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The Shroomshop Extended: Mushroom Cultivation for Beginners
The Shroomshop Extended: Mushroom Cultivation for Beginners
Mushrooms have been growing wild since prehistoric times. Their therapeutic value has been prized in indigenous cultures, for thousands of years. They play a critical role in medicinal practice and were noted in some of the first books on herbal medicine written thousands of years ago.
In the past few decades, mushrooms have become more popular for their therapeutic qualities in the west as a result of an expanding body of scientific research supporting their numerous health benefits.
Come and learn the basics of mushroom cultivation Explore various techniques for growing gourmet and medicinal mushrooms such as Oyster, Reishi and Shiitake mushrooms.
This will be a hands on experience we will cover everything you need to know to get you started.
It is also a great recap for any previous attendees.
What will we cover?
- What are Mushrooms?
- How do Mushrooms grow?
- How do you grow Mushrooms at home?
- Mushroom Aftercare
- How to make and use Spore Prints, Spawn & Spore Syringes
- Where to get everything?
All participants will leave with an inoculated mushroom growing jar, handouts and a "How To Do It" CD-ROM (video / eBook bundle).
When: Sunday 6th December
Where: Navarino Mansions, 234 Dalston Lane, London E8 1LA
Doors Open: 1:30pm - Workshop: 2:00pm - 6:00pm
Early Bird Tickets: £20.00*
General Tickets: £30.00*
*50% Discount for anyone who attended the August Shroomshop
Transport:
Overground: Hackney Downs (2 mins) - Hackney Central (8 mins)
Buses: 30, 38, 48, 55, 106, 236, 242, 253, 254, 276, 277, 394, D6, W15
Contact: info@ancientfuture.org.uk / 07983442876
More about these mushrooms
Oyster Mushroom
Oyster mushrooms have been revered for thousands of years as both a food and a medicine. Oyster mushrooms are rich in protein, vitamin C, niacin, folic acid and potassium. Oyster mushrooms contain most of the mineral salts required by the human body. Their niacin content is about ten times higher than any other vegetables and the folic acid in oyster mushrooms helps to cure anemia. Oyster mushrooms are suitable for people with high blood pressure, obesity and diabetes due to their low sodium/potassium ratio, starch, fat and calorific value. Oysters naturally produce compounds called statins. Statin drugs reduce "bad cholesterol" (LDL) by stimulating receptors in the liver to clear the cholesterol from the body. Studies have shown a link between consuming the Oyster variety and a lowering of cholesterol levels, no doubt due to the statins they produce. As for cancer, research shows a possible anti-tumor effect from polysaccharides in oysters. A polysaccharide is a complex carbohydrate made up of smaller sugar molecules. Specific polysaccharides, known as beta-D-glucans, are suspected to stimulate the immune system to fight cancer.
Reshi Mushroom
Hailed in ancient Eastern medicine as the "mushroom of immortality" and the "medicine of kings." This prized fungus may be able to boost your immune system, fight cancer, ward off heart disease, calm your nerves and relieve both allergies and inflammation. An immunostimulant, it is helpful for people with AIDS, leaky-gut syndrome, Epstein-Barr, chronic bronchitis and other infectious diseases. It is used as an aid to sleep, as a diuretic, as a laxative and to lower cholesterol. Research shows that the polysaccharide beta-1,3-D-glucan in reishi boosts the immune system by raising the amount of macrophages T-cells, which has major implications for people suffering from AIDS and other immune system disorders. This immune-boosting action also works wonders in the prevention and treatment of cancer, as the T-cells are then able to fight cancer cells more effectively. However, reishi may help the body defeat cancer in not just one, but four ways. As a result of these amazing anti-cancer abilities, laboratory research and traditional medicinal usage of reishi to fight cancer is so positive that the Japanese government officially recognizes it as a cancer treatment.
Shiitake Mushroom
A symbol of longevity in Asia because of their health-promoting properties, Shiitake mushrooms have been used medicinally by the Chinese for more than 6,000 years. Recent studies have traced shiitakes' legendary benefits to an active compound contained in these mushrooms called lentinan. Among lentinan's healing benefits is its ability to power up the immune system, strengthening its ability to fight infection and disease. Against influenza and other viruses, lentinan has been shown to be even more effective than prescription drugs; it even improves the immune status of individuals infected with HIV. L-ergothioneine, a powerful antioxidant, has been discovered in mushrooms, thanks to a new analytical method capable of identifying this antioxidant in plant material. In research presented in 2005 an American research team revealed that mushrooms contain higher concentrations L-ergothioneine than either of the two dietary sources previously believed to contain the most: chicken liver and wheat germ. Testing mushrooms consumed in the U.S., the team found that shiitake, oyster, king oyster and maitake mushrooms contain the highest amounts of L-ergothioneine.
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