TOP LEFT: The propagation shed is a simple 8' by 12' wooden structure, insulated against cold and made verminproof. TOP RIGHT: A bumper crop of the fragile fungi... plenty to eat, and lots left over to sell at $3.00 a pound! SECOND FROM TOP LEFT: This cage ""tames"" the wild mushroom. SECOND FROM TOP RIGHT: Stewing the rice straw helps pasteurize the substrate. ABOVE LEFT: It's harvest time! ABOVE RIGHT: Straw in storage for future mushroom crops