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| WHERE MUSHROOMS MAY BE GROWN | [1] | |
| CHAPTER I. | ||
| MUSHROOM CULTURE IN THE MUSHROOM-HOUSE | [2] | |
| CHAPTER II. | ||
| THE PREPARATION OF THE MATERIALS, ETC. | [13] | |
| CHAPTER III. | ||
| MUSHROOM-SPAWN | [23] | |
| CHAPTER IV. | ||
| SPAWNING AND AFTER-TREATMENT | [33] | |
| CHAPTER V. | ||
| CULTURE IN SHEDS, CELLARS, ARCHES, OUTHOUSES, AND ALL ENCLOSEDSTRUCTURES OTHER THAN THE MUSHROOM-HOUSE | [43] | |
| CHAPTER VI. | ||
| THE CAVE CULTURE OF MUSHROOMS, NEAR PARIS | [57] | |
| CHAPTER VII. | ||
| CULTURE ON PREPARED BEDS IN THE OPEN AIR IN GARDENS AND FIELDS | [77] | |
| CHAPTER VIII. | ||
| CULTURE IN GARDENS, ETC., WITH OTHER CROPS IN THE OPEN AIR | [84] | |
| CHAPTER IX. | ||
| MUSHROOM CULTURE IN PASTURES, ETC. | [88] | |
| CHAPTER X. | ||
| THE COMMON MUSHROOMS | [95] | |
| CHAPTER XI. | ||
| MODES OF COOKING THE COMMON MUSHROOMS | [102] | |
| CHAPTER XII. | ||
| SOME OF THE MOST COMMON AND USEFUL EDIBLE FUNGI | [108] | |
MUSHROOM CULTURE.
WHERE MUSHROOMS MAY BE GROWN.
The places in which mushrooms can be grown may be roughly grouped as follows:—1. In the mushroom-house proper. 2. In sheds, cellars, out-houses, stables, railway-arches, &c. 3. In deep caves, like those near Paris, described further on. 4. In the open air, in gardens or fields, on prepared beds. 5. In gardens, among various crops, without any preparation beyond inserting the spawn. 6. In pastures where the mushroom is not already established.
To these I might add another group, illustrated by the case of a Belgian cook who grew a dish of mushrooms in a pair of old wooden shoes; but practically we can treat of nearly every possible mode of growing the mushroom under the above headings.