. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. MUSHROOMS MUSHROOMS 475 although mushroom production has doubled in the United States within a period of live years, the markets could take twice the quantity now being received without very materially affecting the value of the product. Moreover, the demand for the cultivated mushroom is increas- ing very rapidly, and many of the smaller cities which now receive none of this prod- uct could dispose of it in small quantity. The cultivation of mushrooms is an horti- cultural operation, and is therefore not dis- cussed in detail in this plac
. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. MUSHROOMS MUSHROOMS 475 although mushroom production has doubled in the United States within a period of live years, the markets could take twice the quantity now being received without very materially affecting the value of the product. Moreover, the demand for the cultivated mushroom is increas- ing very rapidly, and many of the smaller cities which now receive none of this prod- uct could dispose of it in small quantity. The cultivation of mushrooms is an horti- cultural operation, and is therefore not dis- cussed in detail in this place. For the benefit of prospective growers, however, it may be said that the market possibilities have not ifjij'; by any means been attained and that the price at present paid for the fresh product makes it a paying business where the condi- tions are favorable and where good care and ^ the best cultural intelligence are brought to bear on the work. Wild mushrooms. The wild mushroom product, being depen- dent on the season, is very variable. In the United States the wild mushrooms which reach the market may, for all practical pur- poses, be said to consist only of -4. campes- „ iris and its allies, and the food value of the vast number of other common edible forms is appre- ciated by an individual only here and there. In Europe, more than in any other country, perhaps, the wild mushroom is a sub-staple article of food. In many instances there are municipal or state regulations governing the species which may be legitimately sold. Gen- erally as many as six spe- cies are legitimately sold, and in extreme instances the list may run as high as forty species. From France to western Russia, or from Scandinavia to Italy, during the mush- room season, one may find one or more species of wild mushrooms on the market of both village and city. A knowledge of common forms is, therefore, well dissemi- nated. Nevertheless,even in those countries, mis- takes are made, and cases of poisonin
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