This may be a stupid question, but is growing mushrooms in bedrooms safe?
It would make sense to me that mushroom growing medium is perfect for less healthy fungus to grow as well.
It would make sense to me that mushroom growing medium is perfect for less healthy fungus to grow as well.
The main health concern is over spore production and inhalation of spores. If you're growing in a household environment you'll want to use a growing chamber with filtered air exchange.
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"Several persons concerned with the cultivation and industrial production of this mushroom fell ill, after close contact with it over a period of some months, with exhaustion, headache, chills and fever, and cough."
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I used to grow mushrooms at home, and worse, oyster mushrooms, and developed a persistent cough even for my relative low volume. it cleared up when I got rid of them, but you know, the area was just covered, covered in spores.