Mountain mushroom business is through the valley of darkness

Science couple have basically written the book from scratch on growing ten types of mushrooms.

Mushroom season is well upon us, and people are out across Ireland foraging for everything from the field mushrooms we all know to chanterelles to ceps and puffballs to pig nuts.

More consumers have developed a taste for the deep flavours of wild and cultivated mushrooms. Culinary, frugal, vegetarian and microbiologically-aware trends have brought forest and field fungi to prominence.As a result, there has been the emergence of new food businesses which seem to want to remain small but beautiful.