What started as a tiny little mushroom business in Indonesia has grown into Jamur Borobudur, a thriving cottage industry.

Each log is made from recently felled aspen and poplar trees, and planted with organic oyster mushroom spores. All you have to do is soak the mushroom log and keep it in a damp, cool and dark place.

Use these step-by-step instructions to grow oyster mushrooms, portobellos, shiitakes, and more. Mushrooms grow from spores (not seeds) so tiny that you can't see individual spores with the naked eye.

The Fram2 crew will attempt to grow oyster mushrooms in microgravity as part of an experiment called Mission MushVroom, which is led by the Australian company FOODiQ Global. Mushrooms could offer ...

As part of the MushVroom experiment, the crew will prepare the oyster mushroom substrate and study its fruiting process, which is essential for releasing new spores to allow the fungus to produce ...