Hi-Fi Myco Oyster Mushrooms
Grow-Your-Own Lion’s Mane Kit from Hi-Fi-Myco
Hi-Fi Myco is Austin’s first urban mushroom farm. This month's feature mushroom giveaway is the Lion’s mane, Hericium erinaceus. This mushroom grows in the wild in Central Texas on post oaks in the winter and is also cultivated. Here's a photo of one foraged by @forage.atx this past December. A small piece of this wild mushroom is hanging out in the fridge at Hi-Fi Myco successfully cloned! It can be identified by its long spines, occurrence on post oak hardwoods, and it is both culinary and medicinal. Its flavor may be compared to that of lobster with a scallop texture. It is great seared used in place of crab meat to make crab cakes. Lion’s mane has many of the nutritional benefits as other mushrooms, immune boosting, anti-carcinogen, much like the other adaptogens listed, this one really targets brain function. Lion’s mane can improve memory, boost cognition and focus, and protects against concussions and brain damage.
Lion’s mane mushrooms are available for purchase on their website for pick-up at the following Farmers Markets: Lakeline, Sunset Valley, Downtown, New Braunfels, and Mueller.
Become a member of CTMS and be entered in a win a Grow-At-Home Pink Oyster Kit ! (Winner will be announced in January.)