Project Mushroom: A Modern Guide to Growing Fungi by Lorraine Caley
Project Mushroomis the practical and beautiful guide to growing, displaying, cooking and identifying edible mushrooms.
Mushrooms are good for us and for the environment: they are asustainable,easy-to-growfood source and full ofnutritionalgoodness. But they can also be attractive and useful additions to our homes and gardens whether displayed in ceramic vases, on macrame or even used to make ink, paper or seed pots. In this book, mushroom experts Lorraine and Jodie Caley (aka the Caley Brothers) provide more than 30 projectsso you cangrow mushrooms at home.
- An extensive introductionde-mystifiesmushrooms, explainstheir benefits (for our health and the environment) and gives you amushroom-growingstarter kit
- Provides simple,easy-to-followtechniques forgrowing all types of mushroom
- Discoverstrikingways to display and usemushrooms in the home: make sustainable hanging decorations or display in a ceramic vase
- Learnhow to gardenwithmushrooms: make a mushroom bed or display varieties in seasonal containers
- Experiment witheasy recipesfor adding mushrooms to your store cupboard, including a Vitamin D boost, mushroom tincture and dried mushroom powder
This guide takes out the technical jargon, provides fascinating inspiration and answers all your burning questions. With so many ideas to explore, itdemonstratesthat mushroom growing doesnt have to be scary.
Createdin collaboration withthe world-renowned Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and with an extensive introduction and a directory of mushrooms, this book is amust-have for any modern mushroom lover.