Contents: Preface Forword INTRODUCTION HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT NUTRITIONAL AND MEDICINAL VALUES OF MUSHROOM MUSHROOM PRODUCTION AND EXPORT IDENTIFICATION OF MUSHROOMS EDIBLE AND POISONOUS MUSHROOMS NATURALLY GROWING MUSHROOMS, THEIR COLLECTION AND MARKETING MORPHOLOGY OF MUSHROOMS MUSHROOM BIOLOGY MUSHROOM GENETICS AND BREEDING MUSHROOM CULTURE TECHNIQUES, THEIR PRESERVATION AND MAINTENANCE MUSHROOM SPAWN PRODUCTION TECHNIQUE ROLE OF ENZYMES IN MUSHROOM PRODUCTION RECYCLING OF SPENT MUSHROOM SUBSTRATE COMPOST PREPARATION FOR WHITE BUTTON MUSHROOM STEPS IN MUSHROOM GROWING CULTIVATION OF WHITE BUTTON MUSHROOM (Agaricus bisporus) CULTIVATION OF OYSTER MUSHROOM (Pleurotus spp.) CULTIVATION OF PADDY STRAW MUSHROOM (Volvariella spp.) CULTIVATION OF MILKY MUSHROOM (Calocybe indica) CULTIVATION OF SPECIALITY MUSHROOMS FACTORS INFLUENCING GROWTH AND YIELD OF MUSHROOMS MUSHROOM CROP STANDARDS PESTS, MITES AND THEIR MANAGEMENT PHYTONEMATODE PESTS OF MUSHROOM MAJOR DISEASES AND THEIR MANAGEMENT ECONOMICS OF MUSHROOM CULTIVATION RECIPIES OF MUSHROOM PROCESSING AND VALUE ADDITION OF MUSHROOM HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT ON MUSHROOM CULTIVATION ANCILLORY INFORMATIONS