Cultivating Mushrooms

The Masters of Mycelium
A third-generation of mushroom men farms the Hudson Valley.

…..early 1980s, the farmed fungus sector had all but collapsed. Large commercial mushroom operations that had popped up in Pennsylvania, cheap imported caps from China and rising fuel prices worldwide helped put nearly all of New York’s family-run mushroom farms out of business. And while a handful of tiny independent businesses are still at work, most of the older operations have turned from farming to distribution.

All except for the Bulichs, who today operate the last fully functioning mushroom farm in the state-thanks in part to Frank Bulich’s foresight in the 1980s, when the second-generation mushroom grower, unlike his fellow farmers, noted a coming demand for varieties other than standard white buttons.

http://www.ediblemanhattan.com/march-april-2010/the-foodshed.htm

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/15/garden/15mushrooms.html?scp=1&sq=mushroom%20stamets&st=cse

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