The Essential Guide to Cultivating Mushrooms by Stephen Russell

Transform Your Home into a Mushroom Farm!

Cultivate shiitakes, oysters, lion's manes, maitakes, and portabellas with ease, using the step-by-step techniques in this comprehensive guide. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced cultivator, this book has everything you need to know to grow mushrooms in your own home.

This guide provides clear instructions and photographs, making it easy for beginners to learn how to use a mushroom kit and maintain the sterile procedures necessary for successful cultivation. Novices and experienced cultivators alike will learn how to create grain spawn or sawdust spawn, use liquid cultures and fruiting chambers, and more!

Advanced readers will gain a thorough knowledge of how to work with large-scale grain spawn, agar, bag cultures, bulk substrates, and large fruiting chambers, allowing them to produce mushrooms consistently and in greater quantities.

This book is the perfect resource for those looking to bring the joy of growing their own fresh and flavorful mushrooms to their kitchens or small businesses. 

• Step-by-step instructions and photographs
• Techniques for beginners and experienced cultivators
• Covering shiitakes, oysters, lion's manes, maitakes, and portabellas
• How to maintain the necessary sterile procedures
• Advanced techniques for large-scale cultivation
• Perfect for kitchen or small business use