Hi Gang, With all of the rain this past week, there will surely be fungi to find in the field. David will be taking a group out, meeting at 9:30 am at the Bear...
This message has not posted for some reason today, and there's a bit of time sensitivity. Sorry if you get this twice: Hi Gang, With all of the rain this past...
Springing up on the front page of Wikipedia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page ), "Did you know...that the highly regarded edible mushroom Amanita velosa...
Peter, Ya shoulda been over for dinner on Friday night. I checked my local velosa patch, which had been calling to me for several days prior. I shoulda...
Here are some of my photos from Friday's walk in the East Bay. Mostly mushrooms, with a couple of token green plants (no doubt the native one is symbiotic with...
... <amanitarita@...> wrote: snip ... snip hi debbie i haven't noticed A. phalloides being tan -- but i only notice the ones that have that 'look' - a metallic...
I am wondering if those look-alike amanitas might be hybridizing while growing in such close proximity, mycellium swapping genetic info underground. There...
Tigerlily, Gregg, et al, I don't think that colors are "changing" so much as a certain amount of variability is always present in the population. It is...
While out and about in Chico Ca. this weekend I happened upon one of the spots I wished to visit for Morels this year. I was hoping to get lucky and spot some...
Dont give up on our local chanterelles (unless you are tired of eating them). I checked out the easterly flanks of the southern Santa Cruz Mtns. again this am...
Hmmm, what are those GPS coordinates again? Not so great for chanterelles here in the East Bay (just went out today to some known locations, and found a few ...
In habitat similar to that found around Lexington reservoir. They indeed grow there, but I have not checked it this year, but if has'nt had too much pressure...
Last year I had an email from an Oregon man who loved to eat Amanitas - in this case Amanita vaginata - and he had been eating them for years when he...
Hi Michael, Your warnings are appropriate and timely. Nonetheless, I can't imagine how one could mistake a grisette for a phalloides! With a mistake like that,...
Yes, both Amanita ocreata, A. phalloides, and A. velosa can come to look like each other, *with age*. A good reason to only pick velosas for the table if they...
Velosas aside, BAMS had a lovely walk at Pt. Reyes on a sunny and bright Saturday in early March. In fact, we had several walks, with David's group leaving...
Debbie's finding of A. velosa made me go out and look in the Santa Cruz area to see if our velosa crop was happening. It appears that they have been coming up...
Do we have that beast locally? Do we recognize that name in CA? Tarzetta capularis -- pictures attahced. Spores 17-18x10-11. Very few spores were released, so...
I don't know the species from Adam's off ox, but your photos of it are beautiful. I'm too specialized. Rod -- Rodham E. Tulloss, PhD P. O. Box 57 Roosevelt,...
Dr. Rodham E. Tulloss
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Hey Gang, I am looking for references or strong anecdotal information on the occurence of Amanita velosa on the West Coast. In particular, what is the farthest...
I've neither seen nor heard of it occurring in WA -- probably because we have very little oak up here -- Garry oak is our only native species. If it does occur...
S. Trudell
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Mar 10, 2007 12:13 am
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I've seen it as far south as Riverside County. I believe it occurs in San Diego county. This is supported by the following species list: ...
While I have found a lot of California species not otherwise known to occur in Washington (or most of Oregon), I have never seen Amanita velosa associated with...
I have seen an orange-capped taxon in the Chiricahua Mtns of AZ, in montane New Mexico, and in Colorado. My impression is that there are at least two unnamed...
Dr. Rodham E. Tulloss
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Mar 10, 2007 5:51 pm
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Dear grand collective BAM-BAM, I will volunteer to examine possible A. velosa material from north of the southernmost point of the border of Eureka, CA, and...
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