Culinary mushrooms aren't the only kind you can grow. Psilocybe mushrooms are the absolute easiest to work with and grow so cheaply that I just give them away, reishi/cordyceps/turkey tail all make powerful medicinal teas/tinctures, and there are mutualistic fungi that boost plant health in your garden like red wine caps. Working with a different kingdom that's more like ant farms than vegetables is really fun shit that will come in handy when meat is no longer affordable.
Culinary mushrooms aren't the only kind you can grow. Psilocybe mushrooms are the absolute easiest to work with and grow so cheaply that I just give them away, reishi/cordyceps/turkey tail all make powerful medicinal teas/tinctures, and there are mutualistic fungi that boost plant health in your garden like red wine caps. Working with a different kingdom that's more like ant farms than vegetables is really fun shit that will come in handy when meat is no longer affordable.