This is a fun and creative way to grow gourmet mushrooms in your own kitchen. I developed these kits as a way for people to learn a little more about growing mushrooms than your standard mushroom kits will teach you, no special equipment is required. This kit includes a 5mL mushroom culture, instructions, a glossary of mycology terms, and a fungi word search. The instructions cover two methods - the first way is to grow them in a bag of pre-cooked rice on your kitchen counter, the second way is to grow them in a bucket of straw. Enough culture included to try both methods. Regardless of your growing medium of choice, these are fascinating to grow and delightful to cook with. They have a rich, creamy flavor somewhere between chicken and crab. We're a family-operated business from Michigan - Working your way through one of our kits will leave you with a foundation to grow your own mushrooms confidently, and hopefully inspire you to further explore the world of mycology.