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Exotic Mushrooms: Business & Growing Technology

A comprehensive 3-day practical course at the Exotic Mushroom Center in Poland, focusing on business opportunities and advanced growing technologies for Shiitake, Eryngii, Pioppino, and Lion’s Mane.

September 15, 2026
3 days
English, Ukrainian, Polish
Poland

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Price range: €150.00 through €650.00
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Who should attend?

Whether you are starting from scratch or optimizing an existing farm.

Investors & Future Growers

Individuals and investors considering starting an exotic mushroom production business from scratch and exploring market opportunities.

Operating Farm Owners

Button or oyster mushroom growers looking to diversify their assortment by adding highly profitable exotic mushrooms.

Active Exotic Growers

Producers aiming to master climate control, scale up production, and prepare for export markets.

Mini-Business Organizers

Individuals interested in setting up modular city-farms or cultivation on personal plots.

Course Curriculum

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Module 1 - Business Opportunities & Strategy

Day 1

Gourmet Mushroom Business Opportunities

  • Planning and designing an exotic mushroom business
  • Selecting cultures based on market demand.
  • Reconstruction of active farms (button/oyster) for exotic mushrooms.
  • Concept of small modular city-farms.
  • Planning from scratch
  • Reconstructing existing farms
  • Overview of basic equipment systems: comparison and selection.
  • Analysis of systemic errors when purchasing machinery.
  • Technologies for producing your own substrate.
  • Equipment systems overview
  • Avoiding systemic errors
  • Substrate technologies
Serge Honcharov & Nadiya Honcharova

Meet Your Instructor

Serge Honcharov & Nadiya Honcharova

Technologists & Exotic Mushroom Experts

A family team from Ukraine with nearly 20 years of experience in industrial mushroom cultivation. They have built enterprises from scratch, authored 14 books on mushroom growing, and are frequent speakers at UMDIS forums.

20+ years of practical experience
Authors of 14 books on mycology
Experts in industrial exotic cultivation
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Venue & Accommodation

Exotic Mushroom Center (Qihe Farm)

Exotic Mushroom Center (Qihe Farm)

Modern Commercial Mushroom Farm
ul. Leszczyńska 10, 67-210 Krzekotów, Poland

The largest Polish company producing shiitake and a major European subsidiary of Qihe Biotech. At the Exotic Mushroom Center, you can observe all stages of exotic mushroom cultivation on industrial substrates.

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Qubus Hotel Głogów

Qubus Hotel Głogów

Recommended Accommodation
Głogów, Poland

We recommend Qubus Hotel Głogów for your stay. Accommodation is not included in the course fee, so participants should book their rooms independently.

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Hajduk, Poland
Marta highly praises the course for its phenomenal, hands-on practical approach right at the shelves. She found the fantastic insights into motivating and retaining pickers to be incredibly valuable for her farm. She strongly recommends this brilliant training to any farm manager.
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Mushroom Grower
Sedef highly praises the course for offering the most professional and modern knowledge available. She absolutely loved how clearly the cause-and-effect relationships of cultivation were explained. She is extremely satisfied and wholeheartedly recommends it to any aspiring entrepreneur.
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FME, Netherlands
Łukasz highly praises the course for its outstanding professionalism and depth of knowledge. He was thrilled to discover a wealth of incredibly useful information he hadn’t known before. He wholeheartedly recommends this brilliant training to both novices and experienced growers.
Button Mushroom Growing Course
British Agro Products
Our company produces 15 tons of mushrooms per day, and after completing the course I finally understood the full growing technology. This knowledge is already helping us increase our yields and improve production efficiency.
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Kyriakides Mushrooms
George enthusiastically praises the course as a perfect and highly enjoyable refresher for managers. He brilliantly notes how it seamlessly blends picking techniques, organization, and motivation to boost economics. He strongly recommends it as an incredibly valuable experience.
Mushroom Harvesting Organisation Course
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British Agro Products India
Dr. Rammanatan highly praises the course for exceeding his expectations. He learned excellent techniques to improve mushroom quality and optimize harvest timing. He strongly believes these methods will significantly increase the farm’s yield.
Button Mushroom Growing Course
The participants in this compilation highly praise the course for its outstanding professional guidance. They highlight the incredible value of sharing experiences and learning fantastic new growing solutions. They strongly recommend the training for anyone wanting to achieve phenomenal results.
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CNC
John absolutely loved the course and highly praises the exceptional knowledge shared by the experts. He learned fantastic new growing techniques that dramatically improved his farm’s yield. This brilliant training is warmly recommended to everyone in the mushroom business.
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Mushroom Grower, Poland
Tomasz highly praises the course for expanding his knowledge and skills. He learned fantastic new methods for compost watering and pin management. He strongly recommends the training to all technologists wanting to share experiences.
Button Mushroom Growing Course
Fresh Farm, Ukraine
The participant highly praises the course for revealing crucial daily details that are often overlooked. She gained fantastic insights into organizing work and explaining tasks to pickers. She strongly recommends this course to all supervisors and brigadiers.
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Mushroom Grower, Greece
Byron highly praises the course as a wonderfully enriching experience. He was thrilled to learn advanced techniques from highly experienced professionals. He loved it so much that he definitively plans to attend again.
Oyster Mushroom Growing Course
Mushroom Grower
Boey highly praises the course, noting that he received fantastic knowledge far beyond his expectations. He found the organizers to be incredibly professional and the coach exceptionally knowledgeable. He wholeheartedly recommends it for learning everything from basic to advanced techniques.
Button Mushroom Growing Course
GS-Fresh
The participant highly praises the course for helping him understand how to control his team and increase yields. He found the ideas on picker motivation and organization extremely valuable. He strongly recommends the training for making effective decisions on the farm.
Mushroom Harvesting Organisation Course
I will gladly recommend this course so that everyone can participate and benefit from it. I learned a lot, like motivating pickers, managing mushrooms on the shelves, and growing them better with lower costs.

Kacper Szymański 

Hadjuk Farm
The course was incredibly interesting and packed with real examples and practical advice. The networking was excellent as well, I met many inspiring and knowledgeable people. A truly valuable experience.

Lorant Hatvani

Pilze Nagy
UMDIS courses offer a wealth of valuable information, useful both for beginners and for experienced mushroom farmers. They provide practical insights, clear explanations, and real‑world techniques that help growers improve their results at any stage of their journey.

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Exotic Mushrooms: Business & Growing Technology

A comprehensive 3-day practical course at the Exotic Mushroom Center in Poland, focusing on business opportunities and advanced growing technologies for Shiitake, Eryngii, Pioppino, and Lion’s Mane.

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Price range: €150.00 through €650.00

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