Pipp Brook Mushrooms

26/04/2026

Apart from our own fresh lion's mane and oyster mushrooms, we also sold lion's mane powder from Surrey Hills Mushrooms (www.surreyhillsmushrooms.com). Looking forward to continued collaboration with Charlie and his local family business!

26/04/2026

Spent a great (and successful) day selling our mushrooms at Denbies Food Fair, organised by Village Greens Farm Shop. Met many wonderful people! Many thanks to James, Kasia and their fantastic team!

27/03/2026

Hurray - a recent inspection of our mushroom growth facility by the Food Safety inspector from Mole Valley District Council earned us a top Food Hygiene rating of 5!

27/03/2026

The global interest in mushrooms and fungi in general keeps growing. Even the scientific journal Nature has just published an excellent review of all the fascinating activities in the field. (PDF: https://rdcu.be/famqG)
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-70167-y

This Review article explores how startups translate advances in mycology, biotechnology and biofabrication to address pressing environmental and societal challenges. It positions mushrooms as a cross-sector platform for sustainable innovation with wide-reaching benefits for industry and human wellbe...

13/12/2025

We had a great time being part of this year's Christmas Food Fair at Denbies, organised by Village Greens Farm Shop. In addition to mushrooms (lion's mane and oyster) we sold our own Westcott honey and even hand-made mushroom ornaments!

13/12/2025

My first harvest of 𝑷𝒊𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒐 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒎𝒔, aka poplar mushroom or poplar fieldcap. This bouquet was fried with just butter, olive oil and some salt - it was fantastic, much better taste than oyster mushrooms, it was agreed.
These mushrooms are popular in the south of Europe and have been cultivated since Roman times. In British shops and markets they are difficult to find.
Pioppini will be available from Pipp Brook Mushrooms from 2026.

12/05/2025

A picture of the idyllic Pipp Brook at the bottom of the street, after which our company is named. Walking across the wooden bridge this morning, a blue heron flew off from underneath. A beautiful scene, and for a moment the world seemed perfect.

24/12/2024

This should be a fascinating event:
"Merlin Sheldrake - Fungi: Web of Life LIVE"

16/12/2024

Among the first 4 crops of lion's mane that I harvested from my new grow tent, this mushroom broke a previous record with more than 900 grams. That's 36% of substrate (saw dust, soya hulls, water) turned into edible mushroom! 😋
Unusually "hairy" they were too this time. 🦁 Why, I don't know... 🤷

16/12/2024

The pink oysters are changing their colour as they turn into dinner...