Publisher's Synopsis
Mushrooms everywhere are popping up! On restaurant menus, on grocery aisles, on local farmers' markets, not just the omnipresent white buttons that we've seen for years. Shiitake, chanterelle, cremini, enoki, beech, king trumpet, black trumpet, the list grows longer each year. What was once exotic is almost commonplace now.
The Mushroom Cultivation Book is the solution here, presenting proven, reliable, low-cost home-scale cultivation techniques that eliminate the need for a clean-air laboratory space to grow different mushrooms and their mycelium.
A foundation for mushroom biology and ecology is accompanied by photos and step-by-step instructions to promote a holistic understanding of the practice. For any space from house to apartment, and for any climate, budget, or goal, growing techniques are applicable year-round. The methods include:
- Setting up a space for home development
- Inexpensive, simple industrial equipment
- Creation of cultures from mushroom tissue or spores
- Growing and using liquid crops and spawning grains
- Growing mushrooms on streams of waste
- Fruiting for indoor use
- Mushroom outdoor gardens and logs
