Mushroom Cultivation Workshop
Join us for the Mushroom Cultivation Workshop on Friday, June 13th! Learn more about mushroom production and how to grow your own mushrooms. In-person and online attendance options are available. Online attendance includes 3 hours of lecture via Zoom Meeting. In-person attendance includes 3 hours of lecture plus a one-hour hands-on workshop. In-person attendees will leave the class with a mushroom starter bag to fruit from home. If you have any questions, please reach out to Bree Gomez at breeanne@arizona.edu.
Course Location: Controlled Environment Agriculture Center - 1951 E Roger Rd, Tucson, AZ 85719 (Map)
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COURSE AGENDA
8:30 – 8:40 am Greetings and Course Overview
8:40 – 9:20 am Edible Mushroom Production
- An introduction to Fungi
- The benefits of mushroom cultivation
- The growing industry of fungal products
- Mushrooms currently in cultivation
9:20 – 9:30 am Questions/Break
9:30 – 10:20 am Growing mushrooms; a process overview
- Maintaining mushroom cultures
- Spawn production
- Substrates (Composition, Moisture, Sources)
- Sterilization vs. Pasteurization
- Equipment
10:20 – 10:30 am Questions/Break
10:30 – 11:20 am The Fruiting Process
- Environmental conditions for production
- CO2 venting requirements
- Humidity requirements
- Temperature requirements
- Lighting requirements
- Fruiting chamber
- Fruiting chamber upkeep
- Equipment
11:20 – 11:30 am Questions/General resources/websites & questions
11:30 – 12:30 pm Hands on Workshop (in-person attendees only)
- Culture transfers
- Substrate inoculation
- Fruiting chamber