The Mushroom Cultivator: A Practical Guide to Growing Mushrooms at Home by Stamets, Paul; Chilton, J. S - 1983

Agarikon Press, 1983. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Book is clean with a square, tight binding and bright, white pages. Book has minor wear on the edges that is difficult to see in the scans. The book you are about to read is a milestone in the new awareness of mushrooms. The Mushroom Cultivator by Paul Stamets and J.S. Chilton is easily the best source of information on growing mushrooms at home. The authors demystify the art of mushroom cultivation and put mastery of it within everyone's reach. If you have been searching for information on this topic, you will find it to be all that you have been looking for. Includes detailed growth requirements for 15 mushroom species, sterile culture and mushroom spawn preparation techniques, procedures for strain selection and development, practical preparation methods for compost and bulk substrates, the mushroom life cycle and mushroom genetics, identification of the major competitor molds, pathogens and pests, and guidelines for the… Read More

Brand: Agarikon Press, 0000-00-00. First Edition. paperback. Used: Good.

Agarikon Press, 1983. Book. Good.. Paperback. Light wear..

Oversize soft cover format. Foreword by Dr. Andrew Weil. Fifteen instructive chapters, eight appendicies, glossary, bibliography and index supplied. The Mushroom Cultivator is written expressly for the home cultivator. For the first time, information previously unavailable to the general public is represented in a clear and easy to understand fashion. It is the cumulative knowledge gained through countless trials by mushroom growers and researchers. 242 figures. A well-illustrated book! The authors demystify the art of mushroom cultivation and put mastery of it within everyone's reach. A wonderful body of work! Both authors are experts on the higher fungi, on their technical aspects as well as the practical methods of working with the most interesting species. An immaculate book. The condition of this book promises to please.

Agarikon Press. Used - Very Good.

Agarikon Press, 1983. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Light bumping visible to corners of covers and ends of spine strip. Light scuffing and smudging across covers and spine strip. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Agarikon Press. Very Good+. 1983. Softcover. Spine is straight, binding is tight, pages are unmarked, very little wear.; 7.5 X 1 X 9 inches; 415 pages .

Agarikon Press, 1983-12. Paperback. Very Good. 1.4000 9.0000 7.3000. Softcover. SIGNED by mycology legend Paul Stamets on the first page with an inscription to the previous owner. Clean text - NO writing, NO highlighting. Touch of wear to cover with a crease at very fore-edge corner of front panel. VG-

1984. Paperback. UsedVeryGood.

Agarikon Press, 1983. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Light bumping visible to corners of covers and ends of spine strip. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.