Hi, It is a fairly good year for finding matsutake. I haven't looked out at the coast yet but inland has been good. Yesterday a chef buddy and I (with 2...
Thank you for the report Patrick. It's not over yet! Plumas and Tahoe National tomorrow. Phalluscybe Hugh Smith Patrick Hamilton wrote: Hi, It is a fairly good...
What with the massive amounts of fruiting phalloides across central CA right now, it should come as no surprise that we have a current poisoning, but it is...
Hi Debbie: <snip> 2009 looks to be a time of change. Ride the wave. Debbie Viess Although I understand--and endorse--your sentiments completely, I don't think...
I tend to jump quickly from the microcosm to the macro. the "wave of change" that I see is universal, not merely a single treatment for a single type of...
there are no articles, yet. this is all under the radar and thru a physician friend involved in the case. if you want to link to the BAMS post on the SOMA list...
When I Googled "silibinin amanita poisoning" [no apostrophes] I received several hits such as this one: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8937042 Through some...
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Hi Adolph, thank you for these links. I believe that your interpretation of the German paper is in error, tho...to my reading, it states that silibinin alone...
Apologies, yes, Debbie, you are right. The paper states: RESULTS: In the group who had received the combination of silibinin and penicillin 8.8% died or...
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Bummer~! We saw hundreds of them on our last walk in redwood. Vast fields at times. I think they are beautiful! My girlfriend kicks them over... Being an...
Get a decent vocalist, a guitarist, cut in some quirky mushroom graphics (Amanitas, naturally) and you have the next YouTube sensation. You read it here...
Here is a link to two articles concerning a family in Aptos that last year ate wild mushroom tacos possibly containing amanita phalloides. European countries...
Saturday morning Jim Childers, Richard Lyons and I headed for Plumas and Tahoe National Forest, to do some mushroom hunting of course, but also to check out...
I am so glad to hear that you all came out of this incident OK. However, I admit that I laughed when I read about your mushroom sightings while waiting for...
OMG! Glad to hear you are all alright. Thank god (and science) for seat belts and air bags! Black ice is one of my greatest driving fears, having hit it more...
Holy crap! When I first started reading your post, I was thinking, "Wish I could have been there". Not any more! It's amazing that you guys are OK after that....
I had to read Hugh's account of the expedition and finally it became clear to me =-O !! It couldn't have happened by accident - so much damage and so little ...
A few more aches today, mostly after the Doctor said, "Does that hurt? Does that hurt?" My shoulder hurts. The doctor has put a splint on my right wrist until...
David and I and Bolek Kusnik decided to have a spontaneous Salt Point foray yesterday, and boy, were we glad that we did! Interesting mushrooms, in great...
Howdy Fungus Fans, The Jan-Mar 2009 issue of Bay Nature magazine has just published an article on California amanitas as their quarterly column, "Signs of the...
so glad you're ok! ... From: Hugh and Sandi Smith <hssmith@...> Subject: [BAMS] Re: Saturday's Mushroom Hunt Comes To An Abrupt Stop To: Date: Sunday,...
Thank you for the information on the Lactarius species. That is very helpful! Phalluscybe Hugh Smith ... And of course, the usual cortinarius and lactarius...
I was really hoping this was a Cortinarius that I would easily find in MD or Mykoweb, but no dice. Can anyone tell me what these guys are? (The link is to the...
Thanks for being on that so quick, Debbie. I didn't save them, but I did just upload two other views that show a single specimen and a slice through the...