DIY Mushroom Cultivation, a new book by Willoughby Arevalo. With applications in permaculture, urban farming, cooking, natural medicine and the arts, DIY Mushroom Cultivation presents techniques for home-scale cultivation of various mushrooms and their mycelium.
Facilitated by Willoughby Arevalo and Isabelle Kirouac, The Art & Fungi Project is a living laboratory where everyone is invited to engage in activities inspired by fungi.
Willoughby Arevalo is passionate about the ecology of fungi, the ways they shape our world and the ways we shape theirs. His lifelong friendship with fleshy fungi has led him down a mycelial pathway – from his start in field identification and mushroom hunting, branching into cuisine, DIY cultivation, farming, education, writing and eco-arts... MORE
Between the mycology and art work, and caring for his kid, Uma, Willoughby works part time on an organic vegetable farm. Originally from Arcata, California (Traditional Wiyot and Yurok Territory), Willoughby lives as a guest on Unceded Coast Salish Territory in Vancouver, Canada.
In his thirty years of self-motivated inquiry and intimate lived experience with fungi, he has spent the last decade prioritizing sharing mycology with people in communities across North America. This has manifested in collaborations with: