William Padilla-Brown made waves as the first American to grow cordyceps, a rare orange mushroom that grows from the larvae of insects. He advocates growing your own mushrooms as a means for both food and education. | Munchies

The Easiest Way to Grow Cordyceps Militaris: Uncle Bens Ready Rice I am excited to share with you the easiest method to grow Cordyceps militaris right at home. This method is great because the normal procedure would be to cook and sterilize rice to grow Cordyceps, but by using ready rice you can skip all of the prep work. By using a filter patch bag as a humidity chamber, everything is enclosed and conveniently suitable for growing Cordyceps. Final dry weight was 8 grams per rice bag! (45 days g