| Description |
x, 382 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The ecology and life cycle of cultivated mushrooms -- The seven basic stages of mushroom cultivation -- Choosing a mushroom to cultivate -- Choosing, handling, and storing spawn -- Cultivating mushrooms outdoors on logs, stumps, and wood chips -- Cultivating mushrooms on compost and livestock waste -- Cultivating mushrooms on pasteurized or sterilized media -- Cropping containers -- Natural pest control and disease management -- Recycling, composting, and vermicomposting with mushrooms -- Urban mushroom cultivation -- Shroomin' off the grid -- Mushroom products and cutting-edge applications -- Mushroom-infused beer, wine, and spirits -- Mushroom marketing -- Fungi in the classroom -- Basic laboratory construction, equipment, and procedures -- Starting cultures and spawn generation -- Starting your cultures -- Advanced cultivation and research strategies -- Morel cultivation: research update -- Introduction to mycoremediation -- The genus Agaricus (white button, portabella, and relatives) -- The genus Agrocybe (black poplar) -- The genus Auricularia (wood ear) -- The genus Clitocybe (blewit) -- The genus Coprinus (shaggy mane) -- The genus Fistulina (beefsteak) -- The genus Flammulina (enoki, velvet foot) -- The genera Fomes, Fomitopsis, and Laricifomes (amadou and related conks) -- The genus Ganoderma (reishi and other varnished polypores) -- The genus Grifola (maitake, hen of the woods) -- The genus Hericium (lion's mane, pom-poms) -- The genus Hypholoma (brick top) -- The genus Hypsizygus (elm oyster, shimeji) -- The genus Laetiporus (chicken of the woods) -- The genus Lentinula (shiitake) -- The genera Macrocybe and Calocybe (giant macrocybe, giant milky) -- The genera Macrolepiota and Lepiota (parasol) -- The genus Pholiota (nameko) -- The genus Piptoporus (birch polypore) -- The genus Pleurotus (oyster mushrooms) -- The genus Sparassis (cauliflower) -- The genus Stropharia (king stropharia, garden giant, wine cap) -- The genus Trametes (turkey tail) -- The genus Volvariella (paddy straw). |
| Summary |
What would it take to grow mushrooms in space? How can mushroom cultivation help us manage, or at least make use of, invasive species such as kudzu and water hyacinth and thereby reduce dependence on herbicides? Is it possible to develop a low-cost and easy-to-implement mushroom-growing kit that would provide high-quality edible protein and bioremediation in the wake of a natural disaster? How can we advance our understanding of morel cultivation so that growers stand a better chance of success? For more than twenty years, mycology expert Tradd Cotter has been pondering these questions and conducting trials in search of the answers. In Organic Mushroom Farming and Mycoremediation, Cotter not only offers readers an in-depth exploration of best organic mushroom cultivation practices; he shares the results of his groundbreaking research and offers myriad ways to apply your cultivation skills and further incorporate mushrooms into your life--whether your goal is to help your community clean up industrial pollution or simply to settle down at the end of the day with a cold Reishi-infused homebrew ale. |
| Subject |
Mushroom culture.
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Mushrooms -- Organic farming.
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Fungal remediation.
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| ISBN |
9781603584555 (pbk.) |
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1603584552 (pbk.) |
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