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The essential guide to cultivating mushrooms [electronic resource] : simple and advanced techniques for growing shiitake, oyster, lion's mane, and maitake mushrooms at home / Stephen Russell.

by Russell, Stephen (Stephen D.), 1984-

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North Adams, MA : Storey Publishing, c2014.

Edible mushrooms.

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9781612124636 (electronic bk.)

1612124631 (electronic bk.)

1 online resource (232 pages) : color illustrations.

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.

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.

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