Mushrooms Farmed Out Of Abandoned Railway Tunnel
- 9 years ago
Australian company Li-Sun Exotic Mushrooms farms its mushrooms out of a New South Wales abandoned railway tunnel which happens to offer ideal growing conditions for the edible fungi.
Experts caution people from eating mushrooms found in the woods but what about those found in an old tunnel?
The exotic mushrooms grown in an abandoned railway tunnel in New South Wales, Australia are, in fact, considered some of the best in the country.
The farm began in 1987 when Dr. Noel Arrold took over the tunnel that once linked Bowral and Mittagong but was no longer used after a new double line system replaced it in 1919.
After that, it was used to store explosives during World War II but was completely cleaned out in 1953.
Dr. Arrold, a microbiologist who had researched mushrooms at the University of Sydney, recognized that the tunnel offered the dark, humid, and cool climate that mushrooms thrive in.
There, he used his lab experience to create a mushroom farm which now encompasses nine var
Experts caution people from eating mushrooms found in the woods but what about those found in an old tunnel?
The exotic mushrooms grown in an abandoned railway tunnel in New South Wales, Australia are, in fact, considered some of the best in the country.
The farm began in 1987 when Dr. Noel Arrold took over the tunnel that once linked Bowral and Mittagong but was no longer used after a new double line system replaced it in 1919.
After that, it was used to store explosives during World War II but was completely cleaned out in 1953.
Dr. Arrold, a microbiologist who had researched mushrooms at the University of Sydney, recognized that the tunnel offered the dark, humid, and cool climate that mushrooms thrive in.
There, he used his lab experience to create a mushroom farm which now encompasses nine var