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The Mushroom Cultivator
A Practical Guide to Growing Mushrooms at Home
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Author(s) :
Paul Stamets
 
J.S. Chilton
Pages :
431
Pub Date :
1983
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Publisher :
Agarikon Press
ISBN :
0961079800
BACK COVER #
  • Detailed growth requirements for 15 mushroom species
  • Sterile culture and mushroom spawn preparation techniques
  • Procedures for strain selection and development
  • Practical preparation methods for compost and bulk substrates
  • The mushroom life cycle and mushroom genetics
  • Identification of the major competitor molds, pathogens and pests
  • Guidelines for the construction of mushroom growing rooms
BLURBS #
"The book you are about to read is a milestone in the new awareness of mushrooms. THE MUSHROOM CULTIVATOR by Paul Stamets and J.S. Chilton is easily the best source of information on growing mushrooms at home.. .. The authors demystify the art of mushroom cultivation and put mastery of it within everyone's reach. If you have been searching for information on this topic, you will find it to be all that you have been looking for and more."
-- Andrew Weil MD., F.L.S., author of The Natural Mind, From Chocolate to Morphine, and The Marriage of the Sun and Moon