Mushrooms, civilization, and history -- The role of mushrooms in nature -- Selecting a candidate for cultivation -- Natural culture: creating mycological landscapes -- Permaculture with a mycological twist: the Stametsian model for a synergistic mycosphere -- Materials for formulating a fruiting substrate -- Biological efficiency: an expression of yield -- Homemade vs. commercial spawn -- The mushroom life cycle -- The six vectors of contamination -- Mind and methods for mushroom culture -- Culturing mushroom mycelium on agar media -- The stock culture library: a genetic bank of mushroom strains -- Evaluating a mushroom strain -- Generating grain spawn -- Creating sawdust spawn -- Growing mushrooms on enriched sawdust -- Cultivating gourmet mushrooms on agricultural waste products -- Cropping containers -- Casing: a topsoil promoting mushroom formation -- Growth parameters for gourmet and medicinal mushroom species -- Maximizing the substrate's potential through species sequencing -- Harvesting, storing, and packaging mushrooms for market -- Mushroom recipes: enjoying the fruits of your labors -- Cultivation problems and their solutions: a troubleshooting guide -- Appendices.
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