We are a husband-and-wife team who love foraging and wild foods, especially mushrooms. Our passion for mushrooms started over ten years ago in the ancient forests around Scotland where we sustainably collect many species of mushrooms for personal use. These include Chanterelles, Ceps/Porcini, Oyster Mushrooms, Hedgehog Mushrooms, Chaga and Turkey Tail. We both studied scientific subjects and now bring that to our meticulous data driven approach to gourmet mushroom cultivation where we experiment, measure, analyse and continuously improve. We are proud to be mushroom geeks!
MUSHROOM CULTIVATION
After a lot of reading and research we realised that some of our favourite mushrooms could be cultivated in an urban setting, meaning we grow them in a limited space, without the need for large areas of land or resources and close to the consumer. Perfect to reduce your food miles! After many trials and some failures, we realised that these gourmet mushrooms were something we could offer you as mushroom grow kits and Marvellous Mushrooms was born. We supported thousands of successful lockdown growing projects and look forward to supporting you too!
OUR MISSSION
We want everyone to have the opportunity to enjoy ultra-fresh mushrooms whether through local producers or by growing your own at home. Did you know that many shop-bought mushrooms are grown outside the UK and some even as far away as China! Even some of those grown in the UK are grown from fruiting blocks made in, and imported from, China. We want to do our bit to help reduce food miles and the impact that has on the environment. Mushrooms when prepared and grown in the UK have a low Carbon footprint and can help us reduce our impact on the environment. In addition to this some profit from every kit will be invested in UK based tree planting projects. We currently work with Trees for Life to plant native trees and re-populate the ancient Caledonian forest. So far we have plannted 500 trees! Click here to have a look.
WHAT WE OFFER
High quality hand-made mushroom home-grow kits, mushroom spawn for cultivation and inoculated dowels for outdoor use. We have collected and cloned various native species including Oyster Mushrooms, Turkey Tail and Reishi. These are available through custom order and we've been lucky enough to supply materials that are now growing in the Kew Kitchen Garden, Bethnal Green Nature Reserve and many home gardens. We also make mushroom dual extracts for easy daily use. In addition to all of this we also work with collaborators to design, supply and support bespoke product offerings, like our new NoMeatDisco Lion's Mane kit.
Please feel free to get in touch to discuss your next mushroom project and see how we can help!
