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By Alice Beetz and Michael Kustudia
NCAT Program Specialists
July 2004
© NCAT 2004
HORTICULTURE PRODUCTION GUIDE
Abstract: The market for mushrooms continues to grow due to interest in their culinary, nutritional, and health benefits.
They also show potential for use in waste management.
However, as fungi, mushrooms have life cycles very different
from those of green plants.
The choice of species to raise depends both on the growth media available and on market
considerations.
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