Mushroom Kit

Tony got a mushroom kit for his birthday from Fungi Perfecti a company in Olympia, Washington that sells various mushroom products.  Tony's mushroom kit is for growing shitake mushrooms.  It comes with a "starter" that has shitake fungi living in it.  The starter looks like a gigantic moldy marshmellow.

To get the mushrooms started the starter is soaked in water that has been boiled and cooled and then it is placed under a "humidity tent" to promote the growth of mushrooms. We got it going about a week ago.  The mushroom blob needs to be kept in a room with light (but not direct light) and misted regularly.  Funny how the mushrooms that pop up in my yard seem so much less high maintenance. :)

Preparing the humidity tent

After 7 days we already have some mushrooms to harvest!