Did You Know?
- In 1997, 133 farms in Pennsylvania produced $305M worth, or 370M pounds of Mushrooms which would have filled 37M, 10-pound crates at ~$9.96 per crate
- 100 Million year old Cordaceps mushroom was recently found preserved in amber, backdating the prior fossil record by 20 million years
- most of the US market is white button mushrooms
- Paul Stamets' research indicates there are synergies between Fungi and plants that yield improved yields when co-planting is implemented; can you say poly-culture?