oven...

  • Hen of the Woods Meets Mr. Turkey....Soup

    Hen of the Woods Meets Mr. Turkey....Soup

    From Tammy Spillis. 1 lb Turkey Sausage 4 stalks celery 3 medium onions, chopped fine 1½ cups fresh Maitake mushrooms finely chopped or ¾ cup dried Maitake, crumbled 2 cups raw butternut squash, diced to 1-inch or smaller cubes 3 qts water...

  • Mushrooms and Mycelium Help the Microbiome

    Mushrooms and Mycelium Help the Microbiome

    Above: Trametes versicolor, commonly known as the Turkey Tail Mushroom Few people know that we are more closely related to fungi than to any other kingdom. 650 million years ago, we split from fungi. We evolved to encircle our nutrients within a...

  • Paul Receives the Gordon and Tina Wasson Award

    Paul Receives the Gordon and Tina Wasson Award

    Paul Stamets D.Sc. (Hon.), Founder and President of Fungi Perfecti LLC and Host Defense, is the first-ever recipient of the Mycological Society of America’s Gordon and Tina Wasson Award. Named after the late preeminent ethnomycologists, the award is intended “to recognize people with...

  • Bee Friendly Research Update 2

    Bee Friendly Research Update 2

    In our November 2014 newsletter you may have read about our Bee Friendly research initiative. This is what we are calling our research, development, and outreach campaign to draw attention to ways that fungi may be able to help reverse the devastating...