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Sources

Every page lists the works it draws on. This page explains what that listing means, because the distinction matters more than it might appear.

What these citations are, and are not

They are references, not pinpoint citations. A page on cobweb mold lists Fletcher & Gaze because that is the standard pathology handbook for the disease, and it is where you should go to check what is written here. It does not mean that every figure on the page has been traced to a specific numbered page in that book.

Where a specific finding is claimed, it gets a specific source. The pages under fungal curiosities cite the individual papers, because those are claims about particular results rather than general practice. The same applies on functional mushrooms, where the whole point is what the research does and does not show.

Cultivation numbers are working figures. Temperatures, timings and yields come from the standing literature and vary with strain, substrate and how well your chamber actually holds conditions. They are a starting point to calibrate against your own records, not constants.

If something here is wrong, it should be corrected rather than defended. The sources are listed so that disagreeing with a page is possible. That is the entire reason for publishing them.

Books

The standing cultivation and pathology literature

  1. Chang, S. T. & Miles, P. G. Mushrooms: Cultivation, Nutritional Value, Medicinal Effect, and Environmental Impact 2nd ed., CRC Press 2004

    Academic treatment of cultivation biology, biological efficiency and species physiology.

    Cited on 14 pages

  2. Cotter, T. Organic Mushroom Farming and Mycoremediation Chelsea Green Publishing 2014

    Outdoor beds, log cultivation and small commercial practice.

    Cited on 17 pages

  3. Fletcher, J. T. & Gaze, R. H. Mushroom Pest and Disease Control: A Colour Handbook Manson Publishing 2008

    Commercial-scale pathology. The reference for Trichoderma, Cladobotryum, Pseudomonas and the bacterial diseases.

    Cited on 9 pages

  4. Oei, P. Mushroom Cultivation: Appropriate Technology for Mushroom Growers 3rd ed., Backhuys Publishers 2003

    Low-technology methods — straw pasteurisation, lime bath, small-scale production.

    Cited on 5 pages

  5. Stamets, P. Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms 3rd ed., Ten Speed Press 1993

    The standard cultivation reference. Species parameters, substrate formulations, contaminant descriptions.

    Cited on 33 pages

  6. Stamets, P. & Chilton, J. S. The Mushroom Cultivator Agarikon Press 1983

    Older and still the clearest treatment of sterile technique, grain spawn and contaminant identification.

    Cited on 24 pages

Papers

Specific findings cited on individual pages

  1. Boyce, C. K. et al. Devonian landscape heterogeneity recorded by a giant fungus Geology 35(5) 2007

    Cited on individual pages

  2. Brundrett, M. C. & Tedersoo, L. Evolutionary history of mycorrhizal symbioses and global host plant diversity New Phytologist 220(4) 2018

    Cited on individual pages

  3. Dadachova, E. et al. Ionizing radiation changes the electronic properties of melanin and enhances the growth of melanized fungi PLoS ONE 2(5) 2007

    Cited on individual pages

  4. Dressaire, E. et al. Mushrooms use convectively created airflows to disperse their spores PNAS 113(11) 2016

    Cited on individual pages

  5. Floudas, D. et al. The Paleozoic origin of enzymatic lignin decomposition reconstructed from 31 fungal genomes Science 336(6089) 2012

    Cited on individual pages

  6. Hughes, D. P. et al. Behavioral mechanisms and morphological symptoms of zombie ants dying from fungal infection BMC Ecology 11(13) 2011

    Cited on individual pages

  7. Jin, X. et al. Ganoderma lucidum (Reishi mushroom) for cancer treatment Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2016

    Concluded the available evidence did not justify reishi as a first-line treatment.

    Cited on 1 page

  8. Karst, J., Jones, M. D. & Hoeksema, J. D. Positive citation bias and overinterpreted results lead to misinformation on common mycorrhizal networks in forests Nature Ecology & Evolution 7 2023

    Cited on individual pages

  9. Pringle, A. et al. The captured launch of a ballistospore Mycologia 97(4) 2005

    Cited on individual pages

  10. Wainright, P. O. et al. Monophyletic origins of the metazoa: an evolutionary link with fungi Science 260(5106) 1993

    Cited on individual pages

  11. Yafetto, L. et al. The fastest flights in nature: high-speed spore discharge mechanisms among fungi PLoS ONE 3(9) 2008

    Cited on individual pages

Institutions

Extension and research programmes

  1. Cornell Small Farms Program Mushroom production resources

    Log and outdoor cultivation, and small-farm production economics.

    Cited on 10 pages

  2. Penn State Extension Mushroom production resources

    Long-running mushroom research and extension programme. Pathology, substrate and environmental control.

    Cited on 17 pages

Regulators

The rules governing what a product listing may say

  1. U.S. Federal Trade Commission Health Products Compliance Guidance

    Substantiation standards for health-related advertising claims.

    Cited on 1 page

  2. U.S. Food and Drug Administration Structure/Function Claims for Dietary Supplements

    The rules that govern what a product listing may and may not say.

    Cited on individual pages