MUSHROOMS: CULTIVATION, NUTRITIONAL VALUE, MEDICINAL EFFECT, AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, 2ND EDITION. This item is unavailable.MUSHROOMS: CULTIVATION, NUTRITIONAL VALUE, MEDICINAL EFFECT, AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, 2ND EDITION

Presents the latest cultivation and biotechnological advances that will help ensure mushroom cultivation without pollution and provide mushroom products with health enhancersBlends basic biological knowledge with practical techniques, which will allow mushroom growers in all countries to learn how to produce greater and more reliable yields, improve their substrate utilization, and control disease more effectively Covers the investigation of converting the huge amount of lignocellulosic materials into primary components for producing edible and medicinal mushroomsDiscusses how edible mushrooms are a valuable nutritional supplement and how they and their derivative products can serve as important pharmaceutical/medicinal agents Summary Since the publication of the first edition, important developments have emerged in modern mushroom biology and world mushroom production and products.