"Cultivating mushrooms at home can be a great way to source the mushrooms you want and save additional money. A lot of people don't realize how easy it is to cultivate mushrooms at home. Loveing shady spots, under a deck or porch, they grow in places other plants wouldn't naturally thrive, thus making them the perfect additiona to any gardener's growing plan. Whatever your reason to start growing mushrooms at home, this book is the perfect companion...

A true beginner's guide, How to Grow Mushrooms from Scratch offers crystal-clear instructions on growing 19 species of edible mushroom, plus advice on their unique characteristics and culinary profiles. The Wurth's, who grow mushrooms as their family business, explain the cultivation process with tables, illustrations, and color photographs. Readers will learn: How to cultivate mushrooms indoors, in the garden, or in woodlands and fields, how to pick...

A scientific and cultural exploration of one of one of the most provocative and sought-after foods on Earth examines the role of fungi as exotic delicacy, curative, poison, and hallucinogen. Publisher description: MYCOPHILIA surveys all of the new science in the field of mycology: biology, wild crafting, cultivation, nutrition, medicine, psychedelics, new technology, and evolution and symbiosis. It reports on the personalities in the field, both...