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Cordyceps: The Fungus That Grows From a Caterpillar (And Costs More Than Gold)

High on the Tibetan Plateau, above 3,500 metres, harvesters get down on their hands and knees every spring and comb the alpine grassland for something that looks like a twig poking out of the soil. Pull gently, and what comes up is stranger than any twig: a slender, dark fruiting body attached to the mummified body of a ghost moth caterpillar, the fungus having consumed it from the inside out over the previous winter. Locally it's called yartsa gunbu — "summer grass, winter w

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Reishi: The Mushroom They Called the Spirit of Immortality

There are some things you come across in the world of natural health that genuinely stop you in your tracks. Reishi was one of those things for me. Reishi (Ganoderma lucidum) is not a culinary mushroom. It's tough, woody, and bitter — not something you'd want to throw in a stir fry. But in East Asian healing traditions, it has been considered one of the most precious medicines in existence for over two thousand years. Ancient Chinese texts described it as the "spirit mushroom

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Shiitake: The Mushroom I Think Everyone Should Know About

When I first started exploring medicinal mushrooms, Shiitake felt like familiar territory. It's the one we've all cooked with, tossed into a stir fry or a noodle broth. Delicious, yes. But medicinal? I had no idea just how powerful this humble little mushroom really is. It turns out that Shiitake — known scientifically as Lentinus edodes, and treasured in East Asian healing traditions for centuries — is one of the most well-researched medicinal mushrooms on the planet. And th

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Margate Mushrooms

Growers & suppliers of gourmet mushrooms

Upcoming Markets & Talks

27 Sept - Cliftonville Farmers Market

2-4 October - Broadstairs Food Festival
11 October - Broadstairs Farmers Market
16-18 October Sporefaring Mushroom Festival (Margate & Ramsgate)
18 October - Birchington Farmers Market
25 October - Cliftonville Farmers Market

8 November - Broadstairs Farmers Market

15 November - Birchington Farmers Market

29 November - Cliftonville Farmers Market

13 December - Broadstairs Farmers Market

19 December - Birchington Farmers Market

20 December - Cliftonville Farmers Market

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Cordyceps: The Fungus That Grows From a Caterpillar (And Costs More Than Gold)

Reishi: The Mushroom They Called the Spirit of Immortality

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Margate Mushrooms

Growers & suppliers of gourmet mushrooms

Upcoming Markets & Talks

27 Sept - Cliftonville Farmers Market

2-4 October - Broadstairs Food Festival 11 October - Broadstairs Farmers Market​ 16-18 October Sporefaring Mushroom Festival (Margate & Ramsgate) ​18 October - Birchington Farmers Market ​25 October - Cliftonville Farmers Market

8 November - Broadstairs Farmers Market​

15 November - Birchington Farmers Market​

29 November - Cliftonville Farmers Market

13 December - Broadstairs Farmers Market​

19 December - Birchington Farmers Market​

20 December - Cliftonville Farmers Market

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From Our Blog

Cordyceps: The Fungus That Grows From a Caterpillar (And Costs More Than Gold)

Reishi: The Mushroom They Called the Spirit of Immortality

Shiitake: The Mushroom I Think Everyone Should Know About

2-4 October - Broadstairs Food Festival
11 October - Broadstairs Farmers Market
16-18 October Sporefaring Mushroom Festival (Margate & Ramsgate)
18 October - Birchington Farmers Market
25 October - Cliftonville Farmers Market

8 November - Broadstairs Farmers Market

15 November - Birchington Farmers Market

13 December - Broadstairs Farmers Market

19 December - Birchington Farmers Market