🧑🏫 Instructor: Ezlyh
🗓️ Date: Sunday, January 11, 2026
⏰ Time: 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
📍 Location: 78702, Central Austin (Location emailed after registration.)
🎟️ Cost: $35+ (Members get a 30% discount, Only eight seats!)
YOUR MISSION BRIEFING: WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
Let’s grow Oyster Mushrooms! In this immersive in-person session, you’ll receive the foundational skills to begin your journey as a Spore Corps Cadet. This class is hands-on, high-vibe, and capped at eight participants to keep the experience intimate and interactive. You will learn to:
DECODE THE MYCELIAL NETWORK: Understand the basic science and folk wisdom of fungi—how mycelium communicates, adapts, and thrives as a decentralized system much like our own community.
MASTER BASIC INOCULATION PROTOCOLS: We’ll walk step-by-step through how grain spawn and liquid culture work, equipping you with the tools to successfully cultivate mushrooms at home.
IDENTIFY THE KEY STAGES OF THE FRUITING BODY LIFECYCLE: Learn to recognize healthy colonization, contamination risks, and when your mushrooms are ready to fruit. This is where patience meets soft rebellion.
ENGAGE IN COMMUNITY INTELLIGENCE: Experience how Spore Corps operates as a network of growers, sharing resources, knowledge, and support to ensure collective success.
WHAT YOU’LL TAKE HOME
Every participant will leave with everything they need to begin their first home grow:
1 sterilized grain bag
1 oyster mushroom liquid culture syringe
Instructions and guidance covered during the session
A deeper understanding of the fungal world and how you can cultivate it yourself
This workshop is designed so you can begin your journey the same day you attend.
EVENT DETAILS
This is an in-person class in Austin, Texas.
The exact location will be sent via email after registration.
Food, tea, and snacks will be provided to keep the experience cozy and communal.
The environment is welcoming, beginner-friendly, and intentionally crafted to help you feel supported as you take your first steps into mushroom cultivation.
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Ezlyh is a mycologist, fiber artist, and mycology educator certified in medicinal mushroom education, she approaches cultivation as a sacred dialogue with the living world. Her work blends science and spiritual ecology, and she often experiments with gourmet and medicinal species at home. Ezlyh fosters curiosity, reverence, and hands-on learning through workshops and outreach.
IS THIS BRIEFING FOR YOU?
This session is designed for:
DIY mycologists and food security advocates ready to weaponize their knowledge.
Gardeners, artists, and educators seeking new, inclusive tools for engagement.
Anyone feeling the call to join the fruiting body of the resistance and decompose the status quo.