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The Fundamentals of Mushroom Cultivation
1. The Ecology and Life Cycle of Cultivated Mushrooms 2. The Seven Basic Stages of Mushroom Cultivation 3. Choosing a Mushroom to Cultivate 4. Choosing, Handling, and Storing Spawn 5. Cultivating Mushrooms Outdoors on Logs, Stumps, and Wood Chips 6. Cultivating Mushrooms on Compost and Livestock Waste 7. Cultivating Mushrooms on Pasteurized or Sterilized Media 8. Cropping Containers 9. Natural Pest Control and Disease Management
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Mushrooms for Life: Innovative Applications and Projects Using Fungi 10. Recycling, Composting, and Vermicomposting with Mushrooms 11. Urban Mushroom Cultivation 12. Shroomin’ Off the Grid 13. Mushroom Products and Cutting-Edge Applications 14. Mushroom-Infused Beer, Wine, and Spirits 15. Mushroom Marketing 16. Fungi in the Classroom
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Advanced Techniques and Research
17. Basic Laboratory Construction, Equipment, and Procedures 18. Starting Cultures and Spawn Generation 19. Storing Your Cultures 20. Advanced Cultivation and Research Strategies 21. Morel Cultivation: Research Update 22. Introduction to Mycoremediation
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