We are Iowa Fungi
Small Farm.
Big Idea.
Iowa Fungi is a low tech, high quality organic mushroom farm located in South Central Iowa. We aim to supply the local community with nothing but the highest of quality mushrooms.
Our Mushrooms
We aim to produce nothing but the highest of quality blue and pink oyster mushrooms.
Blue Oysters
Pink Oysters
New to Mushrooms? We can Help.
There are A LOT of edible mushrooms you can grow at home, but it really depends on where you’d like to grow them! For the beginner, we recommend oyster mushrooms (indoor and outdoor), Wine Cap (outdoor beds) and shiitake (outdoor logs). All are reliable producers, and will increase the likelihood of a successful first attempt!
Mushrooms prefer indirect sunlight, lots of humidity, and temperatures between 60-75 F. Some species are more tolerant of heat (like pink oysters), while others are more tolerant of humidity changes. But generally speaking, it’s best to create conditions that are relatively cool, moist, and shady.
Many species go from “pin” to “flush” in as little as two weeks! But others, like reishi, can take months. Also note that, if you’re growing on logs, you’ll need to factor in inoculation time (which is generally 6 months to a year).
Indoors, you can grow mushrooms on your countertop (with a kit), in jars, in bags, in a monotub, or in a tent. Outdoors, you can grow mushrooms in containers, garden beds, and on logs, stumps, and totems.
Yes. Mushrooms don’t do well in direct sunlight. However, they do need ambient light to grow. So, if you plan to grow indoors in a basement, closet, or other dark space that sunlight can’t reach, you will need to supplement with an artifical grow light.
If you’re not using a humidity-controlled environment (like a humidity tent or martha tent), you will want to generously water your mushrooms 2-3 times a day. That said, you don’t want to soak them either. Spray with a fine mist until water droplets appear, then keep an eye on them for signs of moisture loss. Dry mushrooms will wilt and the edges will curl, which means they might need to be moved to a different space or be watered more frequently.
Our Story
Supply The Best Fresh Mushrooms since 2022
Iowa Fungi is an Iowa based (who’d have guessed?), low tech mushroom farm operated by three decade old buddies. What started as a spontaneous auction purchase of a 2005 reefer trailer on a random Thursday, has turned into a thriving, organic mushroom farm! We specialized in cultivating both blue and pink oyster mushrooms in a sustainable, environmentally friendly fashion.
Low Tech
Fresh & Healthy
100% Organic
Our Farm
The Home For Our Farm.
Natural. Sustainable.
Our mushrooms are grown in a 45 foot refurbished, refrigerator trailer. Inside we have three chambers built out for preparation, incubation and fruiting.
- Nutrient film technique
- Propagation systems
- Medical crop systems
- Electronics & lighting
- Nutrients & additives
- Heated propagator
- Propagating material
- Automatic vent-opener
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