Garden State Mushrooms - Pioneering Cultivation of Beefsteak Mushrooms | Jacob Alvarez
Ep. 119:
Today on Mushroom Hour we have the honor of being joined by Jacob Alvarez. Jacob is an amateur mycologist focusing on dialing in cultivation methods for Fistulina hepatica, the beefsteak fungus. He started the “Beefsteak culture collection project” last year and has been collecting samples of the mushroom since early 2019. In May 2020 he made a significant breakthrough and successfully cultivated the first ever photo documented Beefsteak mushroom grow on a hardwood bag in the USA. He is based out Southern New Jersey where he owns & operates his farm Garden State Mushrooms. At the farm, he grows a wide variety of different gourmet mushrooms and continues his research figuring out better beefsteak cultivation methods. Beefsteak mushrooms are an intriguing mushroom that can be eaten raw, resemble meat in appearance and even bleed. The cultivation of the beefsteak mushroom can add some tremendous value to the mushroom market for small mushroom farms and he passionately believes the time to grow this mushroom is now! I’m excited to hear insights as to how to cultivate this mushroom and maybe be inspired to never give up on ideas even when things go very, very wrong.
TOPICS COVERED:
Discovering Wild Mushrooms and Introduction to Fistulina hepatica
Fistulina Fundamentals
Finding the Best Beefsteak Strain for Commercial Cultivation
2020 Beefsteak Culture Challenge
Genetics and Process Over Substrate in Beefsteak Cultivation
Process of Collecting Wild Tissue Cultures
Extreme Photosensitivity of Beefsteak Mushrooms
Growth of Project and R&D Scaling
Economic Importance of Beefsteak Mushrooms for Small Farmers
Betting the Future of Garden State Mycology on Beefsteak
Juggling Research, Business, Fatherhood
Advice for Entering the World of Mushroom Farming
Creating Jerky, Sushi and More with Beefsteak Mushrooms
Open-Source Innovation
EPISODE RESOURCES:
Garden State Mycology Website: https://gardenstatemushrooms.com/
Garden State Mycology IG: https://www.instagram.com/gardenstatemushrooms/
Jacob Alvarez IG: https://www.instagram.com/hacob_/
Fistulina hepatica (AKA Beefsteak Mushroom): https://www.mushroomexpert.com/fistulina_hepatica.html
Myco-Operative Twin Cities: https://www.facebook.com/MycoOpTwinCities/
Mycopolitan: https://www.mycopolitan.com/
Pleurotus eryngii (AKA King Oyster Mushroom): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleurotus_eryngii
Lanmaoa pallidorosea (AKA Bullion Bolete): https://boletes.wpamushroomclub.org/product/boletus-pallidoroseus/
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