creamcorn said:

I'd highly suggest "The Mushroom Cultivator" by Paul Stamets.

Read it cover to cover (twice) then keep it on your shelf, it makes a great reference for forumlas, conversions, numbers, contaminate identification, and so on.

Some of the material in it may not apply to what you're trying to do - it covers several species besides active psilocybes/panaeolus, BUT in understanding requirements of various species you'll have a much clearer picture of what it is you're trying to do with the species you choose (probably cubensis?)  Same goes for the chapter on preparing compost - which you'll probably never actually do, but learning that process teaches you about the nutritional requirements of growing mushrooms.  Also, there's a section on building a grow space for a large commercial type venture - may not directly apply either, but there's lots of really good ideas and information that can be scaled right down to a small hobby size.

Point is, undersatnd the underlying concepts, and the rest becomes quite easy.

Chances are you won't use most of the methods in that book, we've got a whole collection of "easier" do it yourself type methods here.  BUT, I'll reiterate, the underlying concepts are important, and you'll learn them well in that book - then when you see the methods folks have devised here, you'll have no problem figuring out why things are done how they are.

Good luck

(Same goes to everybody: you should be ashamed if you haven't at least read the book yet. )

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creamcorn said:

(Same goes to everybody: you should be ashamed if you haven't at least read the book yet. )

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I think its official leave on the back of the toilet standard bathroom reading material,Please tell me I'm not the only one