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Index
Cover
Title Page
Contents
Foreword
Introduction
1 The Basics
What Is a Mushroom?
Choosing Your Materials
2 Growing Mushrooms on Logs
What to Know about Trees
How to Identify Trees
Growing the Shiitake Mushroom
Growing the Hericium Mushroom
How to Force Fruit for a Quicker Harvest
Other Species of Mushrooms on Natural Logs
3 Growing Mushrooms on Straw
What to Know about Straw
Three Methods for Preparing Straw
Growing the Oyster Mushroom
Growing the Wine Cap Mushroom
4 Growing Mushrooms on Sawdust and Wood Chips
What to Know about Sawdust and Wood Chips
Growing Oyster Mushrooms on Sawdust
Growing Wine Caps on Wood Chips
Growing Wine Caps for Weed Suppression
5 Growing Mushrooms on Compost
What to Know about Compost
Growing Blewits on Leaf Litter
Growing Agaricus on Compost
How to Make Your Own Compost Pile
6 Problems and Solutions
How to Start Slowly: Using a Kit
How to Identify What You Have: Making Spore Prints
What Might Go Wrong, and How to Fix It
7 Processing and Preparation
Storing
Drying
Freezing
8 The Finished Product
Cooking with Mushrooms
The Mushrooms and How to Cook with Them
Tips for the Tastiest Mushroom Meals
Recipes
Pickled Wine Caps
Spicy Asian Oyster Mushroom Soup
Mushroom Miso Soup
Tia’s Mushroom Sauce
Risotto with Wild Mushrooms
Braised Leek and Shiitake Gratin
Beef Burgundy
Savory Mushroom Tart
Closing Words
List of Suppliers
Where to Get Even More Information
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Index
Copyright
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