GROWING GOURMET & MEDICINAL MUSHROOMS

Imagine you want to grow special kinds of mushrooms – the tasty ones you eat in fancy meals and the ones people use for health. This book by Paul Stamets tells you everything you need to know, whether you want to grow them to sell or just at home.

David Arora, who wrote another famous mushroom book, says this one is the best for learning how to grow lots of different yummy mushrooms.

Inside, you'll find exact instructions for growing 31 different types of mushrooms. It's like a complete guide that includes gardening tips, the newest ways to grow them, real advice on setting up a lab and growing space, delicious recipes using the mushrooms, and a helpful section to fix problems if things go wrong.

The book has over 500 pictures and drawings that clearly show each step of growing the mushrooms. There's also a special color section with beautiful photos of different kinds of mushrooms.

So, if you're someone who cares about nature, a cook, someone who finds wild mushrooms, a scientist studying medicine, someone who wants to grow mushrooms to sell, or just someone who likes to garden – this book will help you get started, make your mushroom growing successful, and have the coolest mushroom garden around.

Dr. Andrew Weil, who wrote books about health, says this is the most complete book ever about growing mushrooms that people like to eat and use for medicine. He says it has easy-to-understand and useful information about all the known mushrooms people value. He thinks this updated and improved book will become a classic.

About the person who wrote the book: Paul Stamets started a company called Fungi Perfecti and also helped start a project to protect rainforest mushrooms. He wrote two important books about growing mushrooms, including this one. He's written many articles and gives lots of talks about mushrooms. He also advises a medicine program at a university and won an award for his work. He lives in Washington and has a collection of over 250 types of medicinal mushrooms.