| Description |
232 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Pt. 1. Basics for beginners -- Getting to know mushrooms -- Basic growing options -- Combating contaminants -- Your first grow -- Pt. 2. Intermediate methods -- Pressure cookers and flow hoods -- Grain spawn -- Casings -- Liquid cultures -- Working with sawdust -- Mid-size fruiting chambers -- Pt. 3. Advanced methods -- Agar cultures -- Large-scale grain spawn -- Bulk substrates. |
| Summary |
Learn to grow the most popular species - oyster, shiitake, lion's mane, and maitake - in controlled indoor environments at home. Beginning with the best ways to ensure success with a kit and proceeding through advanced techniques for creating sawdust spawn, working with liquid cultures and fruiting chambers, and much more, Stephen Russell covers everything the home grower needs to know. A trusted reference for market growers, this book is also the perfect companion for hobbyists craving a steady supply of dinner-table mushrooms.--COVER. |
| Subject |
Edible mushrooms.
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Mushrooms.
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Edible mushrooms. (OCoLC)fst01753575
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Mushrooms. (OCoLC)fst01030235
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| Added Title |
Cultivating mushrooms |
| ISBN |
9781612121468 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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1612121462 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9781612124636 (ebook) |
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1612124631 (ebook) |
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