The essential guide to cultivating mushrooms
Subtitle: simple and advanced techniques for growing shiitake, oyster, lion's mane, and maitake mushrooms at home
By: Stephen Russell
Publisher: Storey Publishing
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9781612121468
Subjects: Mushrooms; Edible mushrooms
Other titles: Cultivating mushrooms
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1.  Basics for beginners; title: Getting to know mushrooms; title: Basic growing options; title: Combating contaminants; title: Your first grow; title: Pt. 2.  Intermediate methods; title: Pressure cookers and flow hoods; title: Grain spawn; title: Casings; title: Liquid cultures; title: Working with sawdust; title: Mid-size fruiting chambers; title: Pt. 3.  Advanced methods; title: Agar cultures; title: Large-scale grain spawn; title: Bulk substrates.