The Mushroom Cultivator : a practical guide to growing mushrooms at home / by Paul Stamets, J.S. Chilton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stamets, Paul.

Chilton, J. S. (Jeff S.), author.

Contributor:

Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Culinary Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mushroom culture.

Genre:

Nonfiction.

Penn Provenance:

Blank, Fritz (bookplate) (donor)

Physical Description:

xvi, 415, [1] pages, [8] unnumbered pages of color plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm

Distribution:

Seattle, Wash. : Western distribution by Homestead Book Co.,

Place of Publication:

Olympia, Wash. : Agarikon Press, 1983.

Summary:

... The best source of information on growing mushrooms at home (back cover.).

Contents:

Introduction to mushroom culture

Sterile technique and agar culture

Grain culture

The mushroom growing room

Compost preparation

Non-composted substrates

Spawing and spawn running in bulk substrates

The casing layer

Strategies for mushroom formation (pinhead initiation)

Environmental factors: sustaining the mushroom crop

Growing parameters for various mushroom species

Cultivation problems and their solutions: a troubleshooting guide

The contaminants of mushroom culture: identification and control

The pests of mushroom culture

Mushroom genetics.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-408) and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Fritz Blank in 2008.

Kislak copy has bookplate of Chef Fritz Blank.

ISBN:

0961079800

9780961079802

OCLC:

10069892