Hill City Mushrooms

11/22/2024

11/16/2024

Grow Your Own Gourmet Mushrooms! 🍄

Turn your kitchen into a mushroom farm with our 5lb Fruiting Block Grow Kits!

✅ Price: Only $30
✅ Yield: Harvest 3-4 lbs of fresh mushrooms over multiple flushes!
✅ Eco-Friendly: Makes excellent compost when you’re done!

Available Varieties:
• Lion’s Mane
• Blue Oyster
• Golden Oyster
• Custom Orders: Choose from 30+ unique cultures!

🎁 Perfect for Christmas Gifts!

🌐 Order online at hillcitymushrooms.com
📞 Prefer local pickup or delivery? Contact us directly at 434-534-4453!

Grow your own gourmet mushrooms this holiday season!

11/09/2024

Fresh and flavorful! Our Lion’s Mane, Black Pearl King Oyster, and King Trumpet mushrooms are ready for you. Reach out to place your orders directly and bring these gourmet varieties to your kitchen!

11/07/2024

Indoor Mushroom Cultivation Class with Blue Ridge Mycological Society

3-10-2023

11/06/2024

🌱🍄 Had an amazing time teaching mushroom cultivation to three enthusiastic homeschool groups this past week! We gathered at West Lynchburg Baptist Church, where everyone got hands-on experience learning about the fascinating world of fungi and how to cultivate their own mushrooms.

Seeing the curiosity and excitement on everyone’s faces was such a rewarding experience – the next generation of mushroom growers is already well on its way! Thanks to all the families who joined us, West Lynchburg Baptist Church, and the teachers for hosting us and providing the space for this event. Here’s to growing knowledge, mushrooms, and more community connections! 🍄🌱

10/24/2024

Join us today from 3pm-6pm at the Rustburg Ruritan Community Farmers Market for the penultimate market of the season!

We’re bringing a variety of mushroom products, including:
🍄 Lion’s Mane & Blue Oyster grow kits
🍄 Fresh Golden, Blue, Black Pearl Oyster, & Shiitake mushrooms
🍄 Dried Black Pearl, Shiitake, & Golden Oyster mushrooms
🍄 Lion’s Mane coffee & tinctures
🍄 Oyster seasoning powder

Located at the Rustburg Ruritan Club. Don’t miss out on one of your last chances to stock up for the season—see you there!

Brandon Sharp
hillcitymushrooms.com

09/27/2024

$5 for 1/4lb boxes of our beautiful golden oyster mushrooms! 🍽️✨

Stop by and grab your gourmet mushrooms to elevate your weekend meals! We’ll have all our usual goodies ready to go. 🌞

— Hill City Mushrooms

09/26/2024

Golden and Black Pearl Oysters fresh from Hill City Mushrooms! 🍄🌟 These gourmet mushrooms are packed with flavor and perfect for your next dish.

Get yours now—locally grown, sustainably harvested, and ready to enjoy!

📧 [email protected]
📞 434-534-4453
🌐 hillcitymushrooms.com

Catch us at your local farmers market or order today!

09/23/2024

Beef Wellington with a Mushroom Duxelle Twist 🍄🥩✨

We made a delicious Beef Wellington tonight, featuring blue oyster, black pearl oyster, and chestnut mushrooms for a savory duxelle! 🤤 Check out the pics below to see the process from start to finish.

**Ingredients:**

- Blue oyster, black pearl oyster, and chestnut mushrooms 🍄

- Garlic and onion for the duxelle

- Prosciutto 🥓

- Filet mignon, seared and basted in Dijon mustard

- Puff pastry 🥐

**Instructions:**

1. **Mushroom Duxelle**: Finely chop the mushrooms, garlic, and onion, then sauté until golden and the mixture has a rich, earthy aroma. This is your base of flavor.

2. **Searing the Filet**: Season the filet mignon with salt and pepper, sear it on all sides until browned, then brush generously with Dijon mustard. The mustard gives it a delicious tang and helps the duxelle stick.

3. **Assembly**: Lay out the prosciutto slices, spread the mushroom duxelle on top, and wrap the filet in this prosciutto blanket.

4. **Puff Pastry Magic**: Roll out the puff pastry, wrap it around your prosciutto-wrapped filet, and bake until golden and flaky. Your filet should end up medium-rare at 135 degrees internal temperature.

Slice it open to reveal that juicy filet and perfectly crispy pastry! 😍 This one was a showstopper, and it’s definitely a keeper.

Feeling inspired? 🍽️ You can make your own gourmet creations with Hill City Mushrooms locally-grown mushrooms! Reach out to Hill City Mushrooms to get your hands on our blue oyster, black pearl oyster, lion's mane, and more!

📧 [email protected]
📞 434-534-4453
🌐 http://hillcitymushrooms.com

*Have you ever tried a twist on the classic Beef Wellington? Let us know in the comments!*

09/21/2024

🌟 From Petri Dish to Fruiting: The Black Pearl Oyster Journey🌟

Watching our Black Pearl Oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus hybrid) grow from pins to full, mature mushrooms in just 3 days is always amazing—but there’s a lot that happens behind the scenes before fruiting even begins!

At Hill City Mushrooms, the journey starts with mycelium grown on a Petri dish. Once we’ve cultivated a healthy mycelium culture, we transfer it to sterilized grain to continue expanding. After that, it's introduced to a nutrient-rich substrate, where the mycelium fully colonizes the material over the course of several weeks. Only after this full colonization does it reach the fruiting stage. We source all of our grain and substrate materials from local businesses, supporting our community and ensuring the highest quality for our mushrooms.

Once the substrate is completely colonized they are moved to an environment where conditions like humidity, temperature, co2, and light are just right to trigger fruiting. That’s when you see the fast-paced magic happen—from tiny pins to mature mushrooms in a matter of days!

The Black Pearl Oyster offers a meaty texture with savory, umami-rich flavor—perfect for grilling, sautéing, or adding to a variety of dishes.

Swipe to see the full transformation! 🍄