Growing Gourmet & Medicinal Mushrooms

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Paperback; 592 pages

Author: Paul Stamets

A detailed and comprehensive guide for growing and using gourmet and medicinal mushrooms commercially or at home. With precise growth parameters for thirty-one mushroom species, this bible of mushroom cultivation includes gardening tips, state-of-the-art production techniques, realistic advice for laboratory and growing room construction, tasty mushroom recipes, and an invaluable troubleshooting guide.

More than 500 photographs, illustrations, and charts clearly identify each stage of cultivation, and a twenty-four-page color insert spotlights the intense beauty of various mushroom species. Whether you’re an ecologist, a chef, a forager, a pharmacologist, a commercial grower, or a home gardener—this indispensable handbook will get you started, help your garden succeed, and make your mycological landscapes the envy of the neighborhood.

Author Paul Stamets is the founder of Fungi Perfecti and co-director and founder of the Rainforest Mushroom Genome and Mycodiversity Preservation Project. He is the author of two seminal mycology textbooks, has been published in numerous journals, and is a leading lecturer on all things fungi. An advisor and consultant to the Program for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona Medical School and the 1998 recipient of the Collective Heritage Institute’s Bioneers Award, Stamets lives in Kamilche Point, Washington with his collection of more than 250 medicinal mushroom cultures.

Frequently Asked Questions

We recommend absolute beginners start with our Spray & Grow Kits, which make growing mushrooms at home super easy.

We want you to have the best possible experience with every North Spore product and guarantee free replacements within 30 days of receipt for any damaged, contaminated, or unusable product.

Absolutely! Mushroom cultivation is a great activity to do with the whole family, whether you'd like to grow indoors or outdoors. If you're new to mushrooms, we recommend starting with a Spray & Grow Kit or a Plant & Grow Kit – both make it easy to grow fresh, organic mushrooms at home.

We are vertically integrated — from culture work all the way to spawn and substrate production — ensuring a quality end product. And our staff mycologists keep up to date on all best practices in our field. Additionally, we have a dedicated QAQC team that tests every batch of grain and substrate before it’s inoculated.

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Whether you’re growing mushrooms at home, in your garden, or at a commercial scale, we offer everything you need to cultivate success. We start with the highest-quality OMRI-listed ingredients, mix them in our state-of-the-art facility, and inoculate them in our custom-built lab, so you can rest easy knowing your product will yield the best results.

Reviews

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Paul

Great book!!

Thanks for the support, Paul! We’re so happy you’re enjoying the book! Please reach out if you ever need anything.

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Jason Keene
Good stuff

This book was great I must read

Thanks for the great review, Jason!

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Jackson Willing
All encompassing

I have done a ton of research online in my mycology pursuit, but this has become my mycology bible so to speak. Such a wealth of information from top to bottom. I highly recommend this as an investment into your mycology education!

Thanks for sharing, Jackson! We love this book, too! Please reach out if you ever need anything.

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Andrew Quartz

This is a goldmine.

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TRI-COMM CORPORATION

Useful and informative.

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Alison Keroack
Very thorough and informative

Well organized, detailed, and easy to use. It covers all aspects of mushroom cultivation, and can help both hobbyists and those thinking of going pro.

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Susan Smith
Amazing resource!

I was able to learn how to grow mushrooms using this book for basic methods. I could usually find answers to questions that arose when inoculating a new mushroom.

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Brett

You really can’t get much better in terms of informational texts for mushroom growing! Paul Stamets, you’re the man! This will cover ALL you need to know for mushroom cultivation for both commercial and personal purposes. If you’re on the fence about buying this, just pull the trigger!

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Robert

Love this book

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Shannon Meadows
A must have

Excellent book written very well it is the most informative book I have read

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Erick
Really good read

Really informative and helped me a lot.

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Glenn

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Lisa Pickering
Great product

Bought pink oysters and lions mane. Already got two flushes from the oysters and working on a second from lions mane. Love these kits. Very pleased with these purchases.

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Joshua Passmore
Top rated mushie education

This book is enormous in the level of experience shared and the amount of education that you will receive. Either it be a little corner of your room or a full vast expanse of a mushroom business, this book is a must for the mushroom cultivator