Does anybody know where I can find some Amanita muscaria still fruiting? Its a bit late in the season, but I need some for some microphotography, specifically,...
There were tons of A. muscaria in the Oakland Hills a month or more ago, and there was a very nice collection at the last BAMS meeting, which I think were...
... Does anybody know where I can find some Amanita muscaria still fruiting? <<< We saw two of them Thursday on Skyline Blvd., about 1/2 mile either side of ...
I sincerely hope that the wikipedia article on Amanita muscaria can be protected against the constant revision by people who try to redirect the article to ...
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Mar 1, 2009 5:48 pm
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For the wikipedia article, may suggest that you NOT include material from the U.S. unless it has been validated as the Eurasian taxon. What is known from ...
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Mar 1, 2009 5:49 pm
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For those working on the wikipedia article. I'd be glad to provide replicable spore data if it would be useful. Also, when the article is completed to the ...
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Mar 1, 2009 8:22 pm
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I went to Joaquin Miller this morning -- didn't find much, but had fun exploring. I added some pictures to my Feb 09 album, including <a ...
not the classic elven saddle (Helvella lacunosa); looks more like Helvella compressa (but a bit pale for that sp., too), and a good bit more like a saddle,...
This could also be a light-colored version of Gyromitra infula, in which case there would be some attachment of the cap to the stalk OR Helvella compressa,...
I went for a hike on Saturday in Pt. Reyes, discovered buried shroomy treasures, went home to identify them, and overdosed on mykoweb. I'm a bit cross-eyed now...
I went on a short foray on Saturday morning and found an exciting variety of mushrooms. I posted photos and have tried to ID stuff based on my guidebooks. What...
Hi Kitty, I'll tate a stab at a few; first ?, Nolanea sp. second ?, Clitocybe sclerotoidea, maybe... Boletus or Suillus, is a Suillus (pungens?) the...
sounds like the East Bay is doing better than Santa Cruz right now...;) nice collection of fungi; sounds like Peter just needs to pop over the Bay to find...
David and I spent a lovely weekend in Santa Cruz with our good friends from the FFSC. Saturday night was the BA's mustn't miss event, the FFSC "Wine and...
haven't found blacks or hedgies in the East Bay? nor are you likely to! blacks occur here in very small numbers, even in a great year elsewhere. Mark...
There's a stand of them I always see along the Graham trail (which is off the Dunn trail)in Redwood Regional Park. That's where I found the one's for the BAMS...
This week's BAMS homepage is honoring Ryane Snow's fun fungal photo; who sez mycologists don't have a sense of humus? Go here: http://www.bayareamushrooms.org/...
... from the ... known from ... The article is about the entire species complex, not just Amanita muscaria (L. : Fr.) Lam. sensu stricto. How do the different...
There are a number of grey trichs out here, and people could get them confused fairly easily. The one that is very similar though is T. griseoviolaceum, which...
... replicable ... Original reasearch (eg, unpublished data) is not allowed on Wikipedia. References must always be given to published sources, including...
Peter, I have just had an exchange this morning with Cas Liber regarding the wikipedia muscaria page. As a result, I am trying to put significant statements...
Dr. Rodham E. Tulloss
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Mar 2, 2009 8:26 pm
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Maybe someday I'll be convinced that editing Wikipedia articles is a good use of my time...until then... However, when I followed Peter's link, I was...
Peter, I guess, I should ask you what you mean by "species complex." Do you mean a set of related species such as would be implied by an informal phrase like ...
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Mar 2, 2009 10:02 pm
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We were out in the rain yesterday in the Santa Cruz area. Very few fungi,to speak of, but saw LOTS of very active rusty coloured newts. We watched as they...
Sorry for the garbling by typos. R ... lie within sect. Amanita. It would ... their ... one or more clades "much more basal" than the muscarioid clade that we ...
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Mar 2, 2009 10:34 pm
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The other day in the EB hills, I pulled up a big chanterelle and felt something squishy; after I removed it I saw a cute little /California newt// (Taricha...
My husband and I have been scanning our spots in the EB Hills since October with little to no luck. I realize, it did not FINALLY rain until Christmas time,...
You will have to ask the chanterelles, but a lack of early rain is probably a factor. Plus, they don't fruit abundantly every year, and last year was a good...
Salamanders and Newts seem to really like to hang out on or around mushrooms. I think they know that insects are attracted to the mushrooms, so they ambush...
I would wait for a week or two after these rains, when all the moisture can soak down. Many of my big patches of chantrelles have not fruited yet. Check the...