Fun with Fungi is a fantastic forum for fledgling fungi farmers! You'll learn all about the process of growing mushrooms right from the tiniest microscopic spores all the way through to the delicious and colourful gourmet mushrooms we know and love. AND you'll get to take home your very own bucket of mushroom straw to grow your own at home.
Please Note: This workshop is for 12-25 year olds (and is during the school holidays)
What's covered in the workshop:
The Mushroom Life Cycle: A run down on the daily life of a mushroom
Sterilisation and Pasteurisation Processes: How to keep things squeaky clean so the mushrooms will be happy and we don't grow fungi or moulds that we don't want
Packing and Preparation: How to layer up the straw and mushroom spawn in a bucket for ideal fruiting
Incubation and Fruiting: How to create the best environment for your mushrooms to grow through the straw and pop out of the bucket happy and healthy
This workshop is for you if you like learning about nature and how things grow, and you like to eat tasty mushrooms!