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Mushroom Mycelium from Submerqled Culture Offers Possible Food and Pharmaccsutical Products

MUSHROOM MYCELIUM

Experiments with Submerged Culture S. S. BLOCK, T. W. STEiARNS, R. 1. STEPHENS, and R. University of Florida, Gaitresville, Fla.

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