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Mushroom education and cultivation

Wild Branch Mushrooms. Guides to growing, food, and fungi.

A calm editorial resource for growers, curious cooks, and readers learning how mushrooms move through cultivation, food, and everyday study.

We stay close to practical growing knowledge, organic techniques, and the wider culture surrounding mushrooms from the Pacific Northwest to Vermont.

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Field notes

Mushrooms shape how we grow, cook, and better understand the living systems around us.

Coverage stays focused on cultivation, mushroom profiles, and food uses.

What Wild Branch Mushrooms sets out to share

These themes shape the educational focus of Wild Branch Mushrooms and how the site approaches growers, medicinal topics, and practical learning.

Culinary and dried markets

I help source exceptional medicinal and culinary mushrooms for the fresh and dried markets.

Art and science of cultivation

I do my best to integrate the art and science of mushroom growing into all facets of a working farm.

Practical knowledge sharing

I am building WildBranchMushrooms.com to share knowledge with other farmers and gardeners and help them grow more effectively and profitably.

Medicinal history and current research

My goal is to educate people in the current science of medicinal mushrooms and their history of medical use, including Shiitake, Oyster Mushrooms, Lion's Mane, Agarikon, Chaga, and Turkey Tail.

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Mushrooms

Profiles and reference pages for Reishi, Chaga, Turkey Tail, King Stropharia, and more.

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Growing

Cultivation guidance, spawn notes, and practical mushroom growing questions.

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Food

Posts related to dried mushrooms, maple medicinals, and mushroom use in the kitchen.

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The second visible set of home page posts focused heavily on medicinal mushroom reference articles and one food-oriented post.

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Hemlock Reishi 101: History, Benefits, and Uses

Tsugae Reishi grows mainly in the northern forests of the world on the decaying stumps and logs of hemlock, fir and pine trees.

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Reishi Mushrooms 101: History, Benefits, and Uses (aka Ganoderma Lucidum and Ling Zhi)

Reishi is the most revered of the medicinal mushrooms and has the longest recorded history of use.

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Chaga 101: History, Benefits, and Uses

Chaga is unique, in that the fruit body is not the part that is used medicinally.

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Turkey Tail Mushrooms 101: History, Benefits, and Uses (aka Trametes Versicolor, Yun Zhi, Kawaratake, and Coriolus Versicolor)

Turkey Tail mushrooms are one of the most researched and respected of the medicinal mushrooms.

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Maple Medicinals

Maple Medicinals (aka Medicinal Maple Syrup) are concentrated extracts of medicinal mushrooms and/or herbs in maple syrup.

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About Wild Branch Mushrooms

Steve's story

My name is Steve and for more than 30 years, I have always had a passion for growing plants. I grew up on a farm in Oregon and learned to nurture plants and trees on our family tree farm.

Naturally, as I have grown up, I have developed an interest in my health and the health of my family. After developing this interest and combining it with my passion for growing, I have found a true love of mushrooms.

I have been growing mushrooms casually for years now and decided it is time to share my passion and interest with more people just like you.

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Wild Branch Mushrooms. Guides to growing, food, and fungi.