Wiregrass Myco-Farms

Wiregrass Myco-Farms Fresh gourmet mushrooms grown in Dothan, Alabama. Specializing in oyster mushrooms, with lion's mane and other specialty varieties coming soon.

Passionate about fungi, fresh harvests, and sharing the world of mushrooms with the Wiregrass.

🍄 Back in the Lab!After a short break, it's time to get things moving again.One of my goals over the past few months has...
07/08/2026

🍄 Back in the Lab!

After a short break, it's time to get things moving again.

One of my goals over the past few months has been getting a better feel for local demand. Thanks to the support from local restaurants and everyone following along here, it's time to ramp production up and settle into a more consistent growing schedule.

Today's project was expanding fully colonized grain into fresh Master's Mix blocks. Each grain kernel is covered with healthy mycelium, and once it's mixed throughout the substrate, every kernel becomes a tiny inoculation point. Instead of the mycelium spreading from just one location, it's now growing from hundreds of points throughout the bag, allowing the entire block to colonize much more quickly.

I also used some of that fully colonized grain to inoculate fresh grain. One of the advantages of healthy grain spawn is that it allows me to expand cultures without having to start over from agar or liquid culture every single time, helping keep the production cycle moving.

This batch includes 13 Blue Oyster blocks and 10 Lion's Mane blocks, and now it's time to let the mycelium do the hard work.

If everything goes as planned, I'm hoping to have the Blue Oysters heading into the fruiting room in about a week, with fresh harvests beginning roughly a week after that. Lion's Mane usually takes a little longer, but it won't be far behind.

For the local restaurants that have reached out, thank you for your patience. Building a consistent production schedule has been one of my biggest goals, and I'm excited to finally be getting into that rhythm.

Next up: watching these blocks turn completely white as the mycelium colonizes the substrate before they head into the fruiting room. That's when things really start to get exciting.

Thanks for following along!

🦁 Lion's Mane Update!A little over two weeks ago, I transferred lion's mane mycelium from agar to sterilized grain. Thos...
07/04/2026

🦁 Lion's Mane Update!

A little over two weeks ago, I transferred lion's mane mycelium from agar to sterilized grain. Those grain bags are now fully colonized, so it's time for the next step.

Today is substrate prep day. For these blocks I'm using a classic Master's Mix recipe: 1 pound of hardwood pellets, 1 pound of soy hull pellets, and 6 cups of water. Once hydrated, each bag weighs right around 5 pounds.

The bags are now headed into the sterilizer for about 12 hours at 212°F. That gives the mycelium a clean, nutritious environment to colonize without having to compete with other organisms.
After the substrate cools over the next couple of days, I'll mix in the colonized grain. Every colonized grain kernel acts like a tiny inoculation point, allowing the mycelium to spread throughout the entire block until it's ready for the fruiting room.

I'll keep posting updates as these lion's mane blocks make their way to the fruiting room and then hopefully fruit.

06/20/2026

A little more behind-the-scenes from the mushroom lab. 🍄

This video shows the next step for the Lion's Mane cultures I posted a few days ago. After preparing and sterilizing grain, it's time to transfer healthy mycelium from agar into grain spawn.

You'll notice I'm constantly spraying alcohol, re-sanitizing my gloves, flame sterilizing my scalpel, and working directly in front of the flow hood. The goal is to give the mycelium the best possible start while minimizing opportunities for contamination.

This isn't a tutorial—just a look at what happens behind the scenes before mushrooms ever make it to the fruiting room.

Now comes the hard part: waiting. These bags will spend the next few weeks colonizing before they're ready for the next stage.

A little behind-the-scenes look at what happens before mushrooms ever make it to the fruiting room.These Lion's Mane cul...
06/15/2026

A little behind-the-scenes look at what happens before mushrooms ever make it to the fruiting room.

These Lion's Mane cultures are nearly ready for their next step. Once a culture is healthy and fully established on agar, it can be transferred to sterilized grain where the mycelium continues to grow and expand.

Today I'm preparing grain and running sterilization cycles so these cultures will have a clean environment to colonize.

This part of mushroom cultivation isn't always the most exciting to look at, but it's one of the most important. Every harvest starts long before mushrooms appear.

One of the goals of Wiregrass Myco-Farms is to share more of the cultivation process along the way, so if you're interested in learning how mushrooms are grown from culture to harvest, stay tuned.

06/13/2026

Hey Wiregrass!

I just wanted to take a moment to say thank you.

What started as a small mushroom-growing project has already received far more support and interest than I ever expected. I'm grateful for every follow, share, comment, message, recommendation, and conversation.

Wiregrass Myco-Farms is still growing, and right now I'm focused on producing high-quality mushrooms, learning what local demand looks like, and building a farm that can serve the Wiregrass community for years to come.

As things continue to develop, I'll be sharing harvest updates, cultivation photos, mushroom education, new varieties, and availability announcements right here on the page.

I'd also love to hear what brought you here.

🍄 Are you a home cook?

🍄 A restaurant owner or chef?

🍄 Interested in growing your own mushrooms?

🍄 A fellow mushroom enthusiast?

🍄 Just curious about fungi?

Feel free to comment below or send me a message and let me know.

Thank you for joining me on this journey. I'm excited to see where it leads.

— Jeff

From Culture to Compost

Every harvest starts here.Inside the fruiting chamber at Wiregrass Myco-Farms, oyster mushrooms develop under carefully ...
06/11/2026

Every harvest starts here.

Inside the fruiting chamber at Wiregrass Myco-Farms, oyster mushrooms develop under carefully controlled conditions before they're harvested at peak freshness.

Fresh. Local. Cultivated.

06/11/2026

Welcome to Wiregrass Myco-Farms!

We're a specialty mushroom farm based in Dothan, Alabama, focused on growing fresh gourmet mushrooms for the Wiregrass region.

We're currently cultivating oyster mushrooms and expanding into lion's mane and other specialty varieties. As we grow, we plan to share cultivation updates, harvest announcements, mushroom facts, and a behind-the-scenes look at the fascinating world of fungi.

Our mission is simple: provide fresh, local mushrooms while honoring the entire fungal lifecycle—from culture to compost.

Thank you for following along. More updates, photos, and harvests coming soon!

— Jeff

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