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Caley Bros Blog: The difference between functional and medicinal mushrooms

Caley Bros Blog: The difference between functional and medicinal mushrooms

Functional and medicinal mushrooms are terms used to describe mushrooms with health benefits, however, their meaning differs depending on context, tradition and regulation. For centuries mushrooms have been valued in both culinary, and traditional medicine practices. Ancient cultures, from Traditional Chinese Medicine to Indigenous healing systems, have long used mushrooms

A modern guide to growing fungi

A modern guide to growing fungi

The book 'Project Mushroom' will teach you everything you need to know to identify, grow, display and cook edible mushrooms. Mushrooms are good for us and for the environment: they are a sustainable, easy-to-grow food source and full of nutritional goodness. But they can also be attractive and

The Mushroom Hour Podcast

The Mushroom Hour Podcast

The Mushroom Hour Podcast is a show dedicated to exploring the world of fungi and the broader culture and science surrounding mushrooms. Each episode features conversations with a diverse range of guests—including mycologists, foragers, artists, chefs, and naturalists—who share a passion for mushrooms and the natural world. The

Why Procurement needs to care about fungi

Why Procurement needs to care about fungi

Procurement teams are increasingly under pressure to support their companies achieve ambitious sustainability targets. This webinar, developed for the Sustainable Procurement Pledge, outlines how fungi can be leveraged to help companies stay within planetary boundaries. It looks at fungi as a carbon store, alternative to the meat industry, an alternative

Guide for Organisations Adopting a Mycologically Inclusive Approach

Guide for Organisations Adopting a Mycologically Inclusive Approach

It's time to move beyond just fauna and flora; the exclusion of fungi perpetuates our fungus blindness and distorts our worldview. Accounts of the living world that do not include fungi are accounts of a world that doesn’t exist. This guide provides a summary of the pivotal

Transforming waste with fungi

Transforming waste with fungi

The construction industry is responsible for an estimated 30% of all the waste we produce worldwide, with the United States alone producing 660 million tons of construction and demolition debris each year. Converting this waste into a reusable resource would dramatically reduce the environmental impact of a sector that accounts

How fungi can disrupt the meat industry

How fungi can disrupt the meat industry

CEO and author Paul Shapiro makes the case for creating new kinds of meat experiences by harnessing the power of microscopic fungi to lighten humanity's footprint, and food-print, on the planet. Paul Shapiro is the CEO of The Better Meat Co., the author of the national bestseller Clean