I've been looking at those kits for growing your own
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mushrooms for a very long time, and they just keep getting more and more expensive. About the only justification I can find for buying one is some of them are really quite pretty!
Now there is an old Countryside article which explains how to grow your own mushrooms, but it uses toilet paper things. I'm sire you could find something to replace that but, for now, the visual association is just a bit much for me.
Those other kits where you find a downed tree and inoculate your own stuff --- I've heard some pretty mixed reviews on that. the thing that troubles me the most is that somewhere, a couple of years ago, I read that the specifications for a suitable trunk were actually fairly restrictive. Sooo .... there's that.
However --- many states now have mushroom growers associations. If you're serious about becoming a commercial operation, I think I'd start there --- join the growers association.
I think it's a pretty admirable venture. I'm crazy about mushrooms and think someone who did their homework could make a nice living from it.
