Some Funguys Urban Mushroom Farm

19/09/2024

My partners know I'm more likely to give them a bouquet of mushrooms than flowers

17/09/2024

A smorgasbord of shrooms for tonight's dinner

14/09/2024

It brings me great joy to he dropping off some lions.lane musbrooms to down

Nearly 4 years ago I started selling mushroom grow kits down at that market and its great to see my mushrooms being sold there again!

09/09/2024

My favourite time of the year is when I can pull out my dehydrator and my flat starts to get filled with a lovely mushroom aroma

07/09/2024

We are on the verge of being able to supply mushrooms to folk, wholesale and retail.

We're working on local deliveries but also laying the groundwork for being able to ship uk wide.

To register your interest for wholesale orders please send us a dm!

05/09/2024

Shroom of the week.

Well over 1kg in a single shroom

29/08/2024

First Cep of the season. It was the only one but hopefully many more to follow, in a lovely condition as well

25/08/2024

Sometimes I'll suggest something as a joke but then realise I've just got to commit to the bit.

For clarity, yes I got my logo tattooed in the exact size and location as the logo on my tshirts

Thanks .tattoo for my first tattoo
Thanks for my permanently attached 4 little friends. I'll never be alone now I guess when I've got these 4 funguys

Ps yes my mum did not approve

07/08/2024

The deadline for applying for our part-time farm assistant role is 5pm on Friday 9/8

Please send your CV and a little bio to

[email protected]

01/08/2024

Fancy joining our team!

Send us a dm if you're interested

We're looking for a funguy, fungal, or theycelium to become a part-time additional member of our team as we scale up our mushroom growing operation in the basement of

We are looking for someone to do 12-15 hours per week, on Saturdays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays (plus ad hoc holiday cover)

Duties will involve;

harvesting, trimming, and delivering mushrooms

Cleaning grow rooms and equipment.

Loading in and purging growtents.

No prior mushroom growing experience is required. We will teach you everything you need to know.

A driving licence would be handy but not required.

It's a fairly physical job

An appreciation of rock and heavy metal will be good.

We'll offer a living wage+ and all the other trimmings that come with employment, like holiday pay etc, plenty of free mushrooms, and a flexible working schedule

03/01/2024

A first for me! I've seen plenty of woods ear but I've never seen it growing out of treated wood before.

18/12/2023

In lieu of a tree, we felt this pipe hanging from the ceiling was worthy of our Christmas decorations.

All kits ordered are on their way!

If you want to come down to the farm to pick them up in person and save on postsge over the next few days then that's great! Just send us a message

12/12/2023

The last day to order for delivery is Friday!

Mushrooms are really fun and easy to grow with a Some Funguys mushroom grow kit, so give the gift of one this year.

09/12/2023

I've donated a mushroom growing workshop to the auction of promises!

This is a bespoke workshop that I'll run where I'll go over anything that you want to cover that I can! On a date and time that works for you!

Want to clone mushrooms onto agar? Done.

LMC?, what's that? We can go over that

From spore to shroom we can go over any topic you want

Head to
https://www.edinburghgreens.org.uk/shop/ to place your bid and check out all the other great items and experiences

04/12/2023

Mushroom grow kit christmas gifts!

I sometimes can't believe that it was just over 3 years ago that I started selling Oyster Mushroom grow kits as a way to keep myself busy and sane during the pandemic.

Most of my production and work now goes into the fresh mushrooms as well as my chef work which I love to tie into foraging.

Still always happy to produce kits In time for Christmas though. Head to my link in the bio to give the gift of growing

29/11/2023

Fancy yourself a free* grow kit?

Our friends down at the in Leith are doing a warm clothing drive.

I've got 20 kits I'm going to give away in exchange for coats

Take your spare warm coats down to the dreadnought and send us a pic of you handing the coat to the staff and I will give you a free grow kit!

I'll send you a code to redeem a gift card that you can then gift on to someone else if you like because you are such a generous person.

All you need to do is pay the postage for the card and kit and you'll get yourself a gift of a free grow kit just for being generous. Postage is £5

Limit of one per person and limited to 20 kits

23/11/2023

Great to show Scott from around the mushroom farm this afternoon.

A lot of people ask me where I recommend buying mushroom growing supplies and I always send them their way.

Go check them out!

17/11/2023

Christmas Gift cards!

Pre-order a Christmas gift card today for £16 + postage!

The gift card is redeemable to an oyster mushroom grow kit which will then be posted to your loved one.

These will be posted out in time for Christmas but if you want it early just let me know and I'll send it out early.

Check the link in the bio to buy

09/11/2023

If you don't already know, this is me!

One of the great things about growing and foraging mushrooms is that I get to combine it with my other work, as a freelance chef.

The freelance chef work allows me to head to some of the most beautiful places in the UK where I relish in being able to go and forage fresh mushrooms to then go into my cooking

09/11/2023

Great quite jaunt out to get a couple of mushrooms for dinner!

02/10/2023

I am unbelievably happy to be able to announce the site of the next urban gourmet mushroom farm at the incredible

When I started Some Funguys 3 years ago, if there was one site I aspired to be working from, it was here.

An extension of the mushroom emporium, I will be able to massively increase mushroom production and will shortly have mushrooms to sell.

We just took the keys today and there is a fair amount to build and set up but we will be posting regular updates on the build

30/09/2023

A great end to the week cooking for

Cooking freshly foraged porcini, chanterelles and winter chanterelles over open fire

26/09/2023

Having an absolutely fantastic time up at kildermorie estate cooking for , we've managed to find and a load of my favourite mushrooms.

It's been great as well to be able to take the guests out to teach them local foraging tips and identification, whilst also getting them to help collect the food that we then are cooking up for dinner.

22/09/2023

All cleaned up

10/09/2023

While the lion's manes haven't particularly enjoyed this September heatwave, the oyster mushrooms have been thriving! -To-Table

These fresh mushrooms go into the woodland mushroom dish and have food miles of 2 sets of stairs, straight from the mushroom emporium to the kitchen!"

07/09/2023

These oyster mushrooms go straight into the woodland mushroom dish at .

No farm to table but basement to table, these shrooms are grown on site in the !

04/09/2023

There's a reason they call it

Lovely large porcini/cep i found on a walk today, unfortunately the worms had beat me to it so I left it to them.

03/09/2023

Some of these lions manes are literally the size of a large lions mane sized football!

These beauts were definitely part of our biggest harvest yet from the mushroom emporium.

Head on down to try the amazing lions mane dish!

23/05/2023

In the hidden corners of ancient forests, where sunlight weaves its way through the canopy, a peculiar mushroom known as Dryad's saddle emerges. Its cap, akin to a saddle or the feathery back of a pheasant, holds a secret whispered through the winds of folklore. Legend tells of tree nymphs, the ethereal dryads, who once danced among the leaves and whispered secrets to the oaks. In this mystical realm, Dryad's saddle found its place, a bridge between the realms of plant and fungi. Tales spun like silken threads speak of woodland creatures perching upon these magical mushrooms, venturing on wondrous journeys beyond human sight. In the realm where reality melds with imagination, Dryad's saddle weaves a tapestry that echoes the enchanting bond between mushrooms and the realms of myth.

20/05/2023