Boulder High Country Mushrooms

04/29/2015

Boulder Mushroom Newsletter

03/21/2015

Fungi Perfecti Releases Mycofiltration as an Open-Source Biotechnology.

03/16/2015

Have some extra funds to support an amazing film project? Check this out, an amazing endeavor.

Support our mind-bending, life-affirming film about mushrooms, featuring Paul Stamets and produced by Lyn Lear.

01/06/2015

For all those in the DC area, or for those folks who you may know in the DC area - I'll be teaching a Mushroom and Mushroom Medicine class at Smile Herb Shop in College Park, MD. Will be a great class, all about how amazing mushrooms are, and how we can use them for better health and greater immunity! Please share with all those who may be interested:)

This mushroom class will highlight some of the most amazing attributes of the Kingdom of Fungi. Fungi are organisms that have many functions - they create soil and new ecosystems in nature, they provide high quality food, they provide some of the best anti-cancer and immune system medicine we know…

12/20/2014

     ***A note to our customers!    We are in the process of moving our place of business from Colorado to Maryland - I know, I know, so many people are asking us why would we move to Maryland...

12/13/2014

A beautiful video, showing the inner workings of the fungal mycelium....

\tJust as humans utilize roads and freeways to move cars and resources around our cities, fungus use fluid networks to move nutrients and nuclei through their cells. Dr. Marcus Roper of UCLA explains how these networks function with remarkable efficiency and prevent microscopic traffic jams. \t

12/10/2014

Worth it?!

The tuber made its way around the room on a cake stand, and there was a visible slackening of jaws as waves of musky aroma filled Sotheby’s.

11/23/2014

A fungus consumes a worm and sprouts out of its head. The resulting ... thing ... is deemed an aphrodisiac and sells for more than gold. How do you keep people from killing each other to harvest it?

10/23/2014

Interesting read. Any thoughts?

How one company is trying to save the world from a looming food scarcity problem and reduce our reliance on harmful chemicals.

10/09/2014

The weekend went really great! Thanks to 63rd Street Farm for helping host the event and thank you to Robert Rogers for making it to Colorado. It was a total blast and I learned so much. Finally, many thanks to everyone who came out for the workshop. The energy was great and the interest exceptional. Stay tuned for more happening at BHCM...

Be Well,
Michael Burke Heim

09/26/2014

Not too late! Tonight is the night... See you there!!

Please join amateur mycologist of Boulder High Country Mushrooms Michael B. Heim, along with the 63rd Street Farm in welcoming published author and renowned herbalist Robert Rogers to Boulder, Colorado! On Friday evening, Robert will introduce thirty of the most important medicinal mushrooms, includ…

09/20/2014

Folks, I know I have been meaning make an official introduction and say hello but I've been out in the woods. So, here's the informal one
:-)

We are in a mixed pine and aspen forest at about 8,000 feet. We walk slowly, scanning the ground for signs of the golden fungus we intend to pile high in our wicker basket. We have seen everything we don’t want — russulas, puffballs and trash.

09/20/2014

Hello Friends! Hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful day. Just wanted to let you know if you hadn't heard already that we are doing a really cool workshop next weekend and we've taken the price down. Check out the link below and sign up as seats are filling up. Thanks for listening!

Please join amateur mycologist of Boulder High Country Mushrooms Michael B. Heim, along with the 63rd Street Farm in welcoming published author and renowned herbalist Robert Rogers to Boulder, Colorado! On Friday evening, Robert will introduce thirty of the most important medicinal mushrooms, includ…

08/27/2014

Please join amateur mycologist of Boulder High Country Mushrooms Michael B. Heim, along with the 63rd Street Farm in welcoming published author and renowned herbalist Robert Rogers to Boulder, Colorado! On Friday evening, Robert will introduce thirty of the most important medicinal mushrooms, includ…

08/26/2014

Thanks to everyone who joined us this weekend for the Wild Finds workshop. I really enjoyed my time out there! Thanks Elizabeth for the great photos!!!

08/19/2014

Hi friends! Just in case you missed it, I'm leading a foray this weekend. Michael

Head into the Rockies with wild mushroom enthusiast Michael Heim for an afternoon mushroom foray and a walk in the woods. You’ll gain a firm handle on the foundations of mushroom identification as you locate a variety of medicinal and edible fungi growing in the wild. You’ll have a chance to discuss…

08/11/2014

Hi Friends! As Jared mentioned in an earlier post I have taken over the day to day operations of BHCM. I will try to make a formal introduction soon but wanted to let y'all know about an upcoming foraging class that I'll be leading in 2 weeks. Space is limited so check it out!!! Hope to see you there!

Head into the Rockies with wild mushroom enthusiast Michael Heim for an afternoon mushroom foray and a walk in the woods. You’ll gain a firm handle on the foundations of mushroom identification as you locate a variety of medicinal and edible fungi growing in the wild. You’ll have a chance to discuss…

08/11/2014

Hello Facebook friends and followers! If you have not met him yet, I have the pleasure of introducing Michael Heim to you - Michael has been working with me in the grow room and laboratory for the past 6 months or so, and has transitioned into taking over the operations and leading workshops for Boulder High Country Mushrooms! We are in process of having Michael take over all business operations as my wife and I have moved to Maryland.

Michael is a hard working, knowledgeable man and I am very happy to have him be taking over. So, everybody, meet Michael Heim - Michael Heim, everybody! If you need any fresh mushrooms, medicinal products, mushroom cultivation workshops or wild mushroom identification workshops, talk to the man, Mr. Heim. Michael will be sharing information soon about a wild mushroom identification class he will be teaching in the next few weeks.

07/09/2014

Coming up soon! Check out the 5 class, online series I am doing - it starts Thursday! Five classes on mushrooms, how they grow, what they are, using them for medicine and environmental remediation, and how to grow them!

Check it out! It starts this Thursday from 6-8pm MDT, and runs each Thursday after that for 5 weeks. Don't worry if you can't make one or more of the classes, you can listen in online later for up to 6 months in the future.

Learn to grow your own mushrooms! Join Jared for this five week webinar series and discover the wonders of fungi. You’ll learn about different types of mushrooms, how they are used medicinally, and how easy it is to grow them right at home. This five week series includes the following:

07/04/2014

Hey everybody! I just offered a free one hour intro class, online, about "The Wonders of Mushrooms." It was a great class and you can still listen to it for free! If you like where its going, we will be hosting a 5 series class, held weekly, starting July 10th. Listen to the free webinar below for the intro, as well as a discount for the full 5 series program. Hurrah for Mushrooms!!!

http://instantteleseminar.com/?eventid=55140717

06/23/2014

Teaching a FREE online mushroom class tonight - 6pm MST. Join us! This is a free one hour intro to an upcoming 5 series online class where we will really dive into the details and the magic of the Kingdom of Fungi!

Can mushrooms really be the answer to the world’s problems?! Join Jared for this FREE introduction to the wonders of fungi. Learn what fungi are, what role they play in the web in life, and the varied and amazing ways they are being used as medicine, cleaning up our environment, and improving agri…

05/23/2014

Beautiful~

Fairy umbrella Mushrooms are Awesome

05/21/2014

Just harvested 20lbs of wild oyster mushrooms - get em while they're fresh! We are selling them at $12 per pound, a great deal for huge and fresh wild oysters.

Keep in mind we are also selling our Ancient Reishi tinctures, Red Belt Polypore tinctures, and medicinal pills made with Turkey Tail and Cordyceps and Reishi mushrooms. Come get em! :)

04/22/2014

Easter day, 2014. Large, and delicious, Oyster patch, Coprinus patch, and some beautiful Morels!

03/24/2014

Boulder Mushroom Newsletter

  We still have a few months until our beloved wild fungi begin sprouting, but we've got a lot going on here at Boulder High Country Mushrooms! Classes are forming, fungi in our grow room are sprouting, we've acquired some exciting new species in the laboratory, and we now have some extra help in th...

01/13/2014

  Welcome to Boulder High Country Mushrooms!   We are pleased to bring you the finest gourmet and medicinal mushrooms, many of them from right here in our very own Colorado wilds.     ...

09/05/2013

I wish I could be there! This promises to be one of the best events of the year, at the OLDEST and probably the most INTENSIVE food forest in the state, if not the country. Go if you can! :)

Join us for the 2013 Colorado Permaculture Convergence!

08/30/2013

Vending at a new Longmont farmers market - Harold's Restaurant and Lounge, every Friday from 4-8pm. Come and see us! (Ken Pratt and Industrial Circle)

08/28/2013

A new blog post about Colorado's Ancient Reishi - check it out!

Also, we have just started to produce our own line of Reishi tinctures and other medicinal mushroom tinctures. Check out our Medicinal Products page on the website.

Kofukisanunokoshikake - a legendary name for a legendary mushroom. Out of all the native Colorado fungi, one outstanding species is Ganoderma applanatum , the Ancient Reishi (a.k.a, Artists...

05/14/2013

Yea, it was an OK day:)

05/09/2013

Native Boulder morels - Morchella esculenta! Delicious... We will be offering Grow-Your-Own Morel kits in the very near future from these Morels.

05/09/2013

Morels morels morels... We now have local Boulder morel in culture! Let us know of you'd like to grow your own morels with our Local Morel Grow-kit~

04/26/2013

Last chance to sign up! 8am-1pm tomorrow at the 63rd St Farm, a mushroom cultivation class will be held. Afterwards stick around and celebrate with the farm during its Spring Celebration!

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The world of fungi, of edible and gourmet mushrooms, is fascinating and vast. It is a world that is often overlooked and therefore can be hard for people to access. ...

04/24/2013

First morel of the season? Or a piece of wood? Le sigh, a piece of wood...