1Chapter 1: The Benefits of Growing Mushrooms at Home
49#: Light
2Chapter 2: The Mushroom Fungi and its Growing Life Cycle
50#: Moisture
3The Differences Between Mushrooms and Other Plants
51#: Temperature
4#: Source of food
52#: Nutrients
5#: Cellular structure
53Chapter 6: How to Grow Common Mushrooms, A Step-by-Step Guide
6#: Absorption of nutrients
54How to Grow Button Mushrooms
7#: Reproduction
55Tools & Materials
8Characteristics of a Mushroom
56Step 1: Set up your tray
9#: Stalk and cap appearance
57Step 2: Choose a spot for growing your white button mushrooms
10#: Mycelium
58Step 3: Temperature control
11#: Spores
59Step 4: Find the spawn
12#: Appearance
60Step 5: Inoculate button mushrooms
133 Main types of Mushrooms
61Caring for White Mushrooms
14#: Saprotrophic Mushrooms
62#: Moisture
15#: Parasitic Mushrooms
63#: Adding the casing
16#: Mycorrhizal Mushrooms
64#: Fruiting
17The Growing Life Cycle of a Mushroom
65Common Button Mushrooms Pests and Diseases
18Stage 1: Drop Spores
66#: Dactylium disease
19Stage 2: Growing into Hyphae
67#: Green mold
20Stage 3: Development of a mushroom
68#: Verticillium spot
21Stage 4: Hyphal knots to pinheads
69Harvesting Button Mushrooms
22Step 5: Pinheads to the mushroom
70How to Grow Oyster Mushrooms
23#: White Button Mushroom
71Tools & Materials
24#: White Button Mushroom
72Step 1: Soak straw, drain, and bag
25#: Cremini mushroom
73Step 2: Pasteurize
26#: Portabello Mushroom
74Step 3: Prepare the growing space
27#: Shiitake mushroom
75Step 4: Inoculate the bags
28#: Maitake Mushroom
76Step 5: Encourage colonization
29#: Oyster Mushroom
77Step 6: Monitor the bags
30#: Enoki mushroom
78Step 7: Encourage fruiting
31#: Beech Mushroom
79Harvesting Oyster Mushrooms
32#: King trumpet mushroom
80How to Grow Shiitake Mushrooms
33#: Chanterelle Mushroom
81Step 1: Prepare
34#: Hedgehog Mushroom
82Step 2: Get the spawn
35#: Morel Mushroom
83Step 3: Prepare your shiitake substrate
36#: Porcini mushroom
84Step 4: Inoculation
37Chapter 4: Types of Mushroom Substrates
85Step 5: Incubation
38Common Substrate Materials for your Mushroom
86Harvesting Shiitake Mushrooms
39#: Coffee Grounds
87#: Lack of sufficient moisture
40#: Straw
88#: Lack of sufficient moisture
41#: Coco Coir and Vermiculite
89#: Too much moisture
42#: Hardwood pellets
90#: Not sterile enough
43#: Manure
91#: Inadequate air exchange
44#: Logs
92#: The wrong environment
45#: Cardboard
93#: Bad Spawn
46Growing Mushrooms From Scratch vs. Using a Kit
94#: Lack of research/understanding of the mushroom life cycle
47What is a mushroom kit?
95#: Lack of patience
48#: Light
96Conclusion
