IMGN MEMBERSHIP
INDEPENDENT MUSHROOM GROWER'S NETWORK
Sponsored by:
Florida Mycology Research Center (FMRC)
POB 18105, Pensacola, FL 32523
Did you know: It is official from the USDA: The 2006/2007 USA Mushroom Cash Crop was $956 Million!!! There were only 279 registered growers!!! Sales up 7% from last year. Maybe you should check out "IMGN" and start getting your share!
Did you see that there were only 279 reported growers?
Did you know if you can grow mushrooms you are a
big jump ahead of others who want to get in on this?
Read on, and learn some important information that
may very well change your life.
If you want to learn more about the world of mushrooms, this special membership is just for you. No matter if you just want to grow a few mushrooms for your own personal use, or you want to start your own mushroom business, joining FMRC's IMGN will be a smart decision. Here are just a few reasons why. There is a "one time" fee of only $200.00 ($230.00 Overseas and Out of Country), and you are then a lifetime member along with over 5,000 other members, worldwide. IMGN opens up your communications link to the world of mushrooms. This is what you get:
MEMBERSHIP CERTIFICATE AND "ID" CARD : You receive a large Membership Certificate for framing. You also receive a personal "ID" Card to carry with you in your wallet. These credentials not only give you credibility, they also make it very easy for you when talking to land owners about hunting mushrooms on their property.
COMPOUNDS PRODUCED BY MUSHROOMS AND OTHER FUNGI : You receive this confidential compound list. This special publication allows you to look up a compound and find out what mushroom or other fungus produces it. Look up these compounds listed in Chemical Supply Catalogs and see with your own eyes, what they are worth. You will know where these compounds come from, and the specific source of extraction.
YOUR FREE CHOICE OF $200 WORTH OF MUSHROOM SPORES : Your free choice of any combination of Mushroom Spores up to $200 value. Choices can be made from the FMRC Catalog or from our OnLine Mushroom Spore Bank posted at our website. Only catalog numbered spore print samples can be used, special sales or other spore collections do not apply.
"THE MUSHROOM RESEARCHER" : You receive a free copy of "The Mushroom Researcher" a $50 value. This book lists 358 different entries of mushrooms that have antiviral, antibiotic, anticancer, and even anti-aging activity. A valuable "must" for any mushroom researcher. For more information on the contents of this book, see FMRC's "BOOK STORE" Catalog.
FREE TECHNICAL ADVICE : If you ever need any technical advice on any aspect dealing with mushrooms, may it just be on cultivation or your own mushroom business, this too is free,
HOW AND WHERE TO SELL YOUR MUSHROOM PRODUCTS : People call us all the time looking for a certain mushroom, mushroom product, or mushroom extraction. We supply IMGN Members these names. Let us know what you have to sell, and we will let you know who is buying. It is just that simple.
"THE MUSHROOM CULTURE", The Journal Of Mushroom Cultivation (TMC)
You get an entire year's free subscription to the world's only color mushroom journal that comes with actual live mushroom spore print samples. This is the official newsletter for the IMGN. Because you are a IMGN Member, you receive "RESTRICTED" issues. These issues sometimes contain spore print samples that are restricted. Your issues will contain all color photographs and all mushroom spore samples. Restricted Issues containing any Restricted prints (prints that may be illegal in your area) are not sent into illegal areas such as CA, GA, ID, or correctional facilities, and others. Non-Restricted Issues (issues that do not contained said type spore samples) are sent instead. This FREE year’s subscription is a $30.00 value ($50 Overseas and Out Of Country). When the year’s free subscription is up, you must pay for subscription in order to continue receiving TMC.
"FRUIT OF THE GODS" : You get this landmark mushroom video that took 7 years to produce. This $86 Video will be a classic forever. Covers many aspects of mushrooms including the Psychoactives. For more information on this video's contents, see FMRC's "BOOK STORE' Catalog. DVD is available when requested instead of Video.
ALL FMRC CATALOGS: You can request any of FMRC's Catalogs at no cost.
Besides receiving over $700.00 in free products and services, you become part of an international network of people with interests in mushrooms. The IMGN strength is over 5,000 members worldwide. IMGN Members have no restrictions on any spore purchases. Simply give your IMGN Membership number when ordering any restricted spores, and give a good legal shipping address.
"The Gospel of Mushrooms" . This is the 2 CD-ROM set that has all of "The Mushroom Culture Back Issues #01 through #69! That is another $60.00 item…..free .
LAST YEAR'S U.S. MUSHROOM CROP HIT $956 MILLlON:
It is official from the USDA: The 2006/2007 USA Mushroom Cash Crop was $956 Million!!! This was with 279 reported GROWERS! USDA Report 2006-2007 USA Mushroom Cash Crop. France’s national income is helped so much by truffle sales, it is called their 13th month. With weapons sales, perfumes, fashions, and other exotic exports, this is saying a lot. China has taken over the world market with Agaricus bisporus (the commercial "Button" mushroom). Japan has been the world's leader in Shiitake cultivation, but because of increasing demand in this country, many Shiitake farms are now springing up here in America. Take for instance the "Three River Farms" mushroom company. The following was taken from #15 "TMC" July 95: "The mushroom company started just 3 years ago. It was started in a lumber yard "gone bad" due to slack of housing construction. They called me saying they were about to lose everything, and could they grow any mushrooms. To me, they were sitting on a gold mine with all that wood they could not sell. The company grows Shiitake on wood. They expect of make $2.5 million in 1995. They use 8 tons of sawdust every 3 weeks. With the help of 22 employees, they produce 3,500 Ibs. of Shiitake every week. They expect to produce 10,000 Ibs. a week by 1996."
MEDICAL AND RESEARCH COMPOUNDS : This huge new market is not even part of the $900 million quoted earlier. Their worth is staggering. Phalloidin for instance is now going for about $100 per mg. Keep in mind that there are 1,000 mgs. in ONE gram! That's $100,000 a gram! Look it up in any chemical supply catalog, like SIGMA. If you, or your company's area of business or research is in this field, you may qualify to enter this new and very profitable unique market. New AIDS research with Maitake mushrooms have caused this mushroom to bring as much as $300 a pound. You will have little or no competition in this market.
These compounds include antibiotics, antitumor agents, antiviral agents, and even anticancer agents. One of the anticancer agents, Lentinan, showed 80% remission factor in Sarcoma and other related cancers, with just a 10 day treatment. If Lentinan was applied before cancer implant, it was 100% effective. Panaeolus subbalteatus, a psilocybin producing mushroom, has shown to be effective against polio virus in mice. Other psilocybin producing mushrooms are now believed to have powers of improving hearing, eyesight, circulation, and activating the body's immune system. Enoke Mushrooms show Cancer remission (#77 TMC January 2008). There have been stories reported that certain people who live down in some of the valleys in Mexico, live to be 130 to 140 years old. There is evidence now being gathered which points to Mexican mushroom cults as the source for these stories. We at FMRC do not think eating any mushroom is going to make you live to 130. However, if certain mushrooms do enhance the immune system, you would not die as easily from colds, flu, or other ailments which strike old people down so many times. The late Dr. Pollock believed that the mushroom Psilocybe tampanensis held great potential for psychotherapy and treatment of asthma patients. Mushroom RNA has shown to be effective against influenza. Interferon stimulating properties are even now being found.
We are now building up a client list in need of these compounds. The true fact is, the medical people who want these mushrooms for extraction purposes, do not know how to identify them, much less, grow them in their labs. This is where you can play a very important role. If you have been able to cultivate mushrooms, you have a very special talent. If you are of this caliber, you know it is a special talent. Growing a mushroom is not growing a tomato plant. If you wish to do your own extractions, no complicated lab equipment or knowledge is needed. These extractions are done very easily. FMRC makes available reference texts giving all the simple directions you will need. Having the organic material (the Mushrooms) from which to do the extractions is the problem. If you can cultivate the mushroom from which you wish to do the extractions, you have solved the problem. If you know where to collect these mushrooms from the wild, you have solved the problem. This is why these extractions are worth so much. The people who want these mushrooms and their extractions pay good prices. Besides, the cost is tax deductible as an expense to them.
We are looking for people with this kind of insight. We wish to have independent growers from which we can purchase needed mushrooms, or refer other clients to them. We do not wish to have any kind of exclusive agreement. This allows you to do business with any firm you want. You sell your product to anyone you want to.
IMGN MEMBERSHIP IS ONLY $200.00 : Membership has been in force since it was started back in 1983. This is a one time investment. If you are a little short this month for cash, but you want to join, we do not want this to prevent you from joining. You can also join IMGN by sending only $50, and then payoff the $150.00 balance at your own convenience. This is how the payment plan works: You send $50 and request IMGN Membership. You receive your IMGN Certificate and "ID" Card. Your 1 year's free subscription to "TMC" is started. No other IMGN Membership benefits are shipped, or entitled, until the balance of $150.00 is paid. You are not a full member until the full $200.00 is paid.
INDEPENDENT MUSHROOM GROWER'S NETWORK $200.00
OVERSEAS AND OUT OF COUNTRY $230.00
Please consider this invitation to work with FMRC through lMGN Membership. It could be something that really will MUSHROOM. In fact, it already has started……we have now also included "The Gospel of Mushrooms". This is the 2 CD-ROM set that has all of "The Mushroom Culture Back Issues #01 through #69! That is another $60.00 item…..free.
Highest Regards, STEPHEN L. PEELE Curator, FMRC
