Hello travelers, good to see you again! Continuing off of last week’s post, I wanted to emphasize our goal to educate our followers of the world of fungi (I pronounce it with a hard J like the word jive, but I’m just weird) and begin with a very famous book among mycologists by Paul Stamets: Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms.
This third edition of Stamets’ book was published in 2000 and is still very relevant today. Many fungi farmers refer to this book when it comes to growing a wide variety of species, and with good reason; the book is jampacked with 1,000+ pages of in-depth knowledge varying from the common white button to exotic magic mushrooms. If you’re interested in Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms, you can find a copy from his website here. Make sure to check out the rest of his merch, along with many other books and goodies. [/end free plug]
Personally, I’m about 20% through the book and I’m already hooked. The instructions are clear, the text isn’t too dry, and best of all, it is authored by someone who has decades of experience in the world of mycology.
While reading the book I had stumbled on an idea… to share my learning on a chapter-by-chapter basis! So starting next week, I’ll begin on a long journey to provide brief but impactful blog posts for those of you interested in growing mushrooms. Some chapters will be consolidated but other chapters may require multiple blog posts to complete. I’ll do my best to post all the good stuff so I don’t waste your time.
That’s all I have for this week, thanks for stopping by and I hope to see you next week!