Fungalist by nature

Directions

Fungalist by nature Contact information, map and directions, contact form, opening hours, services, ratings, photos, videos and announcements from Fungalist by nature, Farm, Birmingham.

🌶️🌶️Fermented Hot Sauce🌶️🌶️Received it on Monday but been trapped in my own mind, that now is when I post it 🙏🏻❤️‍🔥So th...
26/07/2026

🌶️🌶️Fermented Hot Sauce🌶️🌶️

Received it on Monday but been trapped in my own mind, that now is when I post it 🙏🏻❤️‍🔥

So thankful to mileshky for sharing some of his latest fermented hot sauce creation ❤️‍🔥🙏🏻🌶️
Definitely loads of love and thought into the product, looks amazing and definitely can't wait to try it, which I haven't yet .
Planing in making some spicy seafood stir-fry tomorrow, I think the gingery one would be an awesome option .

Thanks again Miles 🌶️🙏🏻❤️‍🔥

🍄🍄 🍄 ❤️‍🔥 ❤️‍🔥 ❤️‍🔥 This is what it's about — hands in the mycelium, community on the allotment, and mushrooms that actu...
24/07/2026

🍄🍄 🍄 ❤️‍🔥 ❤️‍🔥 ❤️‍🔥
This is what it's about — hands in the mycelium, community on the allotment, and mushrooms that actually feed people. Pleurotus pulmonarius thriving despite the heat, and it's a proper joy to see.🌞🔥
It's also taught us something important: the 20kg/week target needs a new blueprint. The allotment's incubation capacity and this summer's weather are setting the real pace, and we're listening rather than forcing the plan to fit.
That's the thing about growing anything, mushrooms or a project, the ability to adapt is where the real learning happens. Rigid plans break. Flexible ones grow. And we're more than happy to find these challenges, because every one we work through now makes the blueprint we're building stronger — the goal is a bulletproof system that any allotment can pick up and run with.
The team at Dorothy Parkes Community Allotment are genuinely excited to keep learning alongside us, figuring out what actually works rather than what looks good on paper.
Onwards, one flush at a time 🍄

16/06/2026

Today is a happy day.
We put the first blocks of Pleurotus pulmonarius into fruiting at the Dorothy Parkes charity allotment. 🍄
This means the team now knows how to transform spent production blocks and agricultural waste into fresh, nutritious food.
Together, we've created what we call the "20kg of Mushrooms a Week Project."
Just two sacks of miscanthus pellets each week can produce around 20kg of fresh mushrooms, helping to fight food poverty while creating a local, sustainable food source.
The little shed is now incubating next week's blocks, and the cycle continues—week after week, turning waste into food and knowledge into action.
This project is proof that where there is a mushroom production, there is an opportunity to cultivate positive change.
One mushroom at a time. 🍄❤️

All this is possible thanks to Agripellets and local grain farmers who donate the grain and pellets to use in our project . Also the coolest people ever at for sharing their cultures for this and other projects , mush love ❤️‍🔥🙏🏻🍄




05/06/2026

Fungalist by nature

Here to stay

🍄❤️‍🔥 Curiosity and mushrooms ❤️‍🔥🍄Curiosity gets me every time.Sometimes it slows me down… but it also pushes me into e...
12/12/2025

🍄❤️‍🔥 Curiosity and mushrooms ❤️‍🔥🍄

Curiosity gets me every time.
Sometimes it slows me down… but it also pushes me into experiments most people would skip. And honestly? That’s where the good discoveries happen.

Today’s test:
Can biodegradable “compostable” caddy liners work as mushroom grow bags? 🍄

Scientifically, these bags are made from plant-based polymers (usually starch blends) designed to break down under heat, moisture, and microbial activity.
In theory, that makes them risky for mushroom cultivation.
In practice… I want to see it with my own eyes.

Because here’s something I’ve learned in mycology and in sustainability:
Big problems rarely start with big solutions.
Real change often begins with small shifts — a new habit, a new material, a new way of thinking.

When individuals learn, they experiment.
When enough individuals experiment, they influence a trend.
And when a trend grows, the market follows.
That’s how innovation actually happens.

So this trial might succeed, or it might fail beautifully.
Either way, it’s one more step toward more sustainable cultivation options — and that’s worth the time.

Let’s see how these bags behave over the next days 👀🌱
Updates coming.

♻️

🪵🍄WOOD DOWELS🍄🪵Prepping some log stuff
11/12/2025

🪵🍄WOOD DOWELS🍄🪵

Prepping some log stuff

🌿 On a planet where Turkey Tail and Cordyceps have thrived for millions of years…Long before humans arrived, these mushr...
07/12/2025

🌿 On a planet where Turkey Tail and Cordyceps have thrived for millions of years…

Long before humans arrived, these mushrooms lived in perfect harmony with the Earth. They evolved with the forests, with the insects, with the cycles of life and decay. They existed without conflict, without destruction, without the need to control anything.

Then we appeared — a species with the extraordinary capacity to learn, adapt, and solve problems. A species capable of incredible innovation… and incredible harm.

We became the “most intelligent” species by separating ourselves from nature.
By killing each other.
By making one another sick.
By creating systems that disconnect us from the very planet that gives us life.

And after everything, we still believe we know better than nature.

We can build microchips smaller than a fingernail and structures taller than ancient mountains — yet we continue trying to dominate the natural world instead of learning from it.

Now, even the mushrooms that have been here far longer than we have — Turkey Tail, Cordyceps — are being threatened with bans. Mushrooms that have healed ecosystems, supported immune systems, and existed peacefully without ever harming us.

Mother Nature is incorruptible.
She is patient.
She is ancient.
And she doesn’t need us — we need her.

If we truly are the most intelligent species, then it’s time to act like it.
It’s time to protect the organisms that have protected this planet for millions of years.

I’m signing the petition to oppose the ban on Turkey Tail and Cordyceps — and I hope you’ll join me in standing for nature, not against it.

Let’s reconnect.
Let’s remember where we come from.
Let’s stop trying to control what we should be learning from.

🌱💚

🐛🍄 CORDYCEPS MILITARIS 🍄🐛Also known (thanks to pop culture) as “the Last of Us mushroom.”I found these brilliant orange ...
03/12/2025

🐛🍄 CORDYCEPS MILITARIS 🍄🐛
Also known (thanks to pop culture) as “the Last of Us mushroom.”

I found these brilliant orange fruiting bodies pushing up through the grass today — a true treasure for any mycologist. Cordyceps militaris is a parasitic fungus, and in nature it typically grows on the pine processionary caterpillar, which burrows into the soil to pupate. The fungus colonises the host underground, and what we see above the surface is just the fruiting body completing its life cycle.

It’s a striking species with a fascinating biology, respected for both its medicinal potential and its unique relationship with insects. Finding it in the wild feels like discovering a secret being revealed by the forest floor, in my case garden grass .

Every specimen is a reminder of the complexity of the ecosystems around us — tiny interactions creating extraordinary forms of life.

✨ Mycology is culture. Fungalist by nature, Junglist at heart. 🍄💚


⚒️🍄 MUSHROOM WORKSHOP 🍄⚒️ So grateful to have such a nice group of people very interested in mycology, so nice to see mu...
24/11/2025

⚒️🍄 MUSHROOM WORKSHOP 🍄⚒️


So grateful to have such a nice group of people very interested in mycology, so nice to see mushrooms are in trend and more and more people are curious.
I had a great time and the feedback was really good.

Also very proud to have David from there with us,so he could see first hand how the product that, we are working on, comes out practically to the public .

Everyone got to make their own mushroom grow bag with success , now time to incubate before fruiting 🙏🏼❤️‍🔥🍄
We talked about sustainability and mushroom growing, also about our project in Venezuela , then practical ways to grow mushrooms at home in your garden or using plastic containers . Was very didactic .

Thanks to Remi and to for the help organizing and more .

Can't wait for the next workshop !

🧫💙 BLUES ON PETRI WASTE💙🧫Barley straw pellets and some blue oyster grain spawn + your Petri dishes plastic waste ...make...
19/11/2025

🧫💙 BLUES ON PETRI WASTE💙🧫

Barley straw pellets and some blue oyster grain spawn + your Petri dishes plastic waste ...makes for a brilliant and sustainable mushroom log 🪵 .

See you Saturday 22nd Nov at mushroom workshop , going to be loads of fun !

Address

Birmingham

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Fungalist by nature posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Shortcuts

Share

Category