Online course · Video masterclass
The mycology masterclass
Learn the lab techniques we use every day at Fresh from the Farm Fungi, taught on video by a medical technologist turned mycologist. Each module ends with a short quiz to check your understanding.
- Modules
- 14
- Runtime
- ~0.1 hrs
- Quiz questions
- 0
- Format
- Self-paced video
Syllabus
From sterile bench to harvest
Modules build on each other. Each one has a lesson video, bench notes and a materials list, and ends with a quiz. Pass with 75% to unlock the next module.
Fig. 1: Culture on agar, M-102
- M-107
Section 1: Introduction
Quiz · 0 Q - M-108
Section 1: Why I Grow
Quiz · 0 Q - M-109
Section 1: Mushroom Life Cycle
6 minQuiz · 0 Q - M-110
Section 1: Replicating Nature in a Controlled Environment
Quiz · 0 Q - M-111
Section 1: Expectations of Success
Quiz · 0 Q - M-112
Section 1: Parts of the Farm
Quiz · 0 Q - M-113
Section 1: Aseptic Technique
Quiz · 0 Q - M-114
Section 2: Setting up Areas on the Farm
Quiz · 0 Q - M-115
Section 2: Supplies you Need
Quiz · 0 Q - M-116
Section 2: Working with Agar
Quiz · 0 Q - M-117
Section 2: Liquid Cultures
Quiz · 0 Q - M-118
Section 2: Sterilizers
Quiz · 0 Q - M-119
Section 3: Setting up Substrate
Quiz · 0 Q - M-120
Section 2: Grain Spawn
Quiz · 0 Q
Access protocol
How to enroll
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Purchase on Etsy
Buy masterclass access from our Etsy shop, FreshFungi.
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Get your code
We send you a personal one-time access code through Etsy messages.
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Create an account
Sign up here with your email and a password.
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Redeem & learn
Enter your code once to unlock every module, then work through them at your own pace.
Instructor · Gary Heferle
Clinical lab discipline, applied to mushrooms
Gary brings his background in medical technology to mushroom cultivation. The masterclass teaches the same aseptic technique, careful observation and record-keeping we use to isolate and verify every culture we sell.