The Essential Guide to Cultivating Mushrooms: Simple and Advanced Techniques for Growing Shiitake, Oyster, Lion's Mane, and Maitake Mushrooms at Home

by Stephen Russell

Overview

From the basics of using mushroom kits to working with grain spawn, liquid cultures, and fruiting chambers, Stephen Russell covers everything you need to know to produce mouthwatering shiitakes, oysters, lion’s manes, maitakes, and portobellos. Whether you’re interested in growing them for your own kitchen or to sell at a local market, you’ll soon be harvesting a delicious and abundant crop of mushrooms. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781612121468
Publisher:	Storey Publishing, LLC
Publication date:	08/12/2014
Pages:	232
Sales rank:	260,693
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Stephen Russell owns The Hoosier Mushroom Company. He founded the The Hoosier Mushroom Society and travels throughout the year speaking at clubs, festivals, and conferences. He lives in Bloomington, Indiana.

Table of Contents

Preface

Part 1: Basics for Beginners

1.   Getting to Know Mushrooms
2.   Basic Growing Options
3.   Combating Contaminants
4.   Your First Grow

Part 2: Intermediate Methods

5.   Pressure Cookers and Flow Hoods
6.   Grain Spawn
7.   Casings
8.   Liquid Cultures
9.   Working with Sawdust
10. Midsize Fruiting Chambers

Part 3: Advanced Methods

11.   Agar Cultures
12.   Large-Scale Grain Spawn
13.   Bulk Substrates

Resources
Index