Diy Mushroom Cultivation - Growing Mushrooms At Home for Food, Medicine, and Soil

Dive into home-scale mushroom cultivation

...Beautiful and informative contribution. Well done, Mycology Maestro!

¿ ROBERT ROGERS, author, The Fungal Pharmacy

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

INTEREST IN home-scale mushroom cultivation is exploding, yet many beginners remain daunted by the perceived complexity of working with fungi.

DIY Mushroom Cultivation is the remedy, presenting 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 illustrations 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 urban and ag waste


• Indoor fruiting


• Outdoor mushroom gardens and logs


• Harvesting, processing, tinctures, and cooking.

Whether you hunt mushrooms or dream about growing 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.

Fun to read and easy to digest, this guide is both practical and inspirational.

¿ MAYA ELSON, mycologist and Santa Cruz Program Director, Wild Child Free School

With hands of an artist, eyes of an ecologist, and the heart of a deeply connected human, Arevalo brings the practical and joyful together.

¿ NANCE KLEHM, Director of Social Ecologies, and author, The Ground Rules and The Soil Keepers

WILLOUGHBY AREVALO is a mycologist, artist, kitchen wizard, father, and educator who is a member of the Vancouver Mycological Society. He works on an organic vegetable farm while growing mushrooms at his home in Vancouver, Canada.

CARMEN ELISABETH is an artist based in Oakland, California.

Sommario

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Mushrooms and Humans: Past, Present, and Future
A Bit about Me and My Approach to Mushroom Cultivation
1 Mushroom Basics
What Are Mushrooms?
Mushrooms in Ecosystems
What Mushrooms Need to Survive and Thrive
2 Overview of the Cultivation Process
Cultivation Flow
Preparation
3 Workspaces, Tools, and Equipment
Lab Infrastructure and Aseptic Transfer Spaces: Flow Hoods, Still Air Boxes, and More
The Lab Environment and Tools
Where to Inoculate Bulk Substrates
Where to Incubate Growing Mycelium
Fruiting Space: Factors to Consider
Options for Home-Scale Fruiting Chambers
Environmental Control in Fruiting Spaces
Other Spaces
4 Sanitation and Techniques to Avoid Contamination
Vectors of Contamination and Management Strategies
Common Contaminants: Recognition and Management
5 Starting and Maintaining Cultures
Get Cultured
Liquid Culture
Agar Culture
Long-Term Culture Storage Methods
6 Making and Using Grain Spawn
Making Grain Spawn
Using Grain Spawn
7 Fruiting Substrate Formulation and Preparation
Containers for Mycelial Growth and Fruiting
The Substrates
     Substrate Treatments
     Sterilization
     Pasteurization and Alternatives
8 Outdoor Growing and Mushroom Gardening
Growing Mushrooms on Logs and Stumps
Mushroom Beds
Next-Level Applications
9 Harvest, Processing, and Use
When and How to Harvest
Basic Cooking Techniques
Preservation Methods
Mushrooms and Mycelium for Medicine
In Conclusion: Substrate for Thought¿Toward Further Applications
Mycopermaculture
Mycoremediation on a Home Scale
Mycoarts and Fungi as Functional Materials
Community-Based Cultivation Efforts
Appendix 1: Species Profiles
Agrocybe aegerita¿ Pioppino
Coprinus comatus¿Shaggy Mane
Cordyceps militaris¿Caterpillar Fungus
Flammulina velutipes and allies¿Enoki
Ganoderma lucidum and allies¿Reishi
Hericium species¿Lion's Mane and allies
Hypsizygus tessulatus¿Shimeji
H. ulmarius¿Elm Oysters
Lentinula edodes¿Shiitake
Pholiota nameko and allies¿Nameko
Pleurotus species¿Oyster Mushrooms
Stropharia rugoso-annulata¿Wine Cap
Trametes versicolor¿Turkey Tail
Appendix 2: Resources
General
Annual Mycology Gatherings
Bibliography
Index
About the Author and Illustrator
A note about the publisher

Info autore

Willoughby Arevalo is a mycologist, artist, kitchen wizard, father, and educator who has been sharing his knowledge of fungi for the past decade. He has presented at and organized numerous mycology convergences, courses, and workshops and serves on the Education Committee of the Vancouver Mycological Society. He works on an organic vegetable farm, while growing mushrooms at his home in Victoria, Canada.

Riassunto

DIY Mushroom Cultivation is a full-color, illustrated guide to growing mushrooms at home. It offers a concise background on mushrooms, proven step-by-step instructions, and a simple method that will make your home or garden the perfect place for a fruitful mushroom cultivation practice.

Prefazione

• Co-op available
• Galley available on Edelweiss
• Advertising in Hobby Farm, Mother Earth News, Small Farm Canada, Permaculture North America, Harrowsmith
• National Print Campaign Mother Earth News, Permaculture North America, Hobby Farm
• Features offered to: Fungi Magazine, Radical Mycology
• Promoted through author's extensive network of mushroom organizations and businesses
• Promotion to at the Radical Mycology Convergence, Telluride Mushroom Festival, mycological study groups
• Promoted through author's website www.willoughbyarevalo.com
• Promoted as part of the Homegrown City Life series Simultaneous ebook release and promotion Promotion on New Society Publishers' social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter, our blog, Pinterest, Instagram, and YouTube

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Willoughby Arevalo
• Editore: New society publishing
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9780865718951
• ISBN: 978-0-86571-895-1
• Pagine: 208
• Serie: Urban Homesteader Hacks; Urban Homesteader Hacks Series; Urban Homesteader Hacks Series; Homegrown City Life
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Natura; Cookery by ingredient, HOUSE & HOME / Sustainable Living, GARDENING / Organic, NATURE / Plants / Mushrooms, Mycology, fungi (non-medical), Self-sufficiency & ‘green’ lifestyle, Modern Homesteading and Farming, Self-sufficiency & ‘green' lifestyle, Green lifestyle and self-sufficiency, Mycology, fungi