Growing gourmet and medicinal mushrooms = [Shokuyō oyobi yakuyō kinoko no saibai]

Summary: The most comprehensive manual of mushroom cultivation ever - filled with readable, useful information about every known mushroom species that people esteem for food and for medicine.

Record details

ISBN: 1580081754
ISBN: 9781580081757
Physical Description: print
xviii, 574 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Edition: Third edition.
Publisher: Berkeley, Calif. : Ten Speed Press, c2000.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 529-552).

Formatted Contents Note:

Mushrooms, civilization, and history -- The role of mushrooms in nature -- Selecting a candidate for cultivation -- Natural culture: creating mycological landscapes -- Permaculture with a mycological twist: the Stametsian model for a synergistic mycosphere -- Materials for formulating a fruiting substrate -- Biological efficiency: an expression of yield -- Homemade vs. commercial spawn -- The mushroom life cycle -- The six vectors of contamination -- Mind and methods for mushroom culture -- Culturing mushroom mycelium on agar media -- The stock culture library: a genetic bank of mushroom strains -- Evaluating a mushroom strain -- Generating grain spawn -- Creating sawdust spawn -- Growing mushrooms on enriched sawdust -- Cultivating gourmet mushrooms on agricultural waste products -- Cropping containers -- Casing: a topsoil promoting mushroom formation -- Growth parameters for gourmet and medicinal mushroom species -- Maximizing the substrate's potential through species sequencing -- Harvesting, storing, and packaging mushrooms for market -- Mushroom recipes: enjoying the fruits of your labors -- Cultivation problems and their solutions: a troubleshooting guide -- Appendices.