Right around the corner in Liberty, SC you’ll find one of the world’s premier mushroom farms. Mushroom Mountain farm and research center cultivates edible and medicinal fungi and finds solutions to environmental and medical problems. Your visit will include an introduction to fungal ecology and life cycles, laboratory tour and research overviews, and the fruiting room where the mushroom’s fascinating process of reproduction happens. Many aspects of mushrooms, including medicinal properties, cooking, and mycoremediation - a process that uses fungi to clean up environmental pollutants - and the creation of soil will be discussed along the way!