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Bags of oyster mushrooms (2nd of 2)

Bags of oyster mushrooms

Oyster mushrooms are grown on bags of straw or sawdust, hung in rooms with controlled temperatures.

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Ehab Web, Mytopia Mushrooms
Photograph by Ehab Samy

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Maggy Wassilieff. 'Mushrooms and other cultivated fungi', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 1-Mar-09
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/mushrooms-and-other-cultivated-fungi/2/4/2