material, the art of substrate making, air quality, strain development and liquid spawn. It covered the basics up to deep into specific topics that the University has worked on. Out of the 42 people attending, most were scientists who have mostly a theoretical background only. Delegates also visited most of the Estonian mushroom related companies in Estonia during four days to see the setup’s, consider cooperation opportunities and to give some guidance as to investments in terms of knowledge. As we all know, it’s not cheap to make the same mistakes in the beginning! More on the company visits in MB 118.