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#328

From: debbie viess <amanitarita@...>
Date: Tue Nov 21, 2006 4:55 pm
Subject: marvelous Mendocino mushrooms

debbieviess

David and I spent a lovely weekend up in Mendocino Co., staying with our gracious hosts Hugh and Sandi Smith. In addition to their fine food and company, we spent many happy hours in the woods finding fungi. And I do mean many. Saturday was a loooooong day, up at five-ish, and hunting until we couldn't see. It was a 'shroom-'til-you-drop day. We were all delighted to see the welcome appearance of the macro-fungi, from slime-trail Lactarius submucidus, to pretty blue leptonias to handsome clusters of Suillus pungens, the prettiest Sarcodon imbricatum that I'd ever seen, and on and on.

The amanitas were prominant, tarting up the landscape with fruitings of franchetii, gemmata exannulata, the odd muscaria, what appeared to be an Amanita fulva (expect a package soon, Rod!) and some pristine coccora. In fact, some of the best looking and tasting coccora I'd ever had the pleasure of eating. But don't try this at home, kids, unless you have spent a goodly number of seasons sharpening your ID and species concept; amanitas can be tricky, not to mention deadly.

And oh yes, Boletus edulis. The spies (Clitopilus prunulus) were out, the ground was wet and the mycelia was fluffed up and ready to rock. Early bird hunters beat us to a number of patches, judging by the suspicious bolete-ish holes in the spy-adjacent pine duff. If you are lucky enough to be planning a trip up that way this T-Day weekend, you should be richly rewarded for your trouble. Not to mention my expectation of tremendous species diversity. After all, how many boletes can you eat? Two was plenty for us. You can have a vicarious experience by checking the photo section.

Saturday night, David and I dropped into the multi-University foray at the Albion field station: a compendium of students and professors from UC Berkeley, UC Davis and SFSU. We schmoozed with our buddies, and contributed a number of mushrooms that their party had not collected. We would've contributed even more, except one of the boxes of carefully collected material dropped its bottom and spilled the entire contents upon the ground, removing caps from stems and otherwise destroying hours of hard work. Duuuude.

Life is an adventure. Get out into your local or far-flung woodland and make some myco-magic for yourselves. The season is upon us.

Debbie Viess

ps Comments from Rod Tulloss and Peter Werner on their respective mushrooms in the photo section would be much appreciated!

#329

From: debbie viess <amanitarita@...>
Date: Tue Nov 21, 2006 8:14 pm
Subject: Bullard's Bar Foray, Dec. 1 and 2

debbieviess

Bullard�s Bar Foray

December 1�2, 2006

Bullard's Bar, in the Plumas National Forest, is a hotspot for both unusual and interesting mushrooms, and fabulous edibles. Located in the Sierra foothills, it has a rich diversity of habitat, from fir to pine, oak to tanoak, manzanita to madrone.

We�ll start on Friday morning, 9:00 a.m. in Yuba City (contact Amanitarita for location and directions) and drive to Bullard�s Bar from there. We will check in to the Hornswaggle campground on Marysville Road , about two miles beyond the Bullard�s Bar Dam, for latecomers on Friday at 12:00 noon. On Saturday morning, we�ll begin at Hornswaggle at 10:00 a.m.

We will camp on Saturday night at the Hornswaggle Campground, on Marysville Road , about two miles beyond the Bullard�s Bar Dam. Hornswaggle is a primitive camp with only picnic tables and outhouses; you will need to supply your own water, wood, etc. Reservations are not needed in the off-season. Potluck dinner on Saturday.

Sunday morning we will break camp and head back to the Bay Area in time to catch the Fungus Fair, and perhaps contribute some new and interesting species.

For more information, contact Debbie Viess, amanitarita@..., or 510.430.9353.

#330

From: David Rust <incredulis@...>
Date: Tue Nov 21, 2006 6:46 pm
Subject: Lyme Disease and why you should know about it

incredulis

http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localnews/ci_4698654

We mushroomers are in the woods a lot, and often think of Lyme Disease as an "East Coast" problem. You get a tick, you pull it off, you go on with life...

Here's an precautionary Oakland Tribune story of a local woman who contracted the disease, but couldn't get it diagnosed properly by her regular medical doctors.

After the symptoms became debilitating, Dr. Raphael Stricker, a San Francisco physician who's one of a handful of local specialists in treating Lyme disease, found that the victim was infected with borrelia, along with other tick-borne bacteria. "Ticks have been called the 'sewers of infection,'" he said.

Here's the CDC website with information on Lyme: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/lyme/index.htm and a link to the American Lyme Disease Foundation (more good basic information): http://www.aldf.com/.

David

#331

From: "Dr. Rodham E. Tulloss" <ret@...>
Date: Tue Nov 21, 2006 8:24 pm
Subject: Re: I need images emailed to me.

ret@...

Dear Debbie and BAMers  (Brooklyn Art Museum?),

Well, you probably didn't really believe you'd have fulva in California.
   Did you?

A yellowish stem, very dark pigment between the cap's marginal
striations, and a large, robust volva suggesting A. pachycolea are not
characters that I would expect even in an abnormally large fulva (often
darkest in the middle of the cap).  The photo of the button from
Scotland that I hope is on the AS fulva page, is the biggest fulva I
ever saw...nestled down in very wet Sphagnum in a recovering forest of
Scots Pine.

All over the world there are species called "A. fulva" locally.  In
China. Yang just gave a name to the local fulva in the southern
Provinces.  The "fulva" of the Chiricahua mountains is A. nishidae
Tulloss nom. prov.  We seem to have more than one fulva-like taxon in
the eastern US.  The "fulva" of Central America and the Colombian oak
forests is now A. fuligineodisca Tulloss, Ovrebo & Halling (which is
morphologically very close to fulva, see the relevant AS page).

The big girls of the magnivolvata-pachycolea-pachyvolvata-violettae
group are (I think at the moment) a relative small group of related taxa
in section Vaginatae.  All four of the taxa just named have pages on the
AS site.  The pigments are fairly variable from pale
olivaceous-yellow-cream (violettae) to very dark brown (pachycolea).
Our North American species (just named) are zonate.  The other two
(European) taxa are not zonate or (maybe) very slightly so.  I'm pretty
sure that there are other such taxa, but I really can't think of
any...other than the one that came from Debbie and David's recent forced
march of a foray.

What about other people who read this site?  Have you collected a very
large Vaginatae somewhere in the world?

I hope there are spores on this one, Deb.

Very best,

Rod Tulloss

P.S.  AS= http:\\eticomm.net/~ret/amanita/mainaman.html
For sect. Vaginatae, go straight to
  	 http:\\eticomm.net/~ret/amanita/sectvagi.html
R.

#332

From: arryls@...
Date: Tue Nov 21, 2006 6:55 pm
Subject: Re: marvelous Mendocino mushrooms

fungilarrys

Thank you, Debbie, for your lovely report and your continuing contributions to the Bay Area mycological scene. No one writes better pieces on their forays than you, and your husband's messages in this same medium bring welcome attention to often overlooked aspects of our consuming interests in fungi.

Thank you both.

I cannot let this opportunity pass without mentioning Thais' question of me at the Mendocino Woodlands Foray. "What is the most important and compelling part of keeping up your interest in mycology?"

After many years of chasing fungi all around the world, it entered my consciousness that it is the people associated with the matter that are just about as important as the science itself.

Each of us would benefit by keeping that illumination in the forefront of all our interactions with other members of our group. Our interests have drawn us together as individuals, and we must find a way to respect each others contributions as well as our different ways of promoting those interests. David C has a different way of leading our group than David R; David B would find a still different way. Each has the best interests of our organization at heart no matter what disputes arise. Each does the best he can with whatever and whomever he has around him. Each needs more assistance than our hundreds of members ought to be producing. So much time and effort is expended by too few. That's eventually a recipe for what we call burnout, causing us to lose the best and the brightest among us.

If you have valued our club, and valued its leaders, it is time to step up to the plate and bat.

The first opportunity to do that is open to everyone during our annual wild mushroom show, now nearly upon us at the Oakland Museum. Answer JR's call for volunteers, and discover in the process why people are of paramount importance in our pursuit of Psaliota or Simocybe. Working with so many of them over that weekend gives you the fortunate chance to find out why this is so. . . . . .Larry Stickney

#333

From: arryls@...
Date: Tue Nov 21, 2006 7:12 pm
Subject: Re: marvelous Mendocino mushrooms

fungilarrys

One line in my very recent communication got garbled somewhere along the line. It is toward the end of the piece. It should read:

"Psaliota or Psilocybe"

#334

From: "Alexandra Mironov" <alexm@...>
Date: Wed Nov 22, 2006 10:31 pm
Subject: Wanted: good home for a large Laetiporous sulphureus

vegieseeds

I collected a large sulphur shelf (about 30 lb). It's fresh and
young, but nobody here at home wants to try it for Thanksgiving. When
I was collecting it I thought it would be good for dyeing, but it
turns out to be a dyeing dud according to my books.

So if you want to enjoy one for Thanksgiving, come pick it up from me
in San Bruno.

My phone is 650-922-6809 if you're interested.

Alex Mironov

#335

From: Darvin DeShazer <muscaria@...>
Date: Thu Nov 23, 2006 3:31 pm
Subject: Carpool to Yuba Watershed Foray

fistulina

Hello,
On Saturday, Nov. 25, I was planning to attend the 9th Annual Yuba
Watershed Foray near Nevada City in the Sierras and would like some
myco-company for the ride. Up and back in one day will take about
four hours driving EACH way. Add in the foraying and identification
time and it will be a very l o n g day.

If you are interested in riding along and possibly talking about
mushrooms for about 15 hours straight send a note, off the list
please to:
muscaria at pacbell.net

It should be fun and there will be lots of new mushroom species to see.
Darvin

#336

From: "nvthis769" <nvthis769@...>
Date: Sat Nov 25, 2006 7:06 pm
Subject: Cold, cold, cold

nvthis769

I haven't seen Boletus one yet this year. I am beginning to wonder
if there will be any at all. Normally my woods (N. Cal., Chico) would
be crawling with Russula, Lactarious and the like, but nothing aside
from LBM's and an occasional G. Flococcus here. Looks like my only
hope will be the lower (Valley) elevations.. Wished I could have gone
with you all today. Hope you dressed warm! : )
-Mike

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#337

From: Darvin DeShazer <muscaria@...>
Date: Sun Nov 26, 2006 8:18 pm
Subject: Re: Cold, cold, cold

fistulina

Saturday was the Yuba Watershed Foray out of Nevada City / Grass Valley.

Some places had ice or frost, but most of the forest I walked in was OK.

Seemed dry and not much fruiting except small fungi.

The ID tables had Boletus edulis and matsutake, along with many other fine edibles such as Queens, Oysters, Hericium and Coccora.

It was a good group with close close to 50 people!

Darv

Science Advisor

SOMAmushrooms.org

On Nov 26, 2006, at 4:51 AM, BayAreaMushrooms@yahoogroups.com wrote:

Cold, cold, cold
Posted by: "nvthis769" nvthis769@... � nvthis769
Sat Nov�25,�2006 11:11�am (PST)
I haven't seen Boletus one yet this year. I am beginning to wonder
if there will be any at all. Normally my woods (N. Cal., Chico) would
be crawling with Russula, Lactarious and the like, but nothing aside
from LBM's and an occasional G. Flococcus here. Looks like my only
hope will be the lower (Valley) elevations.. Wished I could have gone
with you all today. Hope you dressed warm! : )
-Mike

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#338

From: Philip Carpenter <philandmac@...>
Date: Mon Nov 27, 2006 3:50 am
Subject: Re: Cold, cold, cold

pc6447

I went up the coast to the pines at the San Mateo/Santa Cruz Co. line on Friday and found nothing. Today I checked my bolete spot in Aptos and found two BIG buttons and another 15 small ones just starting. Also found two of the tiny B. pipperatoides, the red pored spicy bolete about the size of a nickel. There were also Amanita muscaria and Clitopilus prunulus coming up but nothing else. At least the season seems to finally be starting down here.....

nvthis769 <nvthis769@...> wrote:

I haven't seen Boletus one yet this year. I am beginning to wonder
if there will be any at all. Normally my woods (N. Cal., Chico) would
be crawling with Russula, Lactarious and the like, but nothing aside
from LBM's and an occasional G. Flococcus here. Looks like my only
hope will be the lower (Valley) elevations.. Wished I could have gone
with you all today. Hope you dressed warm! : )
-Mike

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#339

From: "Dimitar Bojantchev" <dimitar@...>
Date: Mon Nov 27, 2006 6:38 am
Subject: Mycena galopus

fast_jybe

http://pontix.com/mushrooms/Reports/Mycena%20galopus/

In case you wondered, the predominant Mycena that was carpeting

the needle litter at the coastal forests this weekend is Mycena galopus.

#340

From: "Dr. Rodham E. Tulloss" <ret@...>
Date: Mon Nov 27, 2006 6:01 pm
Subject: Key with sect. Amanita revised...

ret@...

Since we have a small continuing discussion on West Coast species of
Amanita sect. Amanita at the moment, I thought it might be worthwhile to
revise at least that part of the PDF-ed Amanita that has been accessible
on line (AS) in recent years.  I found it had gotten dated in several
ways (not all fixed).  I went through sect. Amanita this a.m. and
corrected the problems I could find in that section.

For Ron Pastorino:  Compare A. pantherinoides and A. umbrinidisca with
the material you sent me.  Do you see some similarities in that group?

All: Could it be that one of the taxa called "gemmata" on the West Coast
falls in the above cited group?  I wish we knew more about both the
micro and macro characters of the group in question.

The key will not be posted on the next for awhile so that I can wait for
what feedback there may be from y'all.

Very best,

Rod

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#341

From: dimitar@...
Date: Tue Nov 28, 2006 8:55 pm
Subject: It's happening locally...

fast_jybe

Just checked a couple of benchmark East Bay spots -- it's happening. Finally...
Chanterells, "spring" Amanitas, Entoloma ferruginans, a couple of yellow spunged
Boletes (flaviporus, etc).
D.

#342

From: debbie viess <amanitarita@...>
Date: Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:59 pm
Subject: Re: It's happening locally...

debbieviess

Are you refering to Amanita velosa? Man, that'd be another way early year for them.

Debbie Viess

----- Original Message ----
From: "dimitar@..." <dimitar@...>
To: BayAreaMushrooms@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 12:55:37 PM
Subject: [BayAreaMushrooms] It's happening locally...

Just checked a couple of benchmark East Bay spots -- it's happening. Finally... Chanterells, "spring" Amanitas, Entoloma ferruginans, a couple of yellow spunged Boletes (flaviporus, etc).
D.

#343

From: "Dimitar Bojantchev" <dimitar@...>
Date: Wed Nov 29, 2006 3:20 am
Subject: Land's End -- less than a week ago.

fast_jybe

Checked Land's End this afternoon, between office meeting. Nothing.

If you plan to collect there for the Fair, I'd suggest to use the energy

for a better spot. Unless you have some secret patch somewhere...

The needle litter can absorb amazing amounts of water -- that's good

at the mid/end of the season after the heavy rains, it still feels pleasant

to walk. But I saw nothing today, except a couple small Clitocybe of

the identification delight variety....

#344

From: "Dimitar Bojantchev" <dimitar@...>
Date: Wed Nov 29, 2006 3:10 am
Subject: Re: It's happening locally...

fast_jybe

Yep, Amanita velosa. Two eggs and one mature. Have pictures.

I'm not sure anymore wether these are Spring mushrooms.

This year I started seeing them in January. Not that I saw them

much afterwards when the trees bloomed...

----- Original Message -----

From: debbie viess

To: BayAreaMushrooms@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 2:59 PM

Subject: Re: [BayAreaMushrooms] It's happening locally...

Are you refering to Amanita velosa? Man, that'd be another way early year for them.

Debbie Viess

----- Original Message ----
From: "dimitar@pontix.com" <dimitar@pontix.com>
To: BayAreaMushrooms@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 12:55:37 PM
Subject: [BayAreaMushrooms] It's happening locally...

Just checked a couple of benchmark East Bay spots -- it's happening. Finally... Chanterells, "spring" Amanitas, Entoloma ferruginans, a couple of yellow spunged Boletes (flaviporus, etc).
D.

#345

From: "corydalina" <nathan@...>
Date: Wed Nov 29, 2006 7:45 am
Subject: Re: cute fuzzy blue-green polypore

corydalina

Hey, do you think this might be the same thing?

http://mushroomobserver.org/observer/show_observation/1105

-Nathan

#346

From: "corydalina" <nathan@...>
Date: Wed Nov 29, 2006 7:44 am
Subject: Thoughts on a big white Amanita?

corydalina

I've just uploaded some photos of a big white Amanita, that I think is
Amanita smithiana, but I'd be interested to hear what the specialists
say.  The images are here:

http://mushroomobserver.org/observer/show_observation/1106

I wasn't able to do much more than get some photos this year, but I'm
expecting to be able to get more info in the future.  If there are
particular things I should observe or do the next time I see to help
with the id, please let me know.

-Nathan

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#347

From: debbie viess <amanitarita@...>
Date: Wed Nov 29, 2006 3:08 pm
Subject: Re: Re: cute fuzzy blue-green polypore

debbieviess

Yes. Darvin had already suggested this ID to me. Its common name is the blue cheese polypore. A charming fungus.

Debbie Viess

----- Original Message ----
From: corydalina <nathan@...>
To: BayAreaMushrooms@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 11:45:20 PM
Subject: [BayAreaMushrooms] Re: cute fuzzy blue-green polypore

Hey, do you think this might be the same thing?

http://mushroomobse rver.org/ observer/ show_observation /1105

-Nathan

#348

From: debbie viess <amanitarita@...>
Date: Wed Nov 29, 2006 3:29 pm
Subject: Re: Thoughts on a big white Amanita?

debbieviess

Hi Nathan,

Ah yes, the smithiana/silvicola "controversy". Not really all that controversial, if you realize that Harry Thiers "Agaricales of California" somehow got the macro-descriptions of these two mushrooms reversed; all of my other references (Lindgren, Lincoff, Jenkins, Bas) have it right. Smithiana has a dramatically rooting base (its entire length is rarely collected) and silvicola has a short, rounded bulb. I was able to observe many examples of both of these mushrooms side by side at the Breitenbush foray a few years back. BTW, like the site of your collection, the smithiana was found under red fir.

Other macro differences: smithiana will often have prominant warts on the cap in youth (altho they are highly friable, and all universal veil material can be lost, leaving a smooth cap); silvicola has a thick, cottony aspect to the cap in youth. In button form, the smithiana still has a rooting base, whereas the silvicola is squat and rounded. I will look through my files and publish some of my photos and drwaings of these species.

Unfortunately, Thiers' mistake has caused a lot of confusion among some of our best CA IDers, and I continually see misidentified specimens of these two mushrooms.

Debbie Viess

----- Original Message ----
From: corydalina <nathan@...>
To: BayAreaMushrooms@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 11:44:01 PM
Subject: [BayAreaMushrooms] Thoughts on a big white Amanita?

I've just uploaded some photos of a big white Amanita, that I think is
Amanita smithiana, but I'd be interested to hear what the specialists
say. The images are here:

http://mushroomobse rver.org/ observer/ show_observation /1106

I wasn't able to do much more than get some photos this year, but I'm
expecting to be able to get more info in the future. If there are
particular things I should observe or do the next time I see to help
with the id, please let me know.

-Nathan

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#349

From: Nathan Wilson <nathan@...>
Date: Wed Nov 29, 2006 3:59 pm
Subject: Re: Re: cute fuzzy blue-green polypore

corydalina

I'm still not completely confident of the proposed id, but it's interesting that whatever it is it seems to be showing up a lot this year.� Fortunately, I actually have a specimen, so hopefully I'll get a chance to look at it a bit more closely.

-Nathan

On Nov 29, 2006, at 7:08 AM, debbie viess wrote:

Yes. Darvin had already suggested this ID to me. Its common name is the blue cheese polypore. A charming fungus.
�
Debbie Viess

----- Original Message ----
From: corydalina <nathan@collectivesource.com>
To: BayAreaMushrooms@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 11:45:20 PM
Subject: [BayAreaMushrooms] Re: cute fuzzy blue-green polypore

Hey, do you think this might be the same thing?

http://mushroomobse rver.org/ observer/ show_observation /1105

-Nathan

#350

From: debbie viess <amanitarita@...>
Date: Wed Nov 29, 2006 4:16 pm
Subject: Bullard's Bar Foray

debbieviess

Hi Gang,

Cold weather might produce matsies in this area, but might also suppress the fruitings of other mushrooms. We won't know until we go!

A group of us will be previewing the area on Friday. We will report back on this list Friday night. Larry S. thinks that these last rains might have produced snow at that elevation. In case it is too cccccccold to cccccamp, here is a list of local motels, kindly provided by Hugh Smith. Friday forays are meeting at Hugh's house in Yuba City at 9:00 am. Contact me for directions.

Debbie Viess

--------------------------------------------------------
Information on Motels

These would be the three best choices here in Yuba City,
in this order, the last one being the least convenient.

Best Western Bonanza Inn
1001 Clark Avenue
530-674-8848

Pallisade Hotel
965 Gray Avenue
530-790-7066

Holiday Inn Express
894 West Onstott Road
530-674-1650

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#351

From: "Dr. Rodham E. Tulloss" <ret@...>
Date: Wed Nov 29, 2006 3:58 pm
Subject: Re: It's happening locally...

ret@...

If you all are being surprised by Amanita velosa "out of season," then
some dried mature material with dates, location, photo, other notes as
possible would probably be useful.  Meanwhile, I'll check my herbarium
with regard to the dates on the specimens that I happen to have seen or
been sent.

Rod

#352

From: "Dr. Rodham E. Tulloss" <ret@...>
Date: Wed Nov 29, 2006 4:06 pm
Subject: Re: Thoughts on a big white Amanita?

ret@...

Hi, Nathan,

That rooting base is one of the very distinctive things about Amanita
smithiana.  I noticed that somebody searched the AS site for "smithii"
in the last few days.  I took that to mean that A. smithiana had popped
up somewhere.

For a description of A. smithiana that is pretty much up to date and
based on the study of the species by Tulloss and J. Lindgren, I suggest

	 http://eticomm.net/~ret/amanita/species/smithian.html

Some illustrations are not reliable (not clear that root has been cut
away); however, look at the silhouette in the background of the drawing
on the right!  When you have dried material to back up photos, I would
be really interested to have a bit of a mature specimen and to post a
really good photo or two on the AS web page.  Photo credits are always
provided.

Very best,

Rod Tulloss

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#353

From: debbie viess <amanitarita@...>
Date: Wed Nov 29, 2006 4:37 pm
Subject: Re: It's happening locally...

debbieviess

Amanita velosa in December used to be shockingly early. Last year, we saw it in November, and again, apparently, this year. I have records of collections that go back ten years, and there does seem to be a trend of earlier and earlier fruitings.

Not a big surprise, what with the climate change and all. Even the birds are changing their migration dates (normally all but written in stone) and some are even refusing to migrate at all!

The times, they are a changin',

Debbie Viess

----- Original Message ----
From: Dr. Rodham E. Tulloss <ret@...>
To: BayAreaMushrooms@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 7:58:18 AM
Subject: Re: [BayAreaMushrooms] It's happening locally...

If you all are being surprised by Amanita velosa "out of season," then
some dried mature material with dates, location, photo, other notes as
possible would probably be useful. Meanwhile, I'll check my herbarium
with regard to the dates on the specimens that I happen to have seen or
been sent.

Rod

#354

From: debbie viess <amanitarita@...>
Date: Wed Nov 29, 2006 4:07 pm
Subject: Smithiana vs silvicola: a visual guide

debbieviess

I have uploaded some of my photos and illustrations (or drwaings, as I like to call them) of these two species in the photo section.

Debbie Viess

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#355

From: "Dr. Rodham E. Tulloss" <ret@...>
Date: Wed Nov 29, 2006 5:12 pm
Subject: velosa collection dates...

ret@...

Amanita velosa collection dates in my herbarium (19 collections) 3
February to 23 April.

I'll see what else I can find.

Rod

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#356

From: "Dr. Rodham E. Tulloss" <ret@...>
Date: Wed Nov 29, 2006 6:05 pm
Subject: velosa in herbaria...

ret@...

Interestingly, the OSU (Oregon State Univ.) catalogue lists only two
collections of Amanita velosa.  One is from November 9, 1965; and the
other is from April 7, 1997.  Both were collected by Jim Trappe.
November 9 is quite a distinct fall "outlyer."  If someone is in contact
with Jim, they might ask him about his collection no. 394.  I'd be
willing to look at it if there is interest in BAM membership on the
issue of timing of velosa fruiting.

Very best,

Rod

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