Right. The month is NOVEMBER!! So there is time to plan... Todd Spanier can provide more details. This shows is the extent to which our and the Italian seasons...
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toddspanier
Sep 5, 2008 2:44 am
Hello The truffle & Mushroom tour is Nov 15 to 22nd. I provide transportation, lodging and 3 meals a day. We will go to a truffle festival then two days with...
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Dimitar Bojantchev
fast_jybe
Sep 6, 2008 9:31 am
Short story: Good picking. Perfect conditions. Good variety of edibles and a plethora of taxonomic delights. ... Long Story: Those of us who grew up on...
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Darvin DeShazer
darvii
Sep 7, 2008 6:07 pm
Dr. Ed Mena would like some Amanita franchetii from CA and he needs "as much as possible". If you would like to contribute to his cancer research, you can ...
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Dimitar Bojantchev
fast_jybe
Sep 9, 2008 2:50 pm
Here are a few scattered notes assembled in a hurry. The conditions were excellent. The people great and the Nature beautiful. I had doubts that it will be a...
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jre93
Sep 9, 2008 6:15 pm
Besides mushrooms, the wild habitats where they grow also provide other incredible edibles. Hucklberries are plentiful right now and should not be missed !...
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James Edmonds
jre93
Sep 10, 2008 2:52 am
Here are a few pics of what I saw this afternoon. I found a nice fresh cluster of Chicken of the Woods ( not to be confused with Hen of the Woods ) poppin...
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Dimitar Bojantchev
fast_jybe
Sep 10, 2008 3:49 am
Some members of the Russulales family are known to have lignicolous (=growing on or near rotting wood) habit. Some Russula grow straight from the woody...
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Dimitar Bojantchev
fast_jybe
Sep 10, 2008 4:06 am
Thank you for sharing this interesting experience -- my son has developed a keen interest in all of the berries we see, while I'm completely ignorant on what...
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Dan Long
thatloginnam...
Sep 10, 2008 3:39 pm
Maybe it is taking advantage of the consolidated moisture in the rotting wood....
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debbie viess
debbieviess
Sep 10, 2008 3:58 pm
I saw quite a few of these Lactarius sp. growing directly out of wood in the McCall area. In fact, I also found them preferentially around and growing from...
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Dimitar Bojantchev
fast_jybe
Sep 10, 2008 7:21 pm
Yes Dan, this, and also the tree roots are clearly a major factor -- that explains how the Sulphur Shelf gets going in the middle of the Summer. It's a regular...
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Douglas Smith
douglas_smit...
Sep 12, 2008 8:50 pm
Um, does anyone have a story about Xerocomellus? I'm all one for having things well defined, but what is it that defines and separates out this genus? (And...
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dimitar@...
fast_jybe
Sep 13, 2008 5:11 am
That's a darn good question. It's seems one of the latest new Genera, a fallout of contemporary studies. The most definitive source I can find is:...
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Dimitar Bojantchev
fast_jybe
Sep 13, 2008 11:31 pm
Last week we walked Spruce (dominated) forests in Idaho, today I walked a Spruce forest in the mountains of Bulgaria, half a World away, yet I saw pretty much...
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debbie viess
debbieviess
Sep 14, 2008 2:14 am
striking Sarcodon. Â And what up with that gorgeously purple russula? mild and edible? spore color? just imagine what it'd look like fresh and new! Â Rita ...
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dimitar@...
fast_jybe
Sep 18, 2008 11:35 pm
Now having seen the European interpretation of Suillus sibiricus, http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/MushroomTalk/spnew/view/fb53?i=271 it appears that our...
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Ronpast@...
ronpasto
Sep 19, 2008 3:45 am
Speaking of subtle variations, what did you think of the Idaho Boletus edulis vs the typical California coastal variety. The couple of examples I took ...
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Darvin DeShazer
darvii
Sep 19, 2008 4:25 am
Ron, It looks like you and Tom had EASY PICKINGS! Someone has already split them. I have a Russian key to 25 varieties of Boletus edulis. Darv SOMA Science...
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dimitar@...
fast_jybe
Sep 19, 2008 5:35 am
Hi Ron, as Tom Volk has always been asserting there might be a few hidden species under the edulis, depending on how broad we make our species concepts. But...
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Dimitar Bojantchev
fast_jybe
Sep 20, 2008 6:46 am
Check this adorable little asco that grows on the hairy acorn hats of some species like Quercus cerris in Europe. It also can be associated with chestnuts --...
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debbie viess
debbieviess
Sep 20, 2008 3:46 pm
I know that Hugh Smith has photographed a few tiny basidios growing on those kinds of acorn hats, but I've never seen ascos on one. The orange color of those...
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debbie viess
debbieviess
Sep 20, 2008 5:10 pm
All right Dimi, I did a little research on these two...I can see what you mean insofar as photographs of the two (three?) species...the reddening seen in our...
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Dimitar Bojantchev
fast_jybe
Sep 21, 2008 7:25 am
Hi Debbie, thank you for the well researched message -- we need more of that kind. We need to check for more recent studies of S. sibiricus, but the old stuff,...
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Dimitar Bojantchev
fast_jybe
Sep 21, 2008 7:36 am
Hi Debbie, this time I travel very light -- not armed with literature and analytical tools. Only camera and boxes for the dry material. The name Rutstroemia...
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debbie viess
debbieviess
Sep 21, 2008 3:18 pm
thank you for the photo montage, dimi...are we playing "guess that shroom," or do you actually have names for some of these things? BTW, that shot of the...
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dimitar@...
fast_jybe
Sep 22, 2008 6:20 am
Debbie, the species names are encoded in the picture names for as much as I know, either Genera or Species. That giant Paxillus there is very interesting....
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Douglas Smith
douglas_smit...
Sep 22, 2008 3:28 pm
... Just my 2 cents... Um, what about Panellus stipticus? Why is this a species we don't see in our world? It seems common enough on the east, and I've seen...
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dimitar@...
fast_jybe
Sep 22, 2008 9:38 pm
Doug, you're right about the Panellus stypticus. Since I've never seen it in California I was under the impression that it doesn't appear in our area, or even...
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Dimitar Bojantchev
fast_jybe
Sep 30, 2008 7:55 am
Bulgaria 2008/09/25 - 2008/09/29 The season hasn't quite turned (the volume) up yet despite the recent rains. Only the Agaricus and Macrolepiota flushes...
