We are a small urban mushroom farm in Alphington growing beautiful seasonal delicacies for Melbourne.
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Morels!! popping up at SCM farmers market stall this weekend on Saturday and on Sunday. A few fresh boxes of wild foraged beauties and some sweet little jars of morel confit so you can eat them straight away 😉 Thank you for the delivery - we love eating with the seasons and magical treats they bring.
Road testing our new & this morning…another exciting collaboration creating mind blowing flavours with our mushrooms
Soooooo goooood 🤤
Loads of fresh fungal goodness this Saturday and all our stellar gourmet treats. See you there xx
First in best dressed this morning x
First in best dressed x
A perfect collab-trifecta today ! The master mussel man Mike has our mushrooms as a part of . We have a neat little trade going on where Mike lets me use his massive dehydrator to dry our mushrooms - and I give him dried mushies in exchange 😎
Did you know he has been out diving all week in the feeezing blowy weather harvesting mussels and seaweed for market?!! Talk about committed…
Did I mention we LOVE collaborations with other local food legends? ☺️ We are also incredible shiitake butter crumpets 🤤… today and other markets across the month. Perfect comfort food to keep you cosy in this cold x
Markets this weekend!!
Saturday - Veg Out Farmers Market in St Kilda
Sunday - Alphington Farmers Market
Rug up and come and enjoy the magic ❤️
Everybody loves ✨ One of the things we enjoy being at farmers markets is that we get to hear about your amazing recipes! How do you like to cook your shiitake?
Farmers Markets! Come by & share the local love with community vibes ✨ We are fully stocked with our pantry products, but come early if ya'll want our fresh mushrooms 😉
We are certainly leaning into the dark & moody mornings, with bright sun filled days. With winter fast approaching we love the way our mushies respond — they grow slowly but are more dense & weighty. 🌚🌝
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Fungi are essential to healthy ecologies. Recent discoveries include their potential to decompose plastics and toxic waste. The estimated number of fungal species is approx 2.5million yet only around 150k are currently described.
In our Fungus Amongst Us walking workshops with mycologist .mcfish we share simple tips how you can become a citizen scientist and help advance knowledge and conservation of fungi whenever you take a walk in the park. It’s easy and fun - great to do with kids too.
Get more connected to your local ecology on June 1 for Rare Fungi Foray in Warrandyte &
June 23rd for a foray through Darebin Parklands on June 23rd. Places limited - link in bio x
👩🏻🌾 Cold, crisp, dewy mornings make for great picking & harvesting conditions ❄️ when that sun comes up, it's a sight to behold.
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📅 At the start of June we are going hunting to document rare fungi of Warrandyte with our friend .mcfish !
It'll be an exciting foray nerding out with other fanatics & fungi lovers. No experience necessary - come along & learn with us 🤓
Tickets & more deets via 🔗 in bio!
🔥The legends of .au have recently stocked our incredibly addictive OM XO Sauce & OMG Confit in their gorgeous (& newly renovated) farmgate 💥 Open Fridays & Saturdays 9am - 2pm, support local & meet some genuinely great people.
🛒 Two of our favourite markets this weekend! Come by & say hello!
🍽️ Come for the fire, stay for the food...& wine. Our friends are the very definition of a cosy retreat in Naarms cooler months. With every inch of their refined, homely haven oozing with warmth, it's easy to find a nook to nestle into — forgetting the outside world.
Recently, Head Chef & the talented Neighbourhood Wine team added our to their menu — what an absolute honour. To experience in a space such as this, leaves your senses curious, inspired & overflowing with contentment.
Yes, they are open 7 days. We recommend going in for an early dinner, & staying till your heart & belly is full.
👩🌾 The humble Shiitake . As one of the oldest known cultivated mushroom varieties, it has always peaked curiosities across the globe.
Traditionally, they are cultivated using inoculated Shii tree logs, however in more recent histories they have been cultivated using a sterilized sawdust, which allows for faster production.
This is what you see here - shiitake mycelium starting to fruit from a sterilized sawdust block. Unlike its' oyster neighbours in our grow room, where the mycelium grows stark white, shiitake mycelium has a beautifully rich, earthy brown colour.
🛒 A big weekend ahead, with the autumn 🍁 weather truly welcoming us into the cooler days. Bring your woolies & join us in celebrating & supporting local community & businesses!
We will have our usual offerings this weekend, but get in quick if you want fresh mushies! Don't forget to return your empty OM XO Sauce and OMG Confit jars, so we can reuse them via our friends !
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Community has always been at the core of what we do at , & that will never change. So much , & can come from the connections we make.
Take a look at what are fostering in the Alphington & Darebin local community. As a collective of local representatives, a vision for a thriving, economic, social & ecologically-rich community has been put forward.
🔗 To find out more about this & to express your support, head to the link in our bio to sign their petition.
👩🌾 Gills — otherwise known as lamellae — those heavenly translucent veils, structured to disperse mushroom spores. Much like the cap of mushrooms, gills can also be morphologically different, which is determined by their attachment to the stipe. What wonders they are!
🛒 This weekend we will be at Veg Out St Kilda & 🙂 We are looking forward to reconnecting over tasty & local food after the long weekend!
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👩🌾 Did you know that our deliciously popular OM XO Sauce was developed to made sure we could utilise every bit of our harvest? Thanks to the amazing Chefs we have worked with for creative (and tasty!) solutions to champion a philosophy.
If you're in Naarm, you can purchase our OM XO Sauce online from - link in bio! Otherwise, follow our weekly circuit 😉
🛒 EASTER MARKET WEEKEND 🐰 For those lucky folk who are staying at home this long weekend, we will be & !
🥯🧈Also a shout out to where will be slinging delicious carbs with the option of whipped shiitake mushroom butter – made with by yours truly 😉
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🍽️ is a space that redefines what & wine can be, will be & is. We say space, not only because of the welcoming, dimly light space as dusk turns nigh, or because of the incredible hospitality you will receive as a patron there – but more than that, we say space because a deeper, larger conversation about food & is at play here.
It is a space specifically designed for intimacy & , truly celebrating (literally) every single ingredient that goes into the food. A kitchen with one chef, one pot, and one compost bin, all made in front of you, as you are taken through a journey in the history of their food & wine selection.
There is no waste & an immense amount of respect in this kitchen. With honest food at its core, is a really special experience – no need to pick out your own selections off the menu here, just trust in their passion & expertise to guide you through. What an honour to have our oyster mushrooms in this creative space – thank you.
Yes, they are open Easter weekend 😉
👩🌾 WOW. What an incredible weekend at the Moorabool Mushroom Festival brought together by the insanely awesome team . It was 💯 all about community & just downright inspiring to connect with people over .
If we are to take away anything from this weekend, it would be that there is so much strength, resilience, creativity & innovation in community....& will forever be bloody awesome.
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📆 There is a very exciting event coming up this weekend on the 23rd & 24th March – Moorabool Mushroom Festival! Put it in your diary folks!
At this event, Julia Laidlaw, Founder & Head of Production, Research & Education, will be leading an open & inclusive talk around waste in gourmet mushroom farming. As a part of this discussion, she will be talking through the recent transition & decision-making process that led Sporadical City Mushrooms to hybrid growing – buckets & blocks.
Head to the link in our bio for more info & tickets 😉 Julia’s talk @ 3pm Saturday 23rd March. Come say hello, we'd love to see you there!
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❤️ Reminiscing about last Sunday, we had an amazing time connecting with fellow local businesses at the incredible JARS IN BARS MARKET by ! Big thank you for the invite & supporting us, showcasing passion for the community — collaboration & creativity makes us all thrive! Big love to everyone who came out & supported local producers 🌞
Thank you to all these legends who participated & shared their amazing artisan products with us:cocoa
(super human, making amazing Chocolate treats…)
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(thanks for the delish macadamias, Georgia!)
(Soul Tonic has been a new morning ritual and kimchi yum)
(yes please!)soda
(promising me that sleep is optional 😂)
cucina
(reaffirming you can have heat & balance)
P.S. Look out for our C's of Change program this year — it's all about fostering connections & collaboration. Stay tuned 💥
🍽️ Quite literally, the mushrooms pictured, went to the table ..... via a very talented Chef & kitchen crew. For a while now have been making killer dishes with our — ask for the Udon, Mushroom XO, Mixed Mushrooms, Chive & Crispy Chilli. Then keep your eyes peeled for when the Hibachi Grilled Mushroom is back on the menu, because you will die and go to heaven.
Honestly, some of the best modern Japanese food gracing Naarm 🍜 ! Book ahead 😉
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👩🌾 'Rosecomb Mutation' – a great find by Sam in the grow room last week! This phrase is often used to explain many kinds of distortions that occur on the mushroom cap that make the gills visible. Pretty cool! 😎
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Melbourne, VIC
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Add mushrooms to your veggie patch!! This Saturday I will be out at Oakhill Food Justice Farm in Preston sharing skills on how to cultivate mushrooms in your garden for better garden health and great grub…Spread the word, grab a ticket and meet us there 🌟 Tickets available via the events page at www.oakhillfarm.org.au 😊 #growyourownfood #fungalnetworks #mushroomworkshops #urbanfoodmelbourne #melbournefood #permaculturemelbourne
Agriculture Education at Melbourne Polytechni
Dalton Road and Cooper Street Epping
Kensington Town Hall Compost Hub
Bellair Street
