The political consequences of academic paywalls

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3. I have had a real problem accessing academic papers in order to work with mushrooms.

I can't afford the $20 to $50 a paper these pay walls require. But trying to find out if pleurotus pulmonarius or agaricus blazei works well with substrate supplements, grain or wood chip spawn or a combination of the 2, hot water or lime pasteurization and average yields per pound of substrate. I finally gave up on researching agaricus blazei because the most recent studies were too costly. Yes some generic information can be obtain from books (like Paul Stamets) but the precise details I was looking for were buried in studies usually found in academic libraries.

I finally began experimenting on my own with some of my mycelium to see the result. There is nothing like recreating the wheel.