John. I know there are rules for pronouncing Latin names but since many mushroom scientific names are also Greek or part Greek the rules don't stick 100%. I...
2644
dickiephyls@...
dickiephyls
Feb 1, 2007 6:36 pm
Bill, Hopefully I didn't offend you, That's never been my demeanor. Certainly a discussion of mycological debate is well in order in a mycological atmosphere,...
2645
dickiephyls@...
dickiephyls
Feb 1, 2007 6:36 pm
Here, here, Big John. As the home- brew beer said to the particles in the bottom of the glass..."My very sediments" Dick....
2646
boletebill
Feb 2, 2007 1:03 am
I am in no way offended...I like civil discussions and friendly banter and any conversation about fungi, mushrooms. I respect others opinions and I expect that...
2647
sable_bp
Feb 2, 2007 3:43 am
As I read the posts tonight, it crossed my mind of another store that has dried and fresh wild mushrooms, at least they used to. I haven't been there for a...
2648
C. James Strutz
strutzj
Feb 2, 2007 1:40 pm
... Yes, yes, I forgot about the Uncommon Market. It is still there in Norman Center across from Borders in the South Hills. They have all kinds of cool stuff...
2649
dickiephyls@...
dickiephyls
Feb 2, 2007 3:23 pm
Wild mushroom hunter-gatherers ? Sorry, at 80 I can't say that all in one breath! Keep in touch, Dic k...
2650
sable_bp
Feb 4, 2007 3:50 am
Does anybody else have places where you buy wild mushrooms? Big John...
2651
aminitam
Feb 4, 2007 5:26 pm
Hey, John, Friday, I bought some fresh Brown Beech mushrooms at Tokyo Japenese Food Store. This is the first store I have seen the brown Beech mushrooms. They...
2652
sable_bp
Feb 4, 2007 5:44 pm
The first mushroom program of the year has just been announced. It will be on February 25, at Jaffa Mosque in Altoona, PA at 11:30 am. The program will be...
2653
frank carnes
sarahaden51
Feb 4, 2007 6:51 pm
anyone interested in places to stay,restaurants,things to see...let me know...frank in altoona..btw saw a fisher on the mountain yesterday...1st time for...
2654
dickiephyls@...
dickiephyls
Feb 5, 2007 4:36 pm
Uh...clue me in ,Jim . I don't know "Brown Beech mushrooms" . I'm learning a lot from you gormet' shroom eaters over there. I guess I sat at the table with...
2655
dickiephyls@...
dickiephyls
Feb 5, 2007 4:37 pm
Hey Frank! I guess those fishers won't need toothpicks!...
2656
aminitam
Feb 6, 2007 1:50 am
OK Dick, Brown Beech Mushroom is a descriptive title for the brown variety of Hypsizygus tessulatus. In Japan they call Hypsizygus tessulatus hon-shimeji - the...
2657
sable_bp
Feb 6, 2007 4:31 am
I feel that the Western PA Mushroom Club has a number of the top mushroom cultivationists in the country. The first thing I want to do is apologize to those...
2658
dickiephyls@...
dickiephyls
Feb 6, 2007 6:01 pm
Ah, yes. I remember way back when it was Pleurotus ulmarias, then Pleurotus elongatapes, and now Hypsizigus testulatus... glad Latin names are steadfast...
2659
sable_bp
Feb 7, 2007 2:59 am
Back in the days when I used to fish a lot, I remember the dreary days of winter, when it was way too cold, the streams would be frozen and I would not go ice...
2660
aminitam
Feb 7, 2007 5:42 am
The latin names for orchids are pretty daunting, I wish they had common names. :) Morels in a tray, that's great, I'd like to hear more details about that,...
2661
dickiephyls@...
dickiephyls
Feb 7, 2007 9:48 pm
Jim, the buggers showed up in wooden seed flats constructed for the purpose. 18" W x 24" L x 4" D the soil was 1/3 Soil 1/3 sand/ 1/3 peat moss. a little...
2662
janook1
Feb 8, 2007 1:05 am
Has anyone ever noticed that the morel progression maps seem to slightly correspond to those maps that indicate first sightings of humming birds. I wander if...
2663
John
fungi020
Feb 8, 2007 1:50 am
Hello I just an email from Bill Russell about his Free Mushroom Valentine's Day Greeting Cards Mail all your sweethearts unique mushroom-themed Valentine...
2664
John
fungi020
Feb 8, 2007 2:14 am
Mycologists from Oslo are planning to be in the Pittsburgh area from around August 8-15. They will then be going to the NAMA foray in West Virginia Aug 16-19....
2665
cocotruffles08008
cocotruffles...
Feb 8, 2007 4:20 pm
Can anyone give any and all information on the effects of of global warming on mushrooms. This is for a school project for a grade and I wanted to link...
2666
busybees719
Feb 8, 2007 10:20 pm
...on Evening Edition, today, Thursday, about 4:35 pm. It should be on their website, available for listening. It featured their reporter, Richard Harris,...
2667
busybees719
Feb 8, 2007 10:28 pm
Go to NPR.com and click on the show, "ALL THINGS CONSIDERED" (in my earlier post, I incorrectly said the show was named "Evening Edition") then click on the...
2668
jr
janook1
Feb 9, 2007 12:13 am
Gavin, First you have to buy into the whole global warming scare. I don't believe global warming exist as is being sold to us by celebrities like Al Gore. I...
2669
C. James Strutz
strutzj
Feb 9, 2007 3:43 pm
... What's ironic about this is that just last week an international consortium of scientists submitted a 21 page report declaring support for global warming...
2670
dickiephyls@...
dickiephyls
Feb 9, 2007 6:11 pm
This has nothing to do with global warming but it may be of interest to all mushroomers. The hazard right now, as I see it, is chemical lawn care service. I...
2671
David Work
midhudsonmyco
Feb 9, 2007 6:13 pm
I'm with you, Mr. Strutz Global warming is a fact. The causes are numerous, I am sure, and I think it is foolish to assert that it might not have anything to...
2672
dickiephyls@...
dickiephyls
Feb 9, 2007 6:14 pm
I think, as a paranoid pessimist, We need not worry about global warming. The trend of humanity now is self destruction, which far outweighs the advancement of...
