Fungi Perfecti offers a wide variety of Certified Organic Indoor Mushroom Patches™. Each kit comes with illustrated instructions and is guaranteed to produce. After these indoor kits stop producing, many of them can be used as spawn to inoculate outdoor garden composts and/or hardwood logs (see "Maximizing Your Mycelial Mileage"). We hope you come to love mushrooms and mushroom growing as much as we do.

Special Offer! Take 20% off your order of any of FP's Indoor or Outdoor Mushroom Patches™ when you order 4 or more! (Discount does not apply to shipping charges. All Patches must appear on the same invoice. Not valid with other discounts or offers.)

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The Shiitake Mushroom Patch™   Growing Temperature: 50–80° F Our most popular Mushroom Patch! Composed of a unique blend of sterilized, enriched sawdust fully colonized with a select strain of Shiitake (Lentinula edodes). Esteemed for both its health-stimulating properties and its culinary value, our newest generation of Shiitake kits are super-boosted to give the most prolific harvests yet. Shiitake mushrooms can be harvested at 2 week intervals for up to 16 weeks. KLE100 $26.00 Buy three Shiitake Mushroom Patches for a special discount price! KLE100/3 $65.00

The Pearl Oyster Mushroom Patch™   Growing Temperature: 55–75° F Bouquets of Pearl Oyster Mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus) will flourish within two weeks of arrival. This kit produces a surprisingly abundant crop of tasty mushrooms. We recommend inoculating your garden compost pile with this kit after use. Often gardeners can enjoy continued harvests of Oyster Mushrooms outdoors in the following months. (Please note that freezing is not harmful to this kit.) KPO100 $24.00

The "Espresso Oyster" Mushroom Patch™   Growing Temperature: 55–75° F Practice bioremediation at home! Recycle old newspapers, coffee and espresso grounds by inoculating them with Oyster Mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus). One of our favorite methods is the simplest: just mix the sawdust spawn directly into coffee grounds, espresso or perked. Our Pearl Oyster spawn fruits in a wide temperature range, making it suitable for inoculation across the country. A fascinating project for people of all ages. Kit comes complete with 1 gallon of Pearl Oyster Sawdust Spawn and detailed instructions. KPO105 $24.00  Sami Grover, environmental activist and contributing author for treehugger.com, recently wrote about his experience with our "Espresso Oyster" Mushroom Patch™. His article includes some great observations and tips, some of which we are incorporating into our next version of the instruction booklet.

NEW! The Blue Oyster Mushroom Patch™   Growing Temperature: 45–65° F This fascinating fungus (Pleurotus ostreatus var. columbinus) is a cold-weather variant of the Pearl Oyster Mushroom. It produces beautiful, dark blue mushrooms that lighten in color as they mature. Requires temperatures of approximately 65˚ Fahrenheit to produce. Freezing is not harmful to this kit. Due to its temperature requirements, the Blue Oyster Mushroom Patch™ is only available for purchase from October through April. KPO120 $24.00

The Pink Oyster Mushroom Patch™   Growing Temperature: 70–85° F A tropical species, the Pink Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus djamor) is also known as the Flamingo Oyster. This Mushroom Patch produces strikingly beautiful, bright pink mushrooms. Available May through October. KPD100 $24.00  Out of stock for the season.

The Nameko Mushroom Patch™   Growing Temperature: 50–65° F The Nameko Mushroom (Pholiota nameko) is Japan's second most popular cultivated mushroom (Shiitake is the most popular). This mushroom has a strong flavor, faintly reminiscent of cashews. Typically, one to two pounds of mushrooms can be harvested from this kit. KPN100 $25.00

The Enokitake* Mushroom Patch™   Growing Temperature: 45–75° F A veritable forest of small capped, long stemmed Enokitake mushrooms (Flammulina populicola)—often too numerous to count—will emerge from this mushroom kit. Long favored by the Japanese and known by North Americans as The Winter Mushroom, this species is delightful to grow and eat. (To activate, simply place it in your refrigerator.) Like the Pearl Oyster Mushroom Patch, freezing does not harm this mushroom. KFP100 $25.00  Check out this favorable review from one of our customers! *Taxonomic research has identified our strain as being Flammulina populicola, a sister species of Flammulina velutipes.

The Lion's Mane Mushroom Patch™   Growing Temperature: 65–75° F An extraordinary mushroom, the Lion's Mane (Hericium erinaceus) produces cascading, icicle-like clusters that can grow to the size of baseballs or larger. Edible and choice, this mushroom imparts a lobster-like flavor when cooked with butter and onions. KHE100 $ 25.00

The Maitake Mushroom Patch™   Growing Temperature: 55–70° F Maitake mushrooms (Grifola frondosa)—also known as "Hen of the Woods"—are succulent and delicious. They are also one of the most popular and widely recognized MycoMedicinal® mushrooms. Simply allow the kit to mature in the bag, then unwrap and water 2–3 times a day. Clusters of Maitake will spring forth in 1–2 weeks. Once your first flush has been harvested, the Maitake Mushroom Patch™ must be transferred to an outdoor bed for subsequent fruitings, which can occur in 6–12 months. KGF100 $29.00

The Reishi Mushroom Patch™   Growing Temperature: 70–80° F Ganoderma lucidum, known as Reishi by the Japanese and Ling Chi by the Chinese, has long been sought after for its beneficial properties. Ling Chi is perhaps the most well renowned of all the traditional therapeutic fungi, represented in Asian art for thousands of years. Reputed to have many health stimulating properties, Western studies are increasingly authenticating what Eastern cultures have known for thousands of years—that this mushroom stimulates the body's immune system. Once grown, this mushroom is generally broken up, powdered and steeped in simple teas. Its flavor is strong, distinctive, and pleasant to most people. KGL100 $25.00

The Pioppino Mushroom Patch™   Growing Temperature: 50–70° F Popular in Italy, Pioppino mushrooms (Agrocybe aegerita) have a mellow and attractive flavor. This table-top mushroom features beautiful membranous rings on the stems which slowly fall as the mushrooms mature: a study in the beauty of nature. Once fruited, The Pioppino Mushroom Patch™ can be used as spawn as it is an excellent candidate for stump recycling of willows, bay, alder, cottonwood, elm and many other woods. KAA100 $27.00  temporarily backordered: will ship on or before November 24.

The Cinnamon Cap Mushroom Patch™   Growing Temperature: 50–60° F A favorite of the Japanese and many Midwest USA mushroom hunters, The Cinnamon Cap Mushroom Patch™ (Hypholoma sublateritium) produces chestnut colored mushrooms with bright yellow edges. This aggressive mushroom is an excellent species to naturalize in your backyard. Nutty flavored and delicious with red wines! KHS100 $27.00

The Stone Mushroom Patch™   Growing Temperature: 60–80° F Known by Italians as "Pietra Fungaia", this remarkable mushroom (Polyporus tuberaster) produces velvet-like antlers which unfold into large, funnel-shaped mushrooms. Mild in flavor, superior in texture, sauteing these mushrooms combines well with most foods. Like many of our mushroom kits, there is enough life-force in this kit once it stops producing indoors to use as spawn for outdoor cultivation. KPT200 $25.00

The Turkey Tail Mushroom Patch™   Growing Temperature: 65–75° F Favored by shamans throughout the ages, this delightful mushroom kit produces shelf fungi (Trametes versicolor) with multiple, colorful zones. The mushrooms can be made into a tea, and are highly valued for being the natural source of the anti-cancer agent PSK. These ornate mushrooms can also be used to make artful adornments such as necklaces and ear-rings. KTV100 $28.00

The Children's Mushroom Garden™   Growing Temperature: 40–60° F Housed in a reusable, clear plastic container, your child can watch Enokitake* (Flammulina populicola) mushrooms burst to life before their eyes. Each kit comes with an instruction booklet—including interesting facts about fungi—and an interactive watering calendar. (Note: even if your child does not water this kit, it will still produce.) KFP105 $18.00  *Taxonomic research has identified our strain as being Flammulina populicola, a sister species of Flammulina velutipes.

The King Tuber Mushroom Garden™   Growing Temperature: 70–85° F This Nigerian mushroom (Pleurotus tuber-regium) forms a "ball" (called a sclerotium) allowing it to rest for months. To activate, simply bury in sand or gravel in the included container as pictured and mist once or twice a day. Boing! Mushrooms will sprout, forming spikes and then grow like the crazy fun-guys that they are. This mushroom kit is certain to amaze you and your family. KPT105 $18.00

Join Fungi Perfecti's "Mushroom of the Month" Club! Fungi Perfecti is offering a subscription for a different indoor or outdoor mushroom cultivation project every month, for a special price, shipping included! January—The Pioppino Mushroom Patch™ February—The Pearl Oyster Mushroom Patch™ March—Mushroom Plug Spawn (Reishi, Shiitake and Pearl Oyster) April—The Garden Giant Mushroom Patch™ May—The Shaggy Mane Mushroom Patch™ June—The Stone Mushroom Patch™ July—The Reishi Mushroom Patch™ August—Turkey Tail Mushroom Patch™ September—The Lion's Mane Mushroom Patch™ October—The Maitake Mushroom Patch™ November—The Shiitake Mushroom Patch™ December—The Enokitake Mushroom Patch™ Your Mushroom Patches will begin shipping the month you place your order, and will continue arriving automatically for the next eleven months. A terrific gift for yourself or for the mushroom lover in your life! SUBKITS1 $ 329.00

Try our Three-Month Mushroom Kit Subscriptions! You will receive a different Fungi Perfecti mushroom kit every thirty days for three months, for a special discount price! (Shipping not included.) Month 1: The Shiitake Mushroom Patch™ Month 2: The Pearl Oyster Mushroom Patch™ Month 3: The Maitake Mushroom Patch™ SUBKITS2 $69.95  Month 1: The Shiitake Mushroom Patch™ Month 2: The Maitake Mushroom Patch™ Month 3: Plug Spawn; 100 each Shiitake, Reishi and Pearl Oyster SUBKITS3 $49.00

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