A speaking—and picking—acquaintance with wild mushrooms can add interest to any foray through the fields and woods and zest to the meal afterward—if you know your mushrooms. More than 4,000 species or kinds of wild mushrooms have been described, and even an expert who devotes a lifetime to their study can hardly hope to know … Read more
There’s no secret to growing mushrooms! Any gardener can do it if he has access to a dark room or cellar where temperature and ventilation can be controlled. Mushroom culture is fun and a little different from regular gardening. There’s a big thrill in harvesting the pure white gems that add an extra zest to … Read more
Mushrooms are the most numerous, in species and numbers, during the summer months and may be found almost everywhere in the fields and woods. Yet true nature students and mushroom seekers know what a bewildering array of these lowly plants greet them wherever they stroll. To most of us, deterred by the heat from venturing … Read more
If you have an aging shade tree, a stump, or even a pile of firewood in your garden, sooner or later, one of the six wild mushrooms shown in the accompanying photographs is almost sure to appear. They all grow on dead or dying deciduous wood. Not only country dwellers but also city and suburb … Read more