What you need to know about the production of substrates and lignicolous mushrooms
Fed up with the internet overload of information on mushroom growing? Don’t know who to believe anymore? In order to run a profitable project or business, you would prefer to have the right information, practical experience and best-practices to work with right away?
What if you did not know the ins and outs of these contents? Discover our course program.
- Evidences you might overlook: a solid introduction to substrate production
- The importance of spawn quality in your production
- Exploring building technics such as water supply, energy efficiency, …
- The necessary fundamentals of biology for substrate producers like you
- How to deal with micro-organisms in your production?
- A biological approach of different production stages : incubation, ripening, fuctification
... and more to know
- How to design a proper Substrate Formulation?
- Pasteurisation process: theory and practice, advantages and disadvantages for your process flow
- A much needed technical view on cooling and heating
- Autoclaving process: theory on steam production and heat transfer, correct autoclaving procedure,…
- An overview of fructification techniques
- And much more.
Group courses in the most unique learning environment on fungi worldwide
“Thanks for your lessons, theoretical and practical and a very special thank for being so open and sharing with me your own experience in many interesting talks. This is worth a lot for me and I really appreciate your philosophy of sharing.”
The program
The program has been developed by Magda Verfaillie and Kasper Moreaux, directors of Mycelia, in close collaboration with their team and experts such as Jürgen Kynast. This highly regarded engineer has a broad-spectrum scientific background in combination with extensive experience as a grower and a substrate producer of specialty mushrooms.
Details
- Mycelia’s spawn company in Belgium, our unique learning environment
- Training language: English
- Better quality with smaller groups: we opt for a maximum of 18 participants
- 2199 ex VAT
- Combo discount: If you also participate spawn substrate production course the week afterwards, you get a €449 discount using the code "COMBO_MAR25" for March 2025 or "COMBO_DEC25" for december.
“The course was greatly beneficial for me. It was also great to have the ability to connect with various folks around the world.”
Extra information
B&B De Steenhove, located 200m from Mycelia, Academy offers a Bed & Breakfast formula with individual rooms. We strongly recommend that all participants stay here, because of the proximity to Mycelia and because the B&B offers great networking opportunities for you to enjoy in the evenings.
“Very important for the quality of the course was the shared time with the other group members in the same B&B.
The talks, walks and dinners and beers had been so mushroom-knowledge filled! It was fantastic.”
You can book this accommodation directly with us as a free service to enjoy a 10% price reduction. During the registration process you can select whether you want to use this service or not, we are here to serve you. So booking is done with us, but payment is made during the course at the B&B desk.
These are the prices of B&B Steenhove (without discount):
- Double room – 1 person: € 95/night, breakfast included
- Double room – 2 persons: € 102/night, breakfast included
- Shared duplex (only 4 available), with kitchenette, max. 2 persons: € 70 per person/night, breakfast included
Your course fee includes:
- A light bread meal every day of the course: bread with toppings, cheese, charcuterie, an egg dish and soup,
- Coffee, Tea, Snacks, fruit, waters and juices during all breaks,
- Welcome dinner the first evening.
Other dinners are at your own expense.
B&B Steenhove provides a simple one-option evening menu every day during group courses.
If you wish to eat outdoors, the B&B has electric cars available for its guests.
Check our program here!
No, we can not teach you how to grow White Button Mushrooms! For Agaricus bisporus courses, check out Mushroom Office in the Netherlands.
