I purchased these mushroom kits from Back to the Roots a few months ago. I haven’t had a chance to teach a lesson about mushrooms, so they have been sitting on my cart. This week, I noticed mushrooms growing out of the top of the box! I opened the boxes and soaked the substrate to correctly begin the process.

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Pink oyster mushrooms have begun to grow.

I am also trying this mushroom farm in a greenhouse. You can see the white mycelium, the network of fungal threads, in the bottom of the container. The mycelium starts to form little buds, which will develop into mushrooms. Those little buds are called pins. Mushrooms grow from spores, not seeds.