Hello everyone! It has indeed been a while. I can see this group has gone into hibernation over the hot months. I would assume, naturally, this is normal. I...
It is not 'shrooming season here either, however my well watered garden has produced a variety of lovely LBM's and puffballs. There are many beautiful coprinus...
it is definitely Pisolithus time! and one of the tooth picks which support a rooting avocado pit sported a tiny tiny ink cap this week else It is not...
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Aug 2, 2006 5:30 pm
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Pisolithus tinctorius (peastone used for dyeing) rocks! There's an Coast Live Oak tree in our neighborhood with occasional interesting fungi from Lactarius...
Mushrooms on toothpicks? That's pretty cool! Haven't seen that one yet... I read that and a strange thought occured to me.... "Hmmm, what to dip it in?" I know...
Do you get the sense that we are all impatient for the mushroom season to begin? Ruth S., a new member of BAMS, found an intriguing cluster of parasol...
It looks like the wet Winter and Spring may have aided in the spread of Phytophthora ramorum up and down the coast in the past year. From the California Oak...
It is a bit early for chanterelles up here near Greenville. I usually don't even look for them until the end of August. However, remembering Judy Roger's...
Excellent! Excellent, excellent! I was feeling a bit like a pioneer here, but leave it to HB. As usual Mr. Brown, you have instilled some confidence in my...
Sure is. You and Bob Sellers nailed the ID. Just to make us a bit more crazy, tho, it's name is now Leucoagaricus americanus: same great mushroom, same ...
Hmm, I captured a few photos today that I would love to share for purposes of identification, but the photo section keeps reading errors and won't allow me to...
... Phil et al, Don't thank me, thank Else! (and if you liked that one, she's got a whole lot more name changes for ya...). Speaking of odd parasols, there is...
Hi folks. There's an article in the July 29 Science News on slime molds. It's unfortunately not available online, but it sounds like the project that David...
So, I woke Sunday morning to a wet lawn. I had heard the thunder and seen the lightning around 4am but missed the rain. I take this as a good omen... The...
Hi Mike, The "Helvella", by it's habitat and size, is probably a Gyromitra californicus. Herman ... From: nvthis769 To: BayAreaMushrooms@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
Looks like you are right. I just thought they were very passed their prime and hugely degraded. Looks like one more check on the list! Thanks. Any ideas on the...
I'm off to Greenville to visit Herman and Cecelia on Thursday. Then through Lasaen and on to McCloud. Can anyone give me any pointers as to what I might find? ...
I found what looked like some sort of parasite, perhaps related to Mistletoe. It was growing on a Pine Tree on Highway 20 east of Clear Lake. Does anyone have...
check your field guides on the small polypore for Coltricia cinnamomea or whatever genus they are calling it now. It grows terrestrial and is very small and...
Hi Hugh, I found two butter boletes this Sunday at around 5000 ft. - a wormy B. regius and a less wormy B. appendiculatus, plus I also saw a fresh patch of a...
I had read that particular description in MD but thought maybe that wasn't it due to the description speaking of torn margins and pore surface typically not...
If you have been waiting for the right moment to visit Colorado for a mushroom bonanza, now would be the time. It has been raining daily for several weeks, ...
The Science News article is about the BioBlitz that took place near Washington DC a couple months ago. Teams of professional and amateur scientists spent a...
S. Trudell
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Aug 10, 2006 12:27 am
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Steve and others, Only fungi were included in the 2005-2006 mycoblitz forays at Point Reyes. It's not a bad idea, though, to ask the park if they need species...
Hi everyone! I've been enjoying reading the mushroom news on this mailing list for the last couple of months. I've particular enjoyed seeing the reports of...
Was there any follow-up on this? I'm just back from vacation from the Sierras where I found lots of mistletoes and no mushrooms. Yup, that's a mistletoe in the...