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Abstract: Mushroom growing is generally assumed to have begun in France, more or less by chance, in about 1650. After that time they were for many years grown in beds in the open, but of course only during a particular period in the year. In 1780 a French gardener, CHAMBRY, discovered that conditions in the many underground caves around Paris were very suitable for mushroom growing. Even in countries where there were no caves, people understandably tried to grow mushrooms all the year round, and they hit on the idea of constructing special buildings for this purpose. The "American doubles" are certainly among the oldest mushroom houses. They were built from 1880 and consisted almost entirely of wood. In England, mushrooms have also been grown for years in adapted glasshouses and what are called "handcraft houses" or nissen huts.
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