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CHAPTER V. 



CULTURE IN SHEDS, CELLARS, ARCHES, OUTHO'JS&S, AND 

 ALL ENCLOSED STRUCTURES OTHER THAN THE MUSH- 

 ROOM-HOUSE. 



MUSHROOMS may be, and are, grown to perfection in 

 many less ambitious structures than the mushroom-house 

 proper. Any species of outhouse will do for the autumn 

 and early winter crops. One of the best crops I have 

 ever seen was grown in a dry and unused coach-house. 

 Mr. Robert Fish grows all his crops in a long, low, rude 

 thatched shed, open in front the beds flat, in a con- 

 tinuous line against a wall, and enclosed by a low board. 

 Mr. Cuthill, who wrote on mushrooms,, and who used to 

 grow them very well, grew his in rude sheds placed 

 against walls. It matters not in the least if the shed 

 be open or ventilated here and there, especially for 

 autumn crops, as I have seen admirable crops in low 

 outhouses searched by every gust, and not heated by 

 flues. The beds in these should always be covered with 

 hay. Mushrooms may be grown in cellars ; but cellars 

 being commonly under houses, they are not exactly the 



