Description

” **Offering clear and comprehensive instructions for low-tech growing for a range of budgets, interests, and scales, this book offers practical inspiration and a sense that “hey, I can do this!** ” –— **DANIELLE STEVENSON** , owner, DIY Fungi *DIY Mushroom Cultivation* is full of proven, reliable, low-cost techniques for home-scale cultivation that eliminate the need for a clean-air lab space to grow various mushrooms and their mycelium. Beautiful full-color photos and step-by-step instructions accompany a foundation of mushroom biology and ecology to support a holistic understanding of the practice. Growing techniques are applicable year-round, for any space from house to apartment, and for any climate, budget, or goal. Techniques include: * Setting up a home growing space * Inexpensive, simple DIY equipment * Culture creation from mushroom tissue or spores * Growing and using liquid cultures and grain spawn * Growing mushrooms on waste streams Indoor fruiting * Outdoor mushroom gardens and logs * Harvesting, processing, tinctures, and cooking. Whether you hunt mushrooms or dream about growing and working with them but feel constrained by a small living space, *DIY Mushroom Cultivation* is the ideal guide for getting started in the fascinating and delicious world of fungiculture.