"Offering clear and comprehensive instructions for low-tech growing for a range of budgets, interests, and scales, this book offers practical inspiration and a sense that "hey, I can do this!"

–— DANIELLE STEVENSON, owner, DIY Fungi


DIY Mushroom Cultivation is full of proven, reliable, low-cost techniques for home-scale cultivation that eliminate the need for a clean-air lab space to grow various mushrooms and their mycelium.


Beautiful full-color photos and step-by-step instructions accompany a foundation of mushroom biology and ecology to support a holistic understanding of the practice. Growing techniques are applicable year-round, for any space from house to apartment, and for any climate, budget, or goal. Techniques include:




Setting up a home growing space
Inexpensive, simple DIY equipment
Culture creation from mushroom tissue or spores
Growing and using liquid cultures and grain spawn
Growing mushrooms on waste streams Indoor fruiting
Outdoor mushroom gardens and logs
Harvesting, processing, tinctures, and cooking.


Whether you hunt mushrooms or dream about growing and working with them but feel constrained by a small living space, DIY Mushroom Cultivation is the ideal guide for getting started in the fascinating and delicious world of fungiculture.