1. 2007-01-01 Agaricus and Volvariella Mushrooms contain a lot of proteins and minerals, several B vitamins and are regarded as a healthy food or food supplement. Moreover, due to certain chemical compounds valued for their medicinal properties, mushrooms gain more and more interest from the health food...
  2. Uses drawings and detailed descriptions to identify more than a thousand species of mushrooms, and indicates which are edible, and which are poisonous
  3. 1995-01-01 This book combines the inherited knowledge of edible mushrooms from Tanzanian villages and the results of modern science, This guide is directed to studeents in vocational schools and colleges of forestry, agriculture and home economics. 92 pages, illustrated, photos
  4. Medicinal Mushrooms is a modern handbook for exploring and understanding the rich traditions of healing fungi in Eastern and Western cultures. Author Christopher Hobbs thoroughly documents and details the nutritional and health benefits of over 100 species of edible fungi. Here is the most...
  5. 1986-01-01 In addition to converting organic wastes into edible mushrooms, the spent compost, a byproduct of mushroom cultivation, can be used as organic soil conditionser/fertilizers. The range of possible applications of these technologies in this bulleting entitle "Guide to Mushroom Cultivation in the...
  6. 2004-01-01 This manual presents a new method for cultivating mushrooms on nitrogen-enriched wood-based substrate despite freely exposing the substrate and cultures to "contamination."
  7. 1995-01-01 Technical Guidelines for Mushroom Growing in the Tropicscontains reliable, current information that can easily be applied in all mushroom growing regions in the tropics. The contents are comprehensive yet aimed at the needs of growers using relatively "low-cost" and "low-tech" methods. Inevitably...