Discover how to grow mushrooms at home with Project Mushroom, a beautifully illustrated modern guide created in collaboration with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Written by fungi experts Lorraine and Jodie Caley, known as the Caley Brothers, this hardback book features more than 30 creative mushroom-growing projects, an extensive introduction to fungi and a useful mushroom directory. A fascinating practical guide and a wonderful gift for mushroom lovers, gardeners and curious nature enthusiasts.
Discover the fascinating world of home-grown fungi
Mushrooms are extraordinary organisms: beautiful, useful, nutritious and surprisingly rewarding to grow. Project Mushroom: A Modern Guide to Growing Fungi introduces you to the wonderful world of mushrooms and shows how fungi can become part of your home, garden and creative projects.
Created in collaboration with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, this beautifully photographed mushroom growing book is written by fungi experts Lorraine and Jodie Caley, also known as the Caley Brothers.
Inside, you’ll find more than 30 inspiring projects exploring how to grow and use mushrooms at home. Go beyond simply harvesting edible fungi and discover imaginative ways to display mushrooms in ceramic vases, grow them through macramé and transform fungi into creative materials such as ink, paper and biodegradable seed pots.
An extensive introduction explains the fascinating characteristics of fungi, while the included mushroom directory helps readers discover different varieties and their uses.
Inside the book
- More than 30 mushroom-growing and creative fungi projects
- An accessible introduction to mushrooms and mycelium
- Practical inspiration for growing mushrooms at home
- Creative ideas using fungi to make ink, paper and seed pots
- Decorative mushroom displays using vases and macramé
- A directory introducing different mushroom varieties
- 150 beautiful colour photographs
- Expert knowledge from the Caley Brothers and Kew
Whether you are completely new to mushroom growing or already fascinated by fungi, Project Mushroom offers an inspiring combination of practical knowledge, natural history, sustainable living and creative design.
It also makes an unusual and thoughtful gift for mushroom lovers, gardeners, houseplant enthusiasts, nature lovers and anyone interested in learning more about the hidden world of fungi.
Book details
Authors: Lorraine and Jodie Caley
Publisher: Aurum Press / Quarto
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 2 May 2024
Pages: 192
Illustrations: 150 colour photographs
Dimensions: 23 × 17cm
ISBN: 9780711289079
Language: English
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