Mushroom Guru
"The Mushroom is the Teacher"
The word guru, as a noun, means teacher or "imparter of knowledge" in Sanskrit.
As an adjective, guru means "heavy with knowledge".
Mushrooms have more to teach us than you can imagine.
As an adjective, guru means "heavy with knowledge".
Mushrooms have more to teach us than you can imagine.
GanodermaGOLD™
Ganoderma lucidum -Reishi
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Mushroom Guru has perfected a proprietary growing method and developed South Africa's first pure Reishi double extract capsule product. The extracted materials are blended back into the exact same ratio as they were extracted.
Ganoderma lucidum is also known as Lingzhi in China and Reishi in Japan, has been used for its medicinal properties for more than 2,000 years. This extraordinary fungus is highly effective as an adaptogen and therefore regulates, balance and harmonises the body and all its complex systems... Read more |
This website is designed to give you accurate information about mushrooms.
We support mushroom cultivators and the mushroom curious by providing information on which mushrooms you can cultivate, wild mushrooms you can eat and wild mushrooms you should avoid.
We support mushroom cultivators and the mushroom curious by providing information on which mushrooms you can cultivate, wild mushrooms you can eat and wild mushrooms you should avoid.
If you have found a mushroom you would like it identified, please visit and upload your photos to any of these Facebook pages: Mushrooms of Southern Africa, Mushrooms of Western Cape or Mushrooms of Mpumalanga.
"There are old mushroom hunters and there are bold mushroom hunters, never both."
If you would like to learn how to grow these wonderful and mystifying specimens yourself, we may have a solution for you.
Mushroom Guru delivers mushroom education through DIY projects, informal attendance workshops, courses and social media platforms.
Mushroom Guru delivers mushroom education through DIY projects, informal attendance workshops, courses and social media platforms.
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Would you like to grow your own Shiitake, Oyster or Reishi?
Maybe you enjoy doing things on your own at your own pace..? |
Train In the introduction workshop, you will learn How to Grow Exotic and Medicinal Mushrooms and learn how to inoculate your own Oyster mushroom "take home bag".
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Lab Training
We boast a culture library of 64 mushroom species, of which, you get to choose 10 when doing our
Advanced Fungi Culturing Course. During this course, we will teach you how to use a glove box with a 100% success rate, and if you choose to work in front of a Lamina Flow, we've got you covered. |
Once you have completed a workshop or course and are considering
growing your own mushrooms, becoming a fungkifriend™!
growing your own mushrooms, becoming a fungkifriend™!
