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Along with concise directions, this guidebook is highly visual, with illustrations, photos, and charts accompanying the text. An extensive 32-page color section lets you watch the mushrooms grow with photographs that meticulously record the steps in each process from beginning to end of the mushroom life cycle. Color photos help any cultivator see what a fully colonized media should look like, identify mushroom parts and ripeness, as well as troubleshoot common problems. Each featured species of Psilocybe is also pictured to assist with identification.
Find essential information on:
The supplies you need, and where to get them
Mushroom biology and life cycle
'Sterile culture technique' practices
Updated PF Tek (Psilocybe Fanaticus technique) methods
Starting and growing on agar, grain, and wood chips
Making spore syringes and spore prints
Harvest and storage tips
Guidelines for preparation and use
You will be well on your way to a thriving garden of these beautiful, fascinating, and extraordinary organisms.