We no longer carry books because you can order via Amazon.com and other internet sites. For mushroom cultivation outdoors on hardwood logs we recommend:

• Stamets, Paul. Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms. 1993, 2000. Ten Speed Press, Berkeley CA, USA.
• Stamets, Paul. Mycelium Running – How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World. 2005. Ten Speed Press, Berkeley CA, USA.
• Stamets, Paul and Chilton, J.S. The Mushroom Cultivator – A Practical Guide to Growing Mushrooms at Home. 1993. Agarikon Press, Olympia WA, USA.
• Przybylowicz, Paul and Donoghue, John. Shiitake Growers Handbook – The Art and Science of Mushroom Cultivation. 1988. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co. Dubuque, Iowa, USA.
• Kozak, Mary Ellen and Krawczyk, Joe. Growing Shiitake Mushrooms in a Continental Climate. 1989. Field & Forest Products, Inc. Peshtigo, WI, USA. (This little out-of-print book is an excellent guide to the following FAQs. The information below borrows heavily from this book including the illustrations.)
• Freedman, Louise. Wild About Mushrooms – The Mycological Society of San Francisco Cookbook. Aris Books, Berkeley CA.
• Hill, Nicola. The Mushroom Cookbook – More than Sixty Easy, Imaginative Recipes.

Books (Available for download):

• “The Shiitake Growers Handbook” by Przybylowicz and Donoghue
• “Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms” by Paul Stamets (contains chapters detailing indoor and outdoor cultivation on both Shiitake and Oyster)