Growing Mushrooms for Beginners: A Simple Guide to Cultivating Mushrooms at Home

by Sarah Dalziel

A practical introduction to growing and enjoying mushrooms at home

Cultivating your own mushrooms is simple and satisfying once you’ve mastered a few basics. Growing Mushrooms for Beginners is full of advice, techniques, and step-by-step instructions for growing a range of edible and medicinal mushrooms at home, whether you have a sprawling backyard, a tiny balcony, or no outdoor space at all.

Cultivation at a glance—Get started with a straightforward guide to the basics of the cultivation process, and explore simple setups that require minimal space and investment.A variety of growing mediums—Learn everything you need to know to successfully grow mushrooms on logs, straw, sawdust and woodchips, compost, and in mason jars. Project-specific pointers—Find troubleshooting tips for every growing project, plus instructions for freezing, drying, and cooking with your harvest.Popular mushroom profiles—Explore detailed profiles of 7 novice-friendly mushroom types, like oyster and lion’s mane, including their unique characteristics, flavors, health benefits, and specific growing requirements.30 culinary and medicinal recipes—Discover delicious recipes to showcase your mushroom harvest, from Cordyceps Tea to Tri-Mushroom Curry.

Learn how to grow and utilize a wide variety of mushrooms at home with help from this beginner-friendly guide.

181 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 27, 2021

Reviews

[Ginny Goss · Rating 5 out of 5]

First of all, this book is very pretty which makes it fun to read. I loved all the illustrations. Second, it is exactly as described and exactly what I wanted - simple! She gives all of the information you need and want to get started growing mushrooms without bogging you down with too much info and not enough practical how to. Her instructions are very clearly written with lots of troubleshooting help as well. I was already excited to grow some tasty shrooms on my now-soon-to-be hippie farm 😂, but now I’m extra excited because this book makes it seem pretty easy!

[Gabi Cikos · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pretty art, great information, amazing book!!!!!!

[John Hobbs · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good practical information. Looking forward to browsing cordyceps in a jar.

[Alethia Z · Rating 5 out of 5]

awesome book

Amazing books so many detail Perfect for beginner mushroom people thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us!

[Nez · Rating 3 out of 5]

I would have preferred photos.