Mushrooms for Beginners: Grow, Cook and Stay Safe

Mushrooms are fascinating, delicious and sometimes deadly. In this beginner course, Myco, the mushroom expert of The Busimatchers, takes you into the hidden world of fungi: what mycelium and spores are, and why forests would stop working without them.

You learn the most important rule of all: never eat a wild mushroom without 100% certainty from an expert. Myco explains why identification is so hard, which popular myths are dangerous, and exactly what to do if someone may have been poisoned. Then you get practical: grow oyster mushrooms at home on coffee grounds or straw, keep your setup clean, and harvest, store and cook your mushrooms well.

Finally, you explore how home growing can become a small side project, with grow kits, workshops or market sales, and which rules on food safety and local permits you need to check first. This course is about culinary mushrooms only and contains general information, not medical or legal advice.