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Lion’s Mane Mushroom Grow Kit

Bring the experience of growing gourmet mushrooms into your own home with our Lion’s Mane Mushroom Grow Kit. Also known by its scientific name, Hericium erinaceus, Lion’s Mane is one of the most distinctive mushrooms you can cultivate, producing beautiful white growth with a texture and flavour that make it especially exciting to cook with.

This is one of our most popular mushroom varieties, thanks to its dependable growth and generous harvests. Whether you’re completely new to mushroom cultivation or already enjoy growing your own food, this kit makes it simple to produce fresh Lion’s Mane at home.

Grow Fresh Lion’s Mane at Home

Lion’s Mane stands out from traditional mushrooms with its unusual appearance and delicate, savoury flavour. Instead of a typical cap and stem, mature mushrooms develop cascading white spines, creating a unique harvest that is as interesting to watch grow as it is to eat.

Our carefully selected strain has been developed for reliable performance and strong yields, making it an excellent choice for home growers looking for a rewarding mushroom-growing experience.

A Mushroom Made for the Kitchen

Fresh Lion’s Mane has a satisfyingly meaty texture and a flavour that makes it incredibly versatile in the kitchen. It can be pan-seared, roasted, incorporated into savoury dishes, or prepared as a plant-based alternative to seafood.

One of our favourite ways to enjoy a fresh harvest is our Lion’s Mane “Crab Cakes” recipe, which highlights the mushroom’s naturally savoury texture and makes a delicious meat-free dish.

When Should You Harvest?

Timing your harvest can make a noticeable difference in the eating quality of Lion’s Mane.

For the best flavour and storage life, harvest the mushrooms while their spines are still relatively short. Allowing the growth to continue until the spines become very long may affect the mushroom’s texture, flavour, and ability to stay fresh.

Keep an eye on your mushrooms as they develop and harvest when they reach their ideal size and appearance.

What’s in the Growing Block?

Our Lion’s Mane growing substrate is prepared using a carefully selected blend of:

• Hardwood sawdust
• Legume hulls
• Whole oats
• White millet

This growing medium provides the nutrients and structure needed to support healthy mushroom development.

Easy to Grow for Beginners

You don’t need gardening experience or specialized equipment to get started. Our grow kits are designed to make home mushroom cultivation accessible, straightforward, and enjoyable.

Simply follow the provided growing instructions, maintain the recommended conditions, and watch your Lion’s Mane develop from the growing block into a harvest-ready mushroom.

It’s also a fun project for families, food enthusiasts, gardeners, and anyone curious about where their food comes from.

How to Store Your Kit

Until you’re ready to begin growing, keep your Lion’s Mane kit somewhere cool and dry, protected from direct sunlight.

A Unique Gift for Food & Mushroom Lovers

A Lion’s Mane grow kit makes an unusual and memorable gift for anyone interested in cooking, gardening, sustainability, or growing their own food.

Rather than giving another item that sits on a shelf, you’re giving an experience—the opportunity to grow fresh gourmet mushrooms and enjoy them in the kitchen.

Grown on Vancouver Island

Foragers Galley is a family-run mushroom farm based on Vancouver Island. We originally supplied fresh gourmet mushrooms to restaurants before expanding into grow-at-home kits, allowing people across Canada to experience the fun of cultivating their own mushrooms.

We are committed to making home food production more accessible while taking a circular approach to farming. Our spent mushroom substrate is repurposed as compost for local farms, helping reduce waste and return valuable organic material to the soil.

From our farm on Vancouver Island to your kitchen, we’re passionate about making gourmet mushroom growing simple, rewarding, and accessible.