FOREWORD 



tered in this work no small number have 

 been found who have used the general 

 ignorance regarding mushrooms and mush- 

 room culture as a means of duping the pub- 

 lic. At present, however, education in re- 

 gard to the requirements of the work is 

 making rapid advances. 



While much has been accomplished for 

 the dissemination of information on this sub- 

 ject, through the publication of brief agri- 

 cultural bulletins, there remains the need of 

 further discussion on mushrooms and mush- 

 room growing. There are already many 

 mushroom books, a few of these on mush- 

 room growing, and many which primarily 

 assist in the identification of mushrooms, 

 but a long experience and a wide corres- 

 pondence with those interested in mush- 

 room growing have convinced me that a 

 gap remains to be filled. In fact, it seems 

 that there is pressing need for a small vol- 

 ume which shall endeavor briefly to do sev- 

 eral things; namely, 



(a) First, and chiefly, to describe ac- 



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