Crimini /Baby Bella

The Crimini / Baby Bella / Portabella mushroom is one of the tastiest mushrooms ever grown. It is very versatile in its uses. When harvested young in the button stage it is called a crimini or baby bella and can be used in the same way as the regular white button mushroom. When harvested as a mature mushroom, with the gills exposed, it is called a Portabella. One of the nicest features of the Crimini is its high solid content. The Crimini / Baby Bella  is probably 50% higher solid content than the white button mushroom. This unique feature makes this mushroom a meaty and wonderful mushroom to cook with.  Crimini / Baby Bella caps can grow as small as 1 inches across to as large as 2-3 inches across, with the average size being 2 inches in diameter.  These mushrooms when cooked can taste similar to eating meat and is often used as a meat substitute. Our mushroom kit grows several crops of these delicious mushroom. The first two crops are usually very large almost filling the box with mushrooms. The third crop is fairly big as well. The subsequent crops after that get smaller fruiting in clusters and lesser amounts, until the mushrooms finally stop.  No matter what they are called they taste great.  The kit is complete all you add is water.  Kits are time sensitive and should be started within 10 days after there start date.  Start dates can be delayed if the kit is refrigerated.  These mushrooms are grown on pasteurized compost and do not smell.  All mushroom kits can to some degree attract small fungus gnats this is normal.  Shipping charges are calculated at time of check out.  Our mushroom kit is intended to allow the average individual the experience of growing there own mushrooms at home, and is not intended to be a lower cost alternative to store purchased mushrooms.  View our 2 videos at the bottom of this page.

Product Specifications

Contains: instructions.  All you add is water.  It is complete.

Best Temperature for Growing: 63 - 68 degrees Fahrenheit

Kit Instructions: See Mushroom Kit Instructions

Mushroom Kit Dimensions: Length 11",Width 9",Height 8".

Mushroom Kit Shipping Weight: 9 lbs.  / Grows up to 3 lbs of mushrooms total.

Outer Boxing Available!

Choose "Plus Outer Box" in the product selection  above.

Seasonal Product

Available from September 21 through May 5th.

This product maybe ordered during our closed season to be shipped later on September 21, 2023.

By adding a note to your order at check out you may pick a different, but later ship date.

Our products grow best in cooler months. It's too hot to ship and grow kits during the summer

Customer Reviews

(5.00)stars out of 5

# of Ratings: 1

1. Support on 10/26/2017, said:

5 stars out of 5

This is really a lot of fun to grow! Not hard at all to follow the included instructions, and our little box o' shrooms grow so fast once they get started! VERY tasty too, it is so nice to have fresh mushrooms on our salad and such. My first batch I sauteed with some shrimp and it was awesome!