In article >, gravesend10
@verizon.net says...
>
> Gary > wrote:
> >
> >There was a pile of dog poop (or some animal poop) and the chickens were all
> >eating the maggots crawling around in the wet poop pile. Think about that
> >next time you buy a "free range organic chicken." hahaha
>
> Mushroom growing medium is sterile... the manure is hot composted to a
> temperzture that kills all living organisms, or is pasturized by other
> methods... all that's necessary is to slice off the very bottom of the
> stem and brush off any bits.
> http://www.mushroomcompany.com/resou...ramushroom.pdf

I used to do that until one of my sons got a job on a mushroom farm
and told me about the stuff producers spray to control insects and
moulds.

I always rinse them under a running tap now (just before use) and for
larger open cup mushrooms, I peel them.

http://www.mushroombusiness.com/cont.../211/spraying-
agents-in-mushroom-cultivation

Janet UK