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Master Mycology: From Forest to Garden

Comprehensive training programs that bring scientific expertise and hands-on learning together.

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Empowering students with comprehensive mycological knowledge through expert-led, hands-on learning experiences in tropical ecosystems.

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Learn All About Different Types of Fungi

Whether you are interested in mushroom cultivation, mushroom identification, cooking with mushrooms, fungal biology, fungal ecology, we teach about it all.

Your Mycology Learning Journey

Discover a comprehensive educational pathway designed to transform your understanding of fungi from theory to practical application.

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Explore & Consult

Personalized guidance to identify your learning goals and mycological interests. Our experts help you choose the right course for your experience level.

Hands-On Learning

Immersive workshops and courses that blend scientific knowledge with practical cultivation techniques. Experience fungi education in both classroom and field settings.

Community & Continued Growth

Join a supportive network of mycology enthusiasts. Continue your learning with advanced courses, community projects, and ongoing support from our expert instructors.

Our Areas of Expertise

Mushroom Cultivation

Learn cutting-edge techniques for growing gourmet and medicinal mushrooms in tropical environments.

Tropical Fungi Identification

Develop expert skills in identifying wild mushrooms unique to tropical ecosystems.

Mycoremediation

Explore how fungi can clean up environmental toxins and restore damaged ecosystems.

Permaculture Integration

Learn to incorporate mushrooms into sustainable design principles.

Wild Foraging

Master safe and responsible techniques for identifying, harvesting, and understanding wild tropical mushrooms.

Mycological Research

Develop scientific skills in fungi documentation, study, and conservation. 

Explore Our Courses

Mushroom ID Class: How to ID disseminatus and tarda

In this online class you will learn how to confidently identify two species of edible mushrooms: Creeping Crumble Caps and Tropical Blewits.

Mushroom Identification Course

Learn some of the most common gourmet edible-medicinal mushrooms, & poisonous mushrooms. Is this mushroom edible? If I brew it in a tea with this mushroom, will it support my immune system?

From Our Blog

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Local Mushrooms: Cloud Ear Fungus

As I look down where my red earth stained boots tread I see it! A rubbery, dark brown fungal growth emerging from the side of a twig no larger than the width of my index finger. I crouch down to the tree-shaded ground to have a closer look. Soft,...

Successes & Failures

We would like to thank everyone that came to our first few workshops & participated in a mass scientific experiment to find out which of our local invasive wood species would be best suited for growing gourmet & medicinal mushroom species...

Mushroom ID & Low-Tech Cultivation Workshop

Thank you all for attending our last identification & low-tech mushroom cultivation workshop last month! We were so stoked that participants found over a dozen different species of fungi at the workshop even after such a prolonged dry spell!...

Growing Mushrooms on Invasive Wood Species

We officially have a new successful tropical invasive tree species to add to the list of woods that WORK for growing gourmet mushrooms on! Oyster Mushrooms on invasive wood Octopus Tree (Schefflera actinophylla) is “without question, one of the...

Growing Mushrooms on Guinea grass – SUCCESS!

One of the most common questions we get from participants of our mushroom cultivation workshops is: “Can I grow mushrooms on Guinea grass (Megathyrsus maximus)?” It is a great question given the abundance of this grass species. As we hadn’t yet...

Identifying Turkey Tail Mushrooms

I’m so excited that the recent rains have brought out the turkey tail mushrooms. I love that when I happen upon these mushrooms they are nearly always fruiting in great abundance. And yes, they do really look like turkey tails, or as the Dutch...

Meet the wild Mustard Yellow Polypore

One will stumble on Mustard Yellow Polypores (Phellinus gilvus) outdoors nearly anywhere there is dead wood. This fungus is everywhere, even possibly at the site of our next workshop. It is also known to be supremely medicinal and has been shown to...

Fertile Surface

Properly identifying mushrooms takes a few steps. Oftentimes it is difficult – if not impossible – to identify a mushroom just by looking at its top surface alone. It is critical to also look underneath the mushroom to see its fertile surface type....

How NOT to grow mushrooms

We love using the log inoculation method for growing mushrooms. It is a technique to reliably grow mushrooms that mimics nature & has been used successfully for hundreds of years. Oftentimes, folks are cutting down tree limbs because the limb...

Edible Mushrooms in my Worm Bin

Every single time Bagasse Mushrooms appear in my compost I am amazed. Mainly because these mushrooms are considered to be gourmet edible mushrooms, fetching high prices at markets worldwide, yet they have decided to volunteer in no less than 3...

Creating a Mycelial Tropical Network

Working With Fungi Enthusiasts All Over the Tropics

We collaborate with anyone interested in fungi all over the tropics.

“Personally for me, it was one of the best interactive & informative events I’ve attended. If Dave & Chase can’t inspire people to get out & go outside, I don’t think anyone else could do it.”

– Becky Speere, Workshop Attendee

“Top notch content and knowledge to your community at-large. The lectures you gave were some of the best I’ve ever had. Engaging and inspiring.”

– Kyle Clarkin, Class Attendee

“Thank you for such an insightful presentation, your knowledge & understanding really came through so beautifully.”

– Grace Pretre, Workshop Host, Ramana’s Grace

Launch Your Mycological Journey

Transform your passion for fungi into expertise that can reshape ecosystems, gardens, and communities. Discover how understanding mushrooms can unlock sustainable solutions for our planet’s most pressing environmental challenges.