LIST OF COLOR PLATES - 6 FOREWORD - 7 INTRODUCTION - 8 THE MAGIC MUSHROOM LIFE CYCLE - 10 THE SIMPLEST TECHNIQUE FROM SCRATCH - 15 CULTURE ON AGAR MEDIA - 21 GROWING SPAWN ON SEED - 28 CASING SPAWN TO PROMOTE MUSHROOM FLUSHES - 34 THE RICE-CAKE TECHNIQUE - 43 CULTIVATION ON COMPOST - 49 STORING THE HARVEST - 58 THE MAGIC MUSHROOM AGAPE - 62 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY - 63