About

Fungi Farm is a working mushroom farm and cultivation supplier based in Dadeville, Alabama. Since 2017 we have made and grown spawn, cultures, ready-to-fruit blocks, and substrates in the USA for home growers and hobbyists across the country. Everything Fungi Farm makes is American-made. Everything we sell is produced in our own lab and production facility, so the genetics, the process, and the quality standards stay with the same team that answers your questions.

Allen Carroll, who leads Fungi Farm, studied crop, soil, and environmental science at Auburn University and was the first elected president of the Alabama Mushroom Society. That background still shapes how we work: careful strain selection, clean production, and practical help for growers who need reliable material week after week. Allen also co-founded the Gulf Coast Fungi Festival, bringing growers, foragers, and educators together around the region's mushroom community.

When you buy from Fungi Farm, you are supporting a local Alabama operation that ships to growers nationwide and stands behind what leaves our building. We are proud that our spawn, cultures, and blocks are made and grown in the USA. Clear communication and products that perform in real grow rooms matter just as much.

What we make

Our catalog is built for growers who want consistent starts and dependable harvests:

• Mushroom spawn for grain and other formats: American-made spawn produced in-house for vigorous colonization.
• Mushroom cultures for lab work, strain banking, and expanding your own production line.
• Ready-to-fruit blocks (also listed as our mushroom blocks) for growers who want fruiting-ready material without building a full substrate line first.
• Substrates and grain made to support the same strains we grow and sell every day.

Ready to grow at home? Order a single mushroom block, browse our ready-to-fruit selection, or shop spawn bags online. We ship to growers across the U.S., so you can start growing whether you are near our Alabama farm or across the country.

Farms and resellers can start on our wholesale page. If you are planning a new facility or refining an existing one, our consultations page outlines how we work with growers on design, production, and troubleshooting.

Alongside our spawn and cultures, we grow fresh gourmet mushrooms for restaurants, markets, and grocers across Alabama and Georgia. See our wholesale page to order.

Learning in the field and in the lab

Education is part of how we serve the industry. Visit our facility on a scheduled farm tour, join a guided foray to learn identification and ecology in the woods, take a hands-on cultivation workshop, or browse upcoming dates on our Events Calendar.

Interested in wild mushroom certification? Enrollment, exams, and certificates are handled by MushroomTek, a separate company. Learn more on our wild mushroom certification page, including how the program connects to Alabama and Georgia requirements.

Our team

Fungi Farm is a small team with deep roots in agriculture, customer care, and the daily work of growing mushrooms.

Allen Carroll leads Fungi Farm and our lab in Dadeville, Alabama. He studied crop, soil, and environmental science at Auburn University and was the first elected president of the Alabama Mushroom Society. Allen created the first wild mushroom identification certification approved by the Alabama Department of Public Health, along with one approved by the Georgia Department of Agriculture. Both are now offered through MushroomTek, which he co-founded with Robert Griffith of Nourish Farm. He also co-founded the Gulf Coast Fungi Festival. Through Fungi Farm, Allen has taught more than 5,000 students and helped more than 100 farms, presenting for Alabama Extension, the Alabama Sustainable Agriculture Network (ASAN), the Mushroom Club of Georgia, UGA Spore to Store, and more.

Taylor Carroll, Allen's wife, runs our retail customer service and our social media. She spent years as a psychiatric nurse practitioner and nurse educator, which turns out to be great training for calming a nervous first-time grower. Just don't ask her for too much free therapy with your order. Off the farm, Taylor is just as devoted to martial arts. She is a purple belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, teaches kids and adult classes and private lessons, and organizes tournaments. Whether she's on the mat or answering your questions, she brings the same patience and care.

Mathew Fibus is our production manager at our farm headquarters in Dadeville, Alabama. He grew up in Marietta, Georgia, earned a degree in biological sciences from the University of Georgia, and has been with Fungi Farm since 2020. Mathew keeps our production on schedule and up to standard, from the lab to the grow rooms to the packing table, so every order leaves the farm on time and ready to grow. In his free time, he enjoys climbing, hiking, and photographing mushrooms.

Michael Page, who goes by Page, is our Master Cultivator. Originally from Arkansas, he has been an avid outdoorsman since he was young, enjoying car racing and dirt biking. His love of nature led him to mushroom foraging and a passion for the many uses of mushrooms, from culinary to medicinal. Today he leads our mushroom fruiting research and development and is a certified wild mushroom identification expert. Page also works hands-on with our customers as our delivery driver and sales rep, connecting growers with the right products and keeping orders moving from the farm to their destination. He is a huge help to everyone he works with, answering questions and going out of his way to make sure home growers and commercial customers get what they need.

Visit us

Our store and farm are at 10003 County Road 34, Dadeville, AL 36853. Store hours are Monday through Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Central Time. For questions, wholesale interest, or education bookings, reach us through our contact page. We are glad to help you choose spawn, cultures, ready-to-fruit blocks, or the next step in building your grow.

Proud member of Sweet Grown Alabama. We're glad to be part of the statewide program that connects people with food and farm products grown right here in Alabama.