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Mycologee Mycologee currently specialises in the growth, cultivation and sale of edible mushrooms for the food industry. In particular, exotic mushrooms.

Expansion towards future projects and applications include mycorestoration as well as materials construction.

we're back! πŸ„maitake, shiitake, reishi, lions mane, turkey tail, cordyceps, pink oysters and white oysters coming to loc...
10/06/2025

we're back! πŸ„

maitake, shiitake, reishi, lions mane, turkey tail, cordyceps, pink oysters and white oysters coming to local suppliers soon! 😜

Check out this awesome dish! πŸ‘€πŸ„ Mushroom Ragu with Basmati Pomegranate Rice 🍚Featuring Enoki, King Oyster and Portobello...
07/08/2022

Check out this awesome dish! πŸ‘€

πŸ„ Mushroom Ragu with Basmati Pomegranate Rice 🍚

Featuring Enoki, King Oyster and Portobello πŸ„'s that have been oven baked with πŸ§… and then glazed with an amazing πŸ… 🀀

The pomegranate 🍚 features vegan feta, walnuts, green olives and mint which give excellent texture as well as additional complementing flavours to this great dish πŸ‘Œ

πŸ„ Ragu Recipe:
1. Preheat oven to 190Β°C;
2. In a food processor (or finely chopped by hand):
- 3 peeled and chopped carrots;
- 2 peeled and chopped onions;
- 300g of roughly chopped oyster mushrooms of choice;
- 60 - 100 g of roughly chopped mushrooms of your choice;
- 4 crushed garlic cloves and;
- 3-4 chopped plum tomatoes pulsed until finely chopped.
3. Put the chopped vegetables into a large, non-stick high-sided baking tray with the 120 mL olive oil, 70 g white miso, 40 g rose harissa, 4 tbsp tomato paste, 90 mL soy sauce alongside 2 tsp cumin seeds and mix very well. Bake for 40 minutes, stirring halfway through, until browned around the edges and bubbling.
4. Turn down heat to 180Β°C;
5. Bake for a further 40 mins then remove the foil before baking for another 15 mins and serving!

Pomegranate 🍚 Recipe:
1. Preheat the oven to 230Β°C fan, or as high as your oven will go.
2. Place the rice in a high-sided ovenproof dish. Season with salt and plenty of pepper, then pour over with boiling water. Top with the sprigs of mint and cover the dish tightly with tin foil so that the rice is well sealed.
3. Bake for 25 minutes, until the rice is light and fluffy and all the liquid has been absorbed.
4. Meanwhile, make a salsa consisting of green olives, walnut halves, pomegranate seeds, 1 tbsp pomegranate molasses and 3 tbsp olive oil in a medium bowl with a pinch of salt, mixing well and then setting aside.
5. Remove from oven and discard the foil. Pull the leaves off the mint sprigs then place these back on the rice and sprinkle with the feta. Just before serving, stir the shredded mint into the salsa and spoon evenly over the rice.

Check out this delightful πŸ„ medley stir-fry on a bed of 🍚 and a pillow of miso πŸ†πŸ€€Not much of a recipe needed here, just ...
31/07/2022

Check out this delightful πŸ„ medley stir-fry on a bed of 🍚 and a pillow of miso πŸ†πŸ€€

Not much of a recipe needed here, just take some veggies (in this case zucchini, onion, garlic and shallots) with a few different variations of πŸ„ then stir-fry those bad boys!

The sauce for the stir-fry was approximately:
- 1/3 cup of rice wine
- 2 tsp vegetable oyster sauce
- 1 tsp soy sauce
- 1/2 tsp dark roasted sesame oil

For the πŸ†, cut it in half, score and then road it for around 45 - 60 mins at 200 deg celsius. For the last 15 minutes glaze the πŸ† with some miso!

Our πŸ„ grow bags are coming along extremely nicely!These ones here are our lovely white oyster πŸ„'s.Stay tuned for an awes...
31/07/2022

Our πŸ„ grow bags are coming along extremely nicely!

These ones here are our lovely white oyster πŸ„'s.

Stay tuned for an awesome product announcement, just around the corner! πŸ‘€

How good does this look! πŸ‘€King Oyster πŸ„ Scallops with Kale on Soba 🍜This is a great πŸ„ based dish showcasing the amazing ...
09/07/2022

How good does this look! πŸ‘€

King Oyster πŸ„ Scallops with Kale on Soba 🍜

This is a great πŸ„ based dish showcasing the amazing mild umami flavours of the King Oyster πŸŽ‰

RecipeπŸ“œ:
King Oyster πŸ„ Scallops:
1. Take between 5-7 medium to large king oysters and slice into scallop sized pieces.
2. In a small bowl, mix up a marinade consisting of:
- 1/4 cup of mirin (can be substituted with Chinese rice wine);
- 1/4 cup of water;
- 3 tbsp of yellow miso paste;
- 1 tbsp of soy sauce or tamari and;
- 1 tbsp of maple syrup.
3. Place the marinade into a bowl or plastic bag alongside the king oyster scallops, mix thoroughly and allow to marinate for about 30 mins in the fridge or on the counter top. Flip or remix the marinade about halfway through.
4. Coat a pan with a high temperature oil such as grapeseed oil and sear the scallops for around 2-3 minutes per side.

Soba noodles 🍜:
1. Take a packet of soba noodles and add to a rapidly boiling solution of water with a pinch of salt. Cook for between 3-4 minutes (follow brand packet instructions).
2. In a small bowl, mix a marinade consisting of:
- 1 tbsp of soy sauce or tamari;
- 1 tbsp of rice vinegar;
- 1 tsp sesame oil and;
- 1/2 tbsp of yellow miso paste.
3. Drain the noodles and rinse with cold water to stop the cooking process and then mix the noodles with the marinade.

Combine the King Oyster πŸ„ scallops with the noodles and garnish with steamed or lightly seared kale leaves and enjoy! 🍜

The Art of Agar 🎨Check out our fully colonised agar dishes, aren't they just beautiful? 🀀Last πŸ“· shows a test plate of ou...
20/06/2022

The Art of Agar 🎨

Check out our fully colonised agar dishes, aren't they just beautiful? 🀀

Last πŸ“· shows a test plate of our White Oyster πŸ„ liquid culture!

Like the look of these White Oysters? πŸ„We're getting closer to unveiling an awesome announcement. 🀭Stay tuned! πŸ‘€
12/06/2022

Like the look of these White Oysters? πŸ„

We're getting closer to unveiling an awesome announcement. 🀭

Stay tuned! πŸ‘€

spotlight: Chaga (Inonotus obliquus)πŸ„ Not typically what you'd think of when you hear the word "mushroom", on first gl...
08/06/2022

spotlight: Chaga (Inonotus obliquus)

πŸ„ Not typically what you'd think of when you hear the word "mushroom", on first glance this could easily be mistaken as apart of the trunk of a tree.

πŸ„ Parasitic in nature, grows primarily on birch trees in cold climate within the northern hemisphere. Due to it's bitter taste, the mushroom is typically consumed as a powdered or liquid extract rather than in cuisine.

πŸ„ The word "chaga" is derived from the Russian word (Ρ‡Π°Π³Π°, czaga) for fungus and it is in fact a clump of (sclerotium). It's dark colour is a result of the high concentrations of melanin residing in the mycelial mass, turning the exterior surface of the fungus black when exposed to sunlight whilst the inside remains bright orange.

πŸ’Š Traditionally it has been purported to be a potent medicinal with several identified bioactive compounds that could treat a variety of diseases:

πŸ’‘ Ichimura, T. et al. (1998) demonstrated that water-soluble lignin-derivatives from chaga extract substantially inhibited protease activity of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) by 50%.

πŸ’‘ Ham, S. S. et al. (2009) observed substantial antimutagenic activity from subfractions of chaga extractions with upwards of 70-87% inhibition on the mutagenic activity of a salmonella typhimurium strain.

πŸ’‘ Chung, M. J (2010) identified these subfractions to contain the bioactive molecules 3Ξ²-hydroxyl-lanosta-8,24-dien-21-al, inotodial and lanosterol, which have been found to also have potent antioxidant effects as well as anticancer effects. In fact, their study shows that the cytotoxic activity of these compounds against various cancer cell lines significantly inhibited tumor growths by up to 33%.

πŸ’‘ Sun, J. E. et al. (2008) identified chaga extract as a potential therapeutic for type-2 diabetes, with antihyperglycemic and antilipidperoxidative effects. Diabetic mice were treated with chaga extract, demonstrating upwards of ~16% blood gluocose level reductions within 7 days.
β†’ A further reduction ~30% was observed after 3 weeks of administration. It was also determined that the extract decreased serum contents of free fatty acid (FFA), total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG) and low density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C; the bad kind of cholesterol).
β†’ Amazingly, histological morphology examination showed that the extract restored the damage of pancreas tissues in the diabetic mice.

πŸ’‘ Lastly, Arata, S. et al. (2016) have shown that continuous intake of chaga mushroom aqueous extract in mice over a period of 3 weeks suppressed tumor growth by 60% and maintained the temperature of mice after implantation of tumours.

πŸ„ There is a myriad of research demonstrating the potential therapeutic benefits of the chaga mushroom. Although these studies are mainly in vitro or in animal models, the future looks extremely promising for it's use in humans.

30/05/2022

Our White Oyster and King Oyster πŸ„ Liquid Cultures are coming along nicely! 😍

Stay tuned to see what product we're releasing soon so you can get your hands on some! πŸ‘€

*Hint: you'll be able to grow your own! 🀫

πŸ„ are remarkable organisms, with an estimated 6 million fungal species residing on Earth (only 120,000 of which are de...
24/05/2022

πŸ„ are remarkable organisms, with an estimated 6 million fungal species residing on Earth (only 120,000 of which are described).

πŸ„ Although considered to be plants until 1969, they are neither plant nor animal. Where plants can generate their own food by photosynthesis through chloroplasts (which fungi lack), animals need to ingest their food while fungi need to absorb their food.

πŸ„ Animals and fungi are considered to be hetereotrophs, translating to "other feeding", as they require nutrients to be absorbed from surrounding organic substances. However, animals digest food within their own body whilst digestion occurs outside a fungal body via the release of enzymes known as exoenzymes.

πŸ„ is the vegetative body of fungi consisting of fine white filaments known as hyphae. They exist in an interwoven root-like network whereby the hyphae secrete exoenzymes to break down complex organic molecules into smaller sub-components for absorption. Absorption is then facilitated by subsequent diffusion and active transport of the surrounding nutrients.

πŸ„ After substantial mycelial expansion, hyphal knots are formed which develop into primordia (aka baby mushrooms). From thousands of primordia formations, the fungal organism selects the best developed to continue growth into maturation of a fruiting body.

πŸ„ are the fruiting body of a fungus, which bear spores for further reproduction. These spores will germinate after release, leading to the growth of hyphae that will mate with other suitable hyphae nearby and thus lead to the formation of a new fungal body.

Our King Oyster and Brown Oyster πŸ„ clones are coming along nicely. Can you guess which is which? πŸ‘€
20/05/2022

Our King Oyster and Brown Oyster πŸ„ clones are coming along nicely. Can you guess which is which? πŸ‘€

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