Our Farm

Welcome to our farm

Located at 333 Second Ave, Troy NY 12182

Looking through one of the viewing windows into Grow Room 1

Collar City Mushrooms is an indoor urban vertical mushroom farm, mycological education center, art gallery, and small event venue. We are open for guests during regular open hours, open for events as posted, and open to schedule workshops and classes on mycology and growing mushrooms by request. See our “Events and Happenings” page for details on what goes on at the farm besides our growing mushrooms.

Psychedelic Sundaze and Tie Die event
Amara Issel’s Art Show Launch event featuring the Mr Days Band out back by the Hudson River
Artist Workshop with John Zoccoli in the production bay
Poetry Open Mic Event in the Front Shop Area
Tiger Scouts from Latham Scout Pack 1701 look into our lab and learn about mycelium.

We are also an open store! Selling Freshly harvested mushrooms, Mushroom art, games, and collectibles, as well as local products from some of our other business friends like Primo Botanica, and Meaty Max Vegan Meats.

Dehydrated Mushrooms
Woolcraft Art by Jennifer Bowen-Smith
Fresh Mushrooms Harvested Daily
The Mushwagon is our 1967 VW Type 2 delivery vehicle.

Latest from the Blog

Bring on the Spring Greens

April in upstate New York is always an exciting time!  The forests and fields come alive with so many shades of green.  Magnolias blossom into gorgeous pinks and whites, forsythia and red bud bloom, and all the early spring ephemerals pop!  Our team got out there to forage prolific invasives for our 5th year of…

So Many Reasons to Roar!

Our March Mushroom Experience Dinner Featuring Chef Riany Mena was a delicious evening! The Clear Mountain Room was full of happy diners and lots of mushrooms!  Our new Mushroom Table Centerpieces were a huge hit!  We’re thinking about constructing a few to sell in the future!  Chef Riany was interviewed by Suzie Davidson Powell for…

Speeding Towards Spring

February may be the shortest month of the year, but we certainly packed a lot in: fungi growth, planning, and events filled our calendar. It was a whirlwind, but we made it! Our Valentine’s Dinner featuring Chef Dale Hajdasz in the newly renovated Indian Ladder Farms Cidery and Brewery tasting room was a huge success! …

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