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...
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,...
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...
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...
... 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Ah, yes. I remember way back when it was Pleurotus ulmarias, then Pleurotus elongatapes, and now Hypsizigus testulatus... glad Latin names are steadfast...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
...on Evening Edition, today, Thursday, about 4:35 pm. It should be on their website, available for listening. It featured their reporter, Richard Harris,...
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...
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...
... 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...
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...
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...
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...