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by S. Fonnesbeck (Author)
Simple Mushroom Cultivation is written to provide all necessary information on how to start and cultivate any type of fungi with very little expense involved. There are many instructions and tips in this book on mushroom cultivation both the beginner and experienced fungiculturist alike will find of value. With over thirty years in cultivating mushrooms, many proven cost-saving and uncomplicated methods are presented for the reader to utilize towards a hobby or some other application of fungiculture. With the information contained in this book you will be able to create stock cultures from wild fungi, cultivate many varieties of mushrooms in quantity, and learn of other uses for this unique type of biota. So if you are hunting mushrooms and come across some choice edibles, health promoting, or some other unique fungi, your ability to cultivate them will ensure ownership. Fungiculture is quite easy to master in a very simplistic and economical fashion. If you wish to explore in depth the fifth flavor category "umami" in the human palette, (sweet, salty, sour and bitter), doing your own cultivation opens this particular seasoning to far more varieties for your cooking than can be found in the markets. With an ability to grow mushrooms comes the possibility of profiting from such activity along with providing for your own personal consumption. Should you find yourself growing more mushrooms than wanted there may be local restaurants or other food vendors who will buy the excess produce. There are also many customers for medicinal fungi who readily buy off of EBay and Amazon. So dream expansively of how you wish to exploit this fascinating activity.
