It can be useful to have the ability to read between the lines as well as cultivating a tough skin. I have never hunted around Ukiah, so I have no specific...
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Debbie Klein
cootsncorts
Dec 6, 2011 6:05 pm
https://picasaweb.google.com/113929977506461258787/20111205BerkeleyCampus# I cooked up the mushrooms in pictures 1-4 and 14-17. I haven't eaten them. I should...
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lesmcurdy@...
lesmcurdy
Dec 6, 2011 6:05 pm
All true, but when I read a response like that, I envision the slinger as feeling a little too happy with themselves, when the target is  possibly a newbie...
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Kitty & Creek Norris
kitncreek
Dec 6, 2011 6:25 pm
Cheferic65 - I don't have your complete e mail address, accidentally deleted the first post from you. Call us 707-459-1868. We have what you are looking for,...
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Dave Lubertozzi
dluberto2000
Dec 6, 2011 6:39 pm
Amazing to find anything in this dry weather - look at those cracked caps! Tough buggers... Well, a spore print sure would have been a good idea, but given...
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Carlo Arreglo
auntiestrophe
Dec 6, 2011 6:54 pm
Also very dry in Jackson Demonstration. At least where we were. Did see what looked like melted hedgehogs in some of the wetter areas. Lots of what we think...
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Alan Rockefeller
alanrockefeller@...
Dec 6, 2011 11:58 pm
You can camp at Salt Point, but most people consider the $35 fee for a campsite to be ridiculous. There is a campsite called Ocean Cove across from the store...
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kitncreek
Dec 7, 2011 1:09 am
Hi Eric We have nice private land to shroom on. Are you still in the area? Kitty & Creek Norris 707-459-1868 Willits...
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willmcguire34
Dec 7, 2011 4:28 am
Still water cove regional park (Sonoma County) $28.00 per night (has showers)...
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debbie viess
debbieviess
Dec 8, 2011 5:02 pm
Hi Gang, Gotta hate those dry and windy days in the heart of our mushroom season, eh? Not so great for our fruiting fungal friends, and the drying effects...
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debbie viess
debbieviess
Dec 8, 2011 6:25 pm
Here is a link to my recent Mendocino photos, in the FFSC Albion 1 foray folder: http://tinyurl.com/7m56ahd Debbie Viess [Non-text portions of this message...
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Martin Livezey
martinlivezey
Dec 8, 2011 6:46 pm
Dr. Jacqueline Laurin, MD, of the Georgetown Transplant Institute spoke at the Mycological Association of Washington this past Tuesday, December 6 about 4...
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debbie viess
debbieviess
Dec 8, 2011 6:58 pm
Thanks for posting this update, Martin. It is particularly heartening to me that a physician from a transplant center is so strongly with the IV silibinin...
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debbie viess
debbieviess
Dec 8, 2011 9:47 pm
Hi Gang, Well, the rumors are true. Bojantchev et al have finally published their spring coccora paper in "Mycotaxon," coining the name Amanita vernicoccora...
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Alan Rockefeller
alanrockefeller@...
Dec 8, 2011 11:12 pm
Wow great paper! And thank god he saved us from having to call it Amanita icthyeroballen. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Hugh and Sandi Smith
phalluscybe
Dec 9, 2011 1:16 am
That is quite the set of mushrooms from the North coast Debbie. I'm working on mine. What does Russian Leather smell like? Also, I have a picture of a...
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Dave Lubertozzi
dluberto2000
Dec 9, 2011 2:05 am
Well, that's too bad for all of us that've picked them in pure pine stands, often growing up directly from under the base of the trees, we must be mistaken -...
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jenn c
jennconspiracy
Dec 9, 2011 5:38 am
Damn - I was inspired by the limerick thread on the MSSF list and came up with this, forgetting which list this exchange happened on... There once was a Chef...
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Martin Livezey
martinlivezey
Dec 9, 2011 1:52 pm
Did you see here picture? http://www.georgetownuniversityhospital.org/body_fw.cfm?id=8&action=detail&ref=3290 I don't know her contact info, but you should let...
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debbie viess
debbieviess
Dec 9, 2011 5:06 pm
Speaking of Russians, eh? "Russian leather" smells like cedar as well. That's an easier way for most to recognize that odor. I just like using the term Russian...
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Alicia Springer
alicia.sprin...
Dec 9, 2011 5:29 pm
Debbie, a. pachycolea is the brown-capped form of "grisette" and edible, no? Found quite a few among doug firs and black oaks in Sierra foothills, but not ...
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debbie viess
debbieviess
Dec 9, 2011 5:37 pm
Yes it is edible and to my opinion the best of the grisette lot for the table. On the other hand, as it is an amanita, your caution is good. Experience will...
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Jean-Richard
richardmoust...
Dec 9, 2011 6:35 pm
Great pics Debbie. thanks for sharing!...
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Dave Lubertozzi
dluberto2000
Dec 9, 2011 6:53 pm
Her phone number is on the page, but I doubt most practicing physicians would be pleased to get too many calls. A letter of thanks for her efforts to the dept....
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Martin Livezey
martinlivezey
Dec 9, 2011 7:30 pm
Thanks Dave, very good point. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Hugh and Sandi Smith
phalluscybe
Dec 10, 2011 2:36 pm
Russian Gulch. Fort Bragg, Road 409. There's a waterfall too. I believe you have been there. Phalluscybe Hugh Smith...
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debbie viess
debbieviess
Dec 10, 2011 7:05 pm
Hi Gang, If you are out and about this weekend, please keep an eye out for any mushrooms in good condition that will be able to last until next Thursday. Dr....
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Hugh and Sandi Smith
phalluscybe
Dec 10, 2011 8:49 pm
Here are some of my photos from the FFSC Albion I Foray. It sold out quickly and it was such a great deal. As always, it's the people that make a great event...
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debbieviess
Dec 11, 2011 12:44 am
thanks Hugh. the folks look fun and the fungus looks awesome! Your photos are not just species depictions, but art. Deb...
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XXYZZ
alicia.sprin...
Dec 11, 2011 1:38 am
I posted a couple of photos of brown mushrooms with the caps split open like fresh-baked dinner rolls. Too old to get a spore print, and no visible spore...