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Russell, Stephen 1984-

The essential guide to cultivating mushrooms : simple and advanced techniques for growing shiitake, oyster, lion's mane, and maitake mushrooms at home / Stephen Russell. - 232 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (page 228) and index.

Getting to know mushrooms -- Basic growing options -- Combating contaminants -- Your first grow -- Pressure cookers and flow hoods -- Pressure cookers and flow hoods -- Grain spawn -- Casings -- Liquid cultures -- Working with sawdust -- Mid-size fruiting chambers -- 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.

ISBN: 9781612121468 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1612121462 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781612124636 (ebook) 1612124631 (ebook)

LCCN: 2014015198

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB439134 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 016684118 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Edible mushrooms.
Mushrooms.
Edible mushrooms.
Mushrooms.

LC Class. No.: SB353 / .R87 2014

Dewey Class. No.: 635/.8

National Agricultural Library Call No.: SB353 / .R87 2014