From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Mon Apr 01 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!ns1.faseb.org!lamarck.sura.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e2a.gnn.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: aruncus@aol.com (Aruncus) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: Anaerobic Fungi... Date: 2 Apr 1996 14:40:27 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 10 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4jrvrb$odd@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com X-Newsreader: AOL Offline Reader Hello, I was not certain on how to post here, what address you send to if just starting a post and not replying to someone elses, let me know the actual post address, please. Anyway, I write environmental analysis for Forest Service and have read that orchids often grow underground for several years without flowering, I would appreciate it if someone could provide me a literature citation to support this. This becomes critical as we have habitat in this area for several rare orchids and we like to say we survey for them before ground disturbing activities, but if they are underground how meaningful is the survey ?? Let me know of any information and sources you might know of. Thanks in advance From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Mon Apr 01 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!internet!biosci!not-for-mail From: biohelp (BIOSCI Administrator) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: IMPORTANT - BIOSCI Fundraising Update! Date: 2 Apr 1996 02:00:24 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 149 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199604021000.CAA03663@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net I'm interrupting the usual monthly posting of the BIOSCI miniFAQ to bring you up to date on BIOSCI fundraising progress, a topic of concern to your future use of this resource. Thank you in advance for taking the time to read this message carefully. Last year we announced that BIOSCI was going to adopt the U.S. Public Broadcasting System model to fund its operations after our DOE/NSF grant runs out later this year. Unlike PBS, we are not soliciting contributions from users; we are only selling ads on our Web pages solely to cover our operating costs. Our goal is to seek sponsorships until we build up an operating reserve of about $100,000 and then cease further promotions until we need to build the reserve back up. (The accountants among our readership will be familiar with the problem of deferred revenue which we can not safely utilize until ads have been displayed for a period of time.) We have three sponsors to date with a couple more pending. The process is time-consuming, however, and we need your help as explained further below. Our operating costs consist of our network connection, phone lines, hardware maintenance (we hope to have new and faster hardware soon!), plus 0.7 FTE of salaries covering UNIX systems admin, technical support, quality assurance, i.e., testing, of our system, and administrative costs (such as the time it takes to actually find/write/call potential sponsors and raise money!). Although the BIOSCI staff does get compensated for a portion of the work that they do, this project has always received a lot of free after-hours and "vacation" time labor, so we hope that no one will begrudge the time that we do charge to the project to serve you. All of the three part-time staff members, Dave Mack, Julie Lawrence, and myself, have full time day jobs and families in addition to working hard to keep this service running for all of you. Julie and Dave Mack are subcontractors for BIOSCI; my time that is charged to the project defrays a portion of my regular salary instead of adding to my income. Besides having to relocate the project, we were very busy this last year building new infrastructure such as our WWW hypermail interface to the system. This was released last December along with scores of WAIS indices for the newsgroups. Virtually everything is complete, although we do continue to find and fix bugs (many through your helpful feedback!). We are still having some problems with our WAIS indexing. The archives continue to grow rapidly. We are running over 100 indexes now versus three previously and any systems crashes cause greater havoc with the indexing than before! We are still working to fix this as fast as our resources permit and appreciate your patience, but we have been able to automate a lot of the infrastructure to reduce labor as compared to past requirements. We have also implemented new software to make moderation of BIOSCI/bionet newsgroups much easier and combat the growing problem of Internet junk mail and USENET "spamming." About 20% of our groups are now moderated, many of them by the BIOSCI staff! This, for example, made a major difference last year in the quality of content in our EMPLOYMENT/bionet.jobs.offered newsgroup which many commercial concerns and recruiting firms are using **without charge** to recruit candidates for positions in the biological sciences. We are also now in a position to have sponsors for individual newsgroups as you will have noticed if you have visited http://www.bio.net/ and clicked on "Access the BIOSCI/bionet newsgroups" recently. So, how can you help?? ---------------------- As noted above it can take a lot of time to contact potential sponsors if I have to do it all myself. Our request is quite simple. You can do two important things which will take very little time for you individually. First, please use our WWW system at http://www.bio.net/ to access the archives. You can now post or reply to messages via your Web browser. Your usage helps attract sponsors. If you contact any of our sponsors, please be sure to thank them for supporting BIOSCI. It is critical for them to get this feedback if they are to continue their sponsorship for the long term. Second, if you work for a company or organization that provides products or services of interest to the biology community, please pass this message on to your marketing or marketing communications department or other appropriate group. Please ask them to help support BIOSCI by sponsoring our Web site and explain the uses and benefits of the system to the biology community. If they are interested, they can then contact us for further information at our tech support address, biosci-help@net.bio.net. Our hope is to quickly raise several large corporate/institutional sponsors on our heavily-used WWW locations (some stats appended below), and then end this sponsorship campaign so that our resources can continue to be used for service provision, not fundraising. Many of our specialty newsgroup WWW archives are still used by small communities of scientists (and they haven't been heavily promoted yet). While these may be valuable niche markets to some advertisers, it will generate more labor and overhead having to find these sponsors, fairly price the locations, and deal with lots of smaller sponsorships than fewer mid-to large sponsors. We are striving to keep our operation as lean and efficient as possible since we are not trying to make careers out of running BIOSCI. We are trying if at all possible to avoid the administrative overhead entailed with processing lots of small payments to reach our fundraising goals. I'd like to thank all of you for your help in advance. In helping us, you are also helping yourselves, not only in keeping this resource available for all of the both large and small research communities that we serve, but also by alleviating the need for us to go back and compete with researchers for tight grant dollars! We promised NSF when we were awarded the BIOSCI grant that we would carry out this mission to make the service self-supporting. With your help, we will succeed in continuing BIOSCI's work into its second decade. Thank you very much! Sincerely, Dave Kristofferson BIOSCI/bionet Manager biosci-help@net.bio.net A list of our prime WWW sponsorship locations follow. Statistics are for the four week period from 22 Jan. - 18 Feb. 1996 and usage continues to grow. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The overall BIOSCI WWW pages are currently visited by users from close to 5000 unique computer hosts per week. Web servers only log the Internet computer/host name and frequently more than one individual can connect to us from a particular host. 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Methods newsgroup archive pages, http://www.bio.net:80/hypermail/METHDS- REAGNTS/ and monthly header pages, visited recently by about 350 unique hosts per week. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Tue Apr 02 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!CATI.CSUFRESNO.EDU!asaleh From: asaleh@CATI.CSUFRESNO.EDU (Amgad Saleh) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Fusarium Date: 3 Apr 1996 06:20:06 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 4 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199604031418.GAA04485@CATI.CSUFresno.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Hello everybody. I am working on Fusarium oxysporum, trying to get some molecular markers using RFLPs and RAPDs techniques. Could anyone help me to find internet sites through which I can get more information. Thanks in advance From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Tue Apr 02 23:00:00 1996 Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Path: biosci!galaxy.ucr.edu!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!odin.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!news.infinet.com!imci5!pull-feed.internetmci.com!news.internetMCI.com!darwin.sura.net!reuna.cl!arauco!valdivia.uca.uach.cl!jgil From: jgil@valdivia.uca.uach.cl (Juan Pablo Gil) Subject: Re: micosis en plantas Sender: usenet@reuna.cl (Admin de C-News) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 20:33:47 GMT X-Nntp-Posting-Host: valdivia.uca.uach.cl References: Organization: REUNA Red Universitaria Nacional X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 15 RSA1_A_B@urp.edu.pe wrote: : Si pudiera alguien ayudarme en este tema le estare muy agradecida, : quisiera saber cuales son los hongos mas frecuentes en plantas y que : consecuencias traen estas micosis.Espero su ayuda : Gracias Yo no tengo idea de micologia, soy ingeniero, pero por lo agradable de tu pregunta te deseo que encuentres esa informacion Juan Pablo. (detras mio hay un profe de micologia, pero esta ocupado :) ) From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Tue Apr 02 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!daresbury!nntp-trd.UNINETT.no!newsfeed.sunet.se!news01.sunet.se!sunic!mn6.swip.net!plug.news.pipex.net!pipex!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!johnwilk.demon.co.uk!john From: john@johnwilk.demon.co.uk (john wilkinson) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Mould in Buildings Date: Wed, 3 Apr 96 14:30:46 GMT Lines: 44 Message-ID: <828628246_OASIS_@johnwilk.demon.co.uk> Reply-To: john@johnwilk.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: johnwilk.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: OASIS Daily Net (Atari) v1.34E I am a Surveyor who, as part of my work, has to give evidence in Court in the UK. I was opposed in a recent case by an expert witness who stated that mould growth in buildings is always as a result of condensation. He went on to say that never, in 40 years of surveying, had he come across mould growth as a result of penetrating dampness. This opinion is hotly disputed by me and I believe that I have sufficient references to demolish this part of the witness's evidence. He went on, however, to state that condensation mould is completely different to mould produced by penetrating dampness (ie dampness such as rain soaking through a wall, dripping through a ceiling or even water from a bath seeping through a floor into the flat below). As if he was not in enough trouble he continued, stating that the two types of mould can be differenciated, even by simply looking at a photograph of the affected area of plasterwork. The mould observed by me is on a plasterboard ceiling under a flat roof. There is little likelihood of salt in the structure (as there might well be if dealing with dampness which originated in the ground or from water which had seeped through masonry and cement mortar). The mould is black, clumped rather than evenly spread and the plaster on which it was growing was damp. I would be pleased to hear from anyone who can debunk the other witnesses statements. I will be not so pleased, but nevertheless grateful if anyone can substantiate his views! If anyone knows the email address of Sonja Hunt late of Galen Research, Manchester and believed presently to be in Arizona, please let me know. __ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- john@johnwilk.demon.co.uk Who said I had no imagination! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Wed Apr 03 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!galaxy.ucr.edu!usenet From: "Rajesh K. Mehra" Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Post-doctoral position Date: Thu, 04 Apr 1996 09:15:16 -0800 Organization: ucr Lines: 20 Message-ID: <316403A4.6A92@ucrac1.ucr.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: boyce4455.ucr.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Win95; I) CC: rkme@ucrac1.ucr.edu A post-doctoral position is available to a motivated individual interested in working on phytochelatins and related aspects of metal tolerance in plants. We are particularly interested in an individual who will participate in our on-going reseach on a cloned yeast gene intimately involved in phytochelatin production. The salary and benefits are competitive and will be according to the rules and regulations of the University of California, Riverside. Please send CV and names of references by email or regular mail. -- Rajesh K. Mehra Environmental Toxicology Boyce Hall University of California Riverside, CA 92521 Phone: 909-787-6473 Fax: 909-787-3087 From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Wed Apr 03 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!rutgers!csn!news-1.csn.net!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!lerc.nasa.gov!purdue!yuma!drice.colostate.edu!drice From: drice@vines.colostate.edu (Doug Rice) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: Mould in Buildings Date: Thu, 4 Apr 1996 15:07:59 GMT Organization: Colorado State University Lines: 54 Message-ID: References: <828628246_OASIS_@johnwilk.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: drice.ehs.colostate.edu X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] In article <828628246_OASIS_@johnwilk.demon.co.uk> john@johnwilk.demon.co.uk (john wilkinson) writes: >From: john@johnwilk.demon.co.uk (john wilkinson) >Subject: Mould in Buildings >Date: Wed, 3 Apr 96 14:30:46 GMT He went on, however, to state that >condensation mould is completely different to mould produced >by penetrating dampness (ie dampness such as rain soaking >through a wall, dripping through a ceiling or even water >from a bath seeping through a floor into the flat below). >As if he was not in enough trouble he continued, stating >that the two types of mould can be differenciated, even >by simply looking at a photograph of the affected area of >plasterwork. The mould is >black, clumped rather than evenly spread and the plaster on >which it was growing was damp. >I would be pleased to hear from anyone who can debunk the >other witnesses statements. I will be not so pleased, but >nevertheless grateful if anyone can substantiate his views! Hello John: Mold requires three things to flourish in any environment. A suitable nutrient, a place to attach, and moisture. An airborne mold spore that lands on a surface that provides food and water will grow. The mold is not picky about its source of water. Your adversary witness is assuming that mold must have a unique water source. This simply is not true. I have isolated Aspergillus niger from rain soaked carpets, penetration soaked walls, condensation soaked air filters and a variety of foods. The Aspergillus does not look any different while growing in these environments. There are a variety of mold genera that can use cellulose as a nutrient. The black one you describe on the paper of the plaster board may be A. niger or one of the Stachybotrys (atra or chartarum). Good luck with the case. Let me know if I can be of further assistance. Doug Douglas A. Rice CSU-Environmental Quality Laboratory Director Applied microbiology of food, air, water and soil. drice@vines.colostate.edu voice: (970) 491-6503 "Moderation is for Monks, take big bites out of life." --Lazarus From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Thu Apr 04 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!rutgers!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.compuserve.com!news.production.compuserve.com!news From: Ken Smart <101373.3617@CompuServe.COM> Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Help: Fungi Identification Date: 5 Apr 1996 08:13:57 GMT Organization: ITS Lines: 5 Message-ID: <4k2ko5$81f$1@mhade.production.compuserve.com> Found in the New Forest, UK, first week in March 1996, stump puff balls growing on beech stump. By second week, they'd 'done their thing' and dispersed spores. My books say only one stump puffball in UK and this should be around late spring/summer. Can any one advise? From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Fri Apr 05 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!daresbury!nntp-trd.UNINETT.no!newsfeed.sunet.se!news00.sunet.se!sunic!news.sprintlink.net!nntp.earthlink.net!usenet From: Jeremy Powers Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Terence McKenna video Date: Fri, 05 Apr 1996 23:28:55 -0800 Organization: Earthlink Network, Inc. Lines: 8 Message-ID: <31661D37.5668@earthlink.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.85.95.153 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Win16; I) I know this may not be quite in topic but I thought you might want to know about this. I found a great new site at http://www.lightworksav.com that is a huge resource for video/audio tapes and CD's covering all subjects of new/old thoughts and beliefs. Including Self-Help,Native American Wisdom, UFO's, Sacred Sexuality, Angels, Yoga, Massage, Atlantis, Sound Healing,Mind Expansion, Herbology, Near Death Experiences, Breath Work, Crop Circles etc. It's cool to to see so much in one place. From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Sat Apr 06 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!info.ucla.edu!library.ucla.edu!psgrain!nntp.teleport.com!nntp.teleport.com!not-for-mail From: wjh@teleport.com (William Hunt) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology,alt.nature.mushrooms Subject: spring sightings Date: 7 Apr 1996 10:29:02 -0700 Organization: Teleport - Portland's Public Access (503) 220-1016 Lines: 13 Message-ID: <4k8u0u$74q@kelly.teleport.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: kelly.teleport.com Saturday April 6, Kelly Point Park, Portland, Oregon: only one small blonde morel (sandy soil under cottonwoods). one very nice large clump of oyster mushrooms (on downed cottonwood. also some very small new growth.) a few week-old Verpa. and a bucknaked jogger seen running down the trail. -- wjh@teleport.com From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Sat Apr 06 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!rutgers!gatech!taco.cc.ncsu.edu!news From: Susan Jane Hogarth Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: Terence McKenna video Date: Sun, 07 Apr 1996 03:20:34 -0400 Organization: North Carolina State University Lines: 44 Message-ID: <31676CC2.167EB0E7@unity.ncsu.edu> References: <31661D37.5668@earthlink.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: fliegen.ent.ncsu.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (X11; I; SunOS 4.1.3_U1 sun4m) Jeremy Powers wrote: > > I know this may not be quite in topic no; it's not > but I thought you might want to > know about this. No, I don't. If I did, I'd subscribe to alt.new.age.drivel > I found a great new site at http://www.lightworksav.com > that is a huge resource for video/audio tapes and CD's covering all > subjects of new/old thoughts and beliefs. Including Self-Help,Native > American Wisdom, UFO's, Sacred Sexuality, Angels, Yoga, Massage, > Atlantis, Sound Healing,Mind Expansion, Herbology, Near Death > Experiences, Breath Work, Crop Circles etc. It's cool to to see so much > in one place. Yes, but what the heck does it have to do with fungi? -- Susan Jane Hogarth "Luck is the residue of design." -- Freddy the Fish "Personally, I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught." -- Winston Churchill http://www4.ncsu.edu/~sjhogart/public/home.html . .-~\ / `-'\.' `- : | / `._ | | .-. { \ | `-' `. . \ | / ~-.`. \| .-~_ `.\-.\ .-~ \ `-'/~~ -.~ / .-~/|`-._ /~~-.~ -- ~ / | \ ~- . _\ From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Sat Apr 06 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!rutgers!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!news From: richbyrd@ix.netcom.com(Richard Byrd) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Likely sources: Graphium, Phoma, Sporothrix? Date: 6 Apr 1996 15:01:57 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 17 Message-ID: <4k6115$rnd@dfw-ixnews3.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pas-ca10-07.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Sat Apr 06 9:01:57 AM CST 1996 I found high levels of the above three taxa in dust in carpeting in a building. In fact these were the three most common taxa, ahead of Cladosporium, Alternaria, Aureobasidium and Penicillium. Most unusual. I did not find any active growth sites. The only thing unusual about the environment is that the space where found is used for making artificial flower arrangements. Moss and tree limbs are used in making the constructions (the remaining materials are synthetic). Anyone out there sufficiently familiar with these taxa to hazard a guess as to whether the moss and tree limbs are likely the sources? Best, Rich Byrd Glendale, Calif. From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Sun Apr 07 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!FMNH785.FMNH.ORG!jmurphy From: jmurphy@FMNH785.FMNH.ORG (Jack Murphy) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: non-professional contributions to mycology research projects: summary of responses (I). Date: 8 Apr 1996 15:04:09 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 186 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <9604082204.AA27207@fmppr.fmnh.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Dear fellow mycologists; The following is a summary of the response to my query of 22 April (subject: "non-professional contributions to mycology research project"). I am positive that this is a complete list of all the nonprofessional contributions to research projects involving fungal biodiversity inventories, but it's a good start. Perhaps this submission will motivate others to add their projects to this list. Thanks very much to all the responders!! Much of the prose below belongs to them, but I have edited the responses and take responsibility for all typographic errors. Apologies for the absence of diacritical marks (umlauts, etc.) as I am not familiar enough with my email software to include them. sincerely, Jack Murphy ****************************************************** IN NORTH AMERICA Saylor, H., P. Vergeer, D. Desjardin, and T. Duffy (my copy does not contain the publication year) California Mushrooms 1970-1980. This is a list of the mushrooms listed from ten years of forays by the Mycological Society of San Francisco. According to D. Desjardin, he and the MSSF are considering a formal myco-biotic inventory of the San Francisco Bay Area. Rick Bortnick and Laura Weishaupt inform me that they are initiating a long term floristic survey of fungi in the Kisatchie National Forest, with the cooperation of the US Forest Service. Laura's comments are interesting and deserve quotation in length; "We have been at this for 1 1/2 years. We've got about 600 records and about 212 IDs made. We do this by ourselves with layers of motivation between us. I think in many ways I typify a lot of amature mycologists out there. We know our own backyard. We spend a lot of time in it. Each season that goes by we know more. We are members of NAMA, Texas Myco. Soc., and Gulf States Myco. Soc.. We go to meetings in the adjacent states to get help on IDs, or at times find that the "purple thing" hasn't been described yet. That happens a lot down here. What we are doing is laying foundation for future work. I'd like to see information amassed by Texas Myco. Soc., Gulf States Myco. Soc., and Arkansas Myco. Soc. combined to form a regional atlas of fungi. We are right in the middle of it all. This kind of work would be a major contribution to mycological research, mostly carried out by amateurs." Ron Trial and Moselio Schaechter summarized a long and detailed set of records kept by the Boston Mycological Club from 1966 to 1983 in the following article: Schaechter, M. and R. Trial (1995). The Occurrence of Mushrooms in the Neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts from 1966, to 1983. Mycologist 9:34. The Oregon Mycological Society (not "Association" as I previously stated) has a continuing study of the impact of harvest and trampling on production of Cantharellus cibarius. Preliminary analyses are presented in Loving the Chanterelle to Death? The Ten-year Oregon Chanterelle Project. Norvell, L., 1995. McIlvainea 12(1): 6-25. According to Norvell, "the study has been a labor-intensive one, made possible only by the hard work of 65 volunteers who have thus far spent 4200 man-hours ... and donated both materials and equipment to the study." Another Pacific Northwestern study is "A Preliminary report of the fungi of Barlow Pass, Washington" in McIlvainea 11: 10-33. 1994. J. Amaretto, S. Ammirati, L. Norvell, T. O=92Dell, M. Puccio, M. Seidl, G. Walker, The Puget Sound Mycological Society, S. Redhead, J. Ginns, H. Burdsall, T. Volk, and K. Nakasone. =20 From the concluding remarks: "the importance of this combination, professional and amateur mycologists working together, can not be overemphasized. It is the key to dealing with fungus inventories and surveys, studies of species richness and diversity, rare and endangered species and projects related to commercial mushroom harvesting." I have second-hand information that the US Forest Service has been doing a study on matsutake in central Oregon, and has been obtaining data from both commercial and non-commercial mushroom hunters. =20 IN EUROPE France: Regis Courtecuisse reports on the National Program for Inventory and Mapping the Mycota (all fungal species). This program concerns the whole french mycological community, which is, of course, mainly made of amateurs. Most of the mycological societies in France take part in the program and the total number of dedicated participants is probably above 250 persons. Some representative publications follow: Bull.Soc.Mycol.Fr. 107(4):161-203 -1992(1991) Fungi of Europe - investigation, recording and mapping (Kew Congress):5-12 -1993 A red data list in Nord -Pas-de-Calais area of (Northern France) is planned for 1996. A formal inventory of the fungi known in France is hoped for 1997. The mapping program is running more slowly but some areas have completed maps for many species. Results will be published later. Dr. Courtecuisse concludes, "So, to summarize under the scope of your question, amateur mycologists in France are extremely involved in official programs, the above-cited one being the most important. A smaller program is now funded. It concerns the european RENECOFOR program"=20 Germany Dr. Norbert Luschka sends the following: In Germany non-professional groups are working together with professionals since the 1970's in several mapping projects. In West Germany this had been managed by the "Deutsche Gesellschaft f=FCr Mykologie" (DGfM, German Society for Mycology) a society of mycologists of any kind. The first results are the two volumes of the "Verbreitungsatlas der Gro=DFpilze Deutschlands" in 1991 and 1993 with about 5500 maps of large fungal species in Germany. This project continues as an ecological mapping on EDV-basis, now for the whole of Germany.=20 In East Germany the non-professional mycologists were organized in local groups of the so-called "Kulturbund". After the political changes a lot of these groups have reorganised as mycological groups within the NABU (Naturschutzbund =3D private organisation for natural protection). These groups have mapped East Germany starting at about the same time as in the west. There have been about a hundred maps published of fungi in East Germany and this is continuing. Many of these groups now participate in the DGfM-projekt. Representative publications follow: Krieglsteiner G.J. (1991): Verbreitungsatlas der Gro pilze Deutschlands (West). Band 1: St=E4nderpilze, Parts A: Nichtbl=E4tterpilze + B:= Bl=E4tterpilze. - Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart, p. 1016. ISBN 3-8001-3318-0 Krieglsteiner G.J. (1993): Verbreitungsatlas der Gro pilze Deutschlands (West). Band 2: Schlauchpilze. - Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart, p. 596. ISBN 3-8001-3319-9 Great Britain David Minter of the International Mycological Institute contributes the following: The British Mycological Society has had a database of fungus records since 1986 (Bulletin British Mycological Soiety v20, pp34-38, Minter, 1986) which contains records submitted by amateurs from the organised forays of the society. This now contains 50,000 records. An addition to this data-set has come from a successful grant application to the Joint Nature Conservation Council of the UK to fund a literature survey of all published UK records (mainly amateurs) into a corresponding database. This project is nearing completetion. There has also been a mapping scheme in place for slightly longer. This has resulted in the production of distribution maps of myxomycetes (published separately) and gasteromycetes (published in 'British Puffballs, Earthstars and Stinkhorns' - Pegler, Laessoe, Spooner, Kew, 1995). In addition a whole series of distribution maps for various groups of fungi will be appearing this year as part of the contributions to the centenary publications of the society. All the data coming from amateur collectors. On a county level amateurs in the UK have contributed to a number of regional 'floras' (A Fungus Flora of Warwickshire, ed M C Clark, BMS, 1980; A Fungus Flora of Yorkshire, W G Bramley, 1985). The BMS now also has a number of 'local recording groups' some of whom maintain databases containing many thousands of records. On the conservation front there is a recent initiative by local groups to carry out a grassland-fungi survey which is one of our more endangered habitats. On a more local level there has been the considerable amount of input into recording the fungal biota of Slapton Ley nature reserve in South Devon which is now probably the most intensively studied mycological site in the world. This and other local intensive surveys by amateurs in the UK will also be published this year as part of the centenary publications (by Hawksworth et al). More information about the British Mycological Society's Centenary Symposia can be obtained at : http://www.ulst.ac.uk/faculty/science/bms/cSymsBMS The Netherlands Much of the data used by E. Arnolds in his influential publications concerning the decline of fungi in the Netherlands (for instance, E. Arnolds, 1991, Decline of ectomycorrhizal fungi in Europe. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 35: 209-244) was obtained from foray lists. Switzerland: "Fungi of Switzerland" series is authored by J. Breitenbach and F. Kranzlin with collaboration from the Mycological Society of Lucerne. From the introduction to Vol. I by G. J. Krieglsteiner, - "With this book (the authors) provide an ideal example of what a regional society of motivated amateurs can accomplish, despite many difficulties, quantitative as well as qualitative, when people do not merely indulge in finding things occasionally and by chance but work systematically pand persistently." In Vol. II., W. Julich writes " this new volume shows...how great the accomplishment of a group of interested and enthusiastic amateurs can be."= =20 **************************************** respectfully submitted: ****************************************** Dr. John (Jack) Murphy (JMURPHY@fmppr.fmnh.org) Dept. of Botany Field Museum of Natural History Chicago, IL 60605-2496 (312) 922-9410 ext. 722 fax (312) 427-2530 From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Sun Apr 07 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!rutgers!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!csn!news-1.csn.net!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!lerc.nasa.gov!purdue!yuma!drice.colostate.edu!drice From: drice@vines.colostate.edu (Doug Rice) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology,alt.nature.mushrooms Subject: Re: spring sightings Date: Mon, 8 Apr 1996 14:17:06 GMT Organization: Colorado State University Lines: 19 Message-ID: References: <4k8u0u$74q@kelly.teleport.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: drice.ehs.colostate.edu X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] In article <4k8u0u$74q@kelly.teleport.com> wjh@teleport.com (William Hunt) writes: >From: wjh@teleport.com (William Hunt) >Subject: spring sightings >Date: 7 Apr 1996 10:29:02 -0700 > and a bucknaked jogger seen running down the trail. Ahhh, spring at last! Douglas A. Rice CSU-Environmental Quality Laboratory Director Applied microbiology of food, air, water and soil. drice@vines.colostate.edu voice: (970) 491-6503 "Moderation is for Monks, take big bites out of life." --Lazarus From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Sun Apr 07 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!rutgers!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!csn!news-1.csn.net!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!lerc.nasa.gov!purdue!yuma!drice.colostate.edu!drice From: drice@vines.colostate.edu (Doug Rice) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: Likely sources: Graphium, Phoma, Sporothrix? Date: Mon, 8 Apr 1996 14:15:43 GMT Organization: Colorado State University Lines: 34 Message-ID: References: <4k6115$rnd@dfw-ixnews3.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: drice.ehs.colostate.edu X-Newsreader: Trumpet for Windows [Version 1.0 Rev A] In article <4k6115$rnd@dfw-ixnews3.ix.netcom.com> richbyrd@ix.netcom.com(Richard Byrd) writes: >From: richbyrd@ix.netcom.com(Richard Byrd) >Subject: Likely sources: Graphium, Phoma, Sporothrix? >Date: 6 Apr 1996 15:01:57 GMT >Anyone out there sufficiently familiar with these taxa to hazard a >guess as to whether the moss and tree limbs are likely the sources? >Best, >Rich Byrd Hello Rich: I am currently doing an exhaustive literature search concerning indoor mold spora. To date, the base contains 34 articles citing over 200 mold isolates (genus and species). Of this whopping number, 112 genera have been cited at least once. Graphium has been cited 6 times, Sporothrix only twice. Phoma has been cited 13 times, with 6 citations listing the Phoma sp. in the top isolates. Good luck, let me know if I can provide any further help. Doug Douglas A. Rice CSU-Environmental Quality Laboratory Director Applied microbiology of food, air, water and soil. drice@vines.colostate.edu voice: (970) 491-6503 "Moderation is for Monks, take big bites out of life." --Lazarus From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Sun Apr 07 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!prodigy.com!usenet From: ZUBP40A@prodigy.com (David Pinero) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: Likely sources: Graphium, Phoma, Sporothrix? Date: 8 Apr 1996 04:30:55 GMT Organization: Prodigy Services Company 1-800-PRODIGY Lines: 11 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4ka4pv$201o@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com> References: <4k6115$rnd@dfw-ixnews3.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: innugap7-int.news.prodigy.com X-Newsreader: Version 1.2 Well, I don't know much about these fungi, but I can thell you some small details that might help: First, Phoma is known to thrive on synthetic substrate such as caulking and shower courtains in humid conditions. And Sporothrix is reportedly isolated from healthy humans (sputum, secretions, etc.). As for the Moss and tree limbs, these fungi can grow in there, but also Cladosporium, Alternaria, etc. Hope this helps, together with some more expert advice you will be getting. David Pinero From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Sun Apr 07 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!daresbury!nntp-trd.UNINETT.no!newsfeed.sunet.se!news01.sunet.se!sunic!mn6.swip.net!plug.news.pipex.net!pipex!weld.news.pipex.net!pipex!rail.news.pipex.net!pipex!tube.news.pipex.net!pipex!lade.news.pipex.net!pipex!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!newsfeed.internetmci.com!cdc2.cdc.net!newsfeed.concentric.net!winternet.com!mr.net!umn.edu!newsstand.tc.umn.edu!usenet From: brambl@graz.cbs.umn.edu (Robert Brambl) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Deterioriation test Date: 8 Apr 1996 23:04:18 GMT Organization: University of Minnesota Lines: 17 Message-ID: <4kc61i$e0b@epx.cis.umn.edu> Reply-To: brambl@molbio.cbs.umn.edu (Robert Brambl) NNTP-Posting-Host: graz.cbs.umn.edu Hello, All: I received a telephone call from a friend in an industry lab to ask a question that I cannot answer. His company is interested in standard assays for fungal contamination and deterioriation; he cited their use of ASTM Method 2170. However, an industrial competitor in Europe reported using an alternate standard, referred to as Wallhauser and Brath, but with no references or other info. The group of organisms in this new test include, to my puzzlement, Staphlococcus, E. coli, A. niger, and Phoma. Does anyone know anything about Wallhauser and Brath? References or other information? My searches have turned up nothing, but I don't know that I am looking in the right places. Thanks in advance. Bob From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Mon Apr 08 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!rutgers!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!nwnews.wa.com!news.halcyon.com!blv-pm0-ip7.halcyon.com!user From: AshleyB@halcyon.com (Ashley Branchfeather) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology,alt.nature.mushrooms Subject: Re: spring sightings Date: Tue, 09 Apr 1996 00:49:26 -0800 Organization: The Cascadian Maypole Society Lines: 16 Message-ID: References: <4k8u0u$74q@kelly.teleport.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blv-pm0-ip7.halcyon.com X-Newsreader: Yet Another NewsWatcher 2.2.0b4 In article <4k8u0u$74q@kelly.teleport.com>, wjh@teleport.com (William Hunt) wrote: >Saturday April 6, Kelly Point Park, Portland, Oregon: > > only one small blonde morel (sandy soil under cottonwoods). > one very nice large clump of oyster mushrooms (on downed > cottonwood. also some very small new growth.) > a few week-old Verpa. > > and a bucknaked jogger seen running down the trail. Inky caps outside my door in Seattle: useless little mushrooms. -- Ashley Branchfeather From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Mon Apr 08 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!rutgers!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!solaris.cc.vt.edu!usenet From: dgaines@vt.edu (David N. Gaines) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: leading indicators for morels? Date: 9 Apr 1996 16:57:57 GMT Organization: Virginia Tech/Blacksburg Electronic Village Lines: 24 Message-ID: <4ke4ul$j8m@solaris.cc.vt.edu> References: <4ho6va$fq3@ccshst05.cs.uoguelph.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: as2511-39.sl007.cns.vt.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.93.14 In article , market@cc.wwu.edu says... > >Are there any leading indicator species of either mushrooms or plants >that let one know that it is time to hunt for morels? What are they? > >-- TJ Olney > In Southwest Virginia and southern West Virginia we hunt for morels 'known as merkels by the local yocals' in forested areas in which the principal tree is tulip-poplar (otherwise known as the yellow poplar; not a real poplar but a member of the Magnolia family). You are more likely to find morels in patches of tulip-poplar covering several acres than in small isolated patches. The best time to look around here is from April to early May. I usually start searching as soon as the tulip-poplar leaf out. Since tulip-poplar is the first tree to leaf out in this region it is easy to find large patches of this tree by scanning the mountains and valleys for patches of green (bluish-emerald green) in early April. Most of the other local tree species which leaf out early have leaves which are more brownish or yellowish green. I have not yet found morels before are leaves evident on tulip-poplar. Another tree species (forest type) in which I have found morels in abundance is where white ash are abundant. Good Luck, David. From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Mon Apr 08 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!rutgers!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!netnews2.nwnet.net!mule.fhcrc.org!news From: jeidemil@fred.fhcrc.org Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: seattle morel Date: Tue, 09 Apr 1996 08:10:42 -0700 Organization: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Lines: 3 Message-ID: <316A7DF2.CF1@fred.fhcrc.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: 140.107.30.44 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Win16; I) friend found approx 500 grams of blonde morels last nite. under a deck with some southern exposure. They look like they were there awhile. Altitude 200 ft. From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Mon Apr 08 23:00:00 1996 Newsgroups: bionet.mycology,alt.nature.mushrooms Path: biosci!daresbury!nntp-trd.UNINETT.no!newsfeed.sunet.se!news01.sunet.se!sunic!mn6.swip.net!plug.news.pipex.net!pipex!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!newsfeed.internetmci.com!netnews2.nwnet.net!news.pfc.forestry.ca!PFC.Forestry.CA!RWINDER From: rwinder@PFC.Forestry.CA (Richard Winder) Subject: Re: spring sightings X-Nntp-Posting-Host: pfc.pfc.forestry.ca Message-ID: Sender: news@yew.pfc.forestry.ca (Usenet News) Reply-To: rwinder@PFC.Forestry.CA Organization: Forestry Canada (Pacific Forestry Centre) References: <4k8u0u$74q@kelly.teleport.com> Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 04:53:27 GMT Lines: 22 In article <4k8u0u$74q@kelly.teleport.com>, wjh@teleport.com (William Hunt) writes: >Saturday April 6, Kelly Point Park, Portland, Oregon: > > only one small blonde morel (sandy soil under cottonwoods). > one very nice large clump of oyster mushrooms (on downed > cottonwood. also some very small new growth.) > a few week-old Verpa. Black morels started emerging in Southern Vancouver Island shortly before April 5th. My new 16 square foot cultivated patch, inoculated in November, has produced 5 large morels and 2 small ones so far. Funny thing- the fruiting was around the edges, particularly where the grass at the edge plant roots and some Morchella spp.- I was wondering if anyone else with cultivated morels has noticed a correlation between fruiting and presence ograsses? -RSW RICHARD WINDER Title: Research Scientist Canadian Forest Service Phone: (604) 363-0773 Victoria, B.C. Internet: RWINDER@A1.PFC.Forestry.CA From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Mon Apr 08 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!daresbury!nntp-trd.UNINETT.no!newsfeed.sunet.se!news01.sunet.se!sunic!mn6.swip.net!plug.news.pipex.net!pipex!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!prodigy.com!usenet From: ZUBP40A@prodigy.com (David Pinero) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: Likely sources: Graphium, Phoma, Sporothrix? Date: 9 Apr 1996 00:48:55 GMT Organization: Prodigy Services Company 1-800-PRODIGY Lines: 11 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4kcc5n$ie0@usenetp1.news.prodigy.com> References: <4k6115$rnd@dfw-ixnews3.ix.netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: innugap8-int.news.prodigy.com X-Newsreader: Version 1.2 I have checked these three genera further, and I have some more interesting information. Both Graphium and Sporothrix are anamorphs of Ophiostoma (Ceratocystis). This genus' habitats are living and dead stems, roots, branches of vascular plants. Ophiostoma ulmi causes Dutch elm's disease. Graphium penicilloides, the type species, grows especially on poplar (cottonwood) wood. Graphium and Sporothrix might in fact come from the wood and moss you talked about. Phoma is cosmopolitan but can also cause wood decay. David Pinero From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Tue Apr 09 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!rutgers!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!dziuxsolim.rutgers.edu!owl.rutgers.edu!user From: sofer@mbcl.rutgers.edu (William Sofer) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology,alt.nature.mushrooms Subject: Re: spring sightings Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 03:47:34 -0400 Organization: Waksman Institute Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: <4k8u0u$74q@kelly.teleport.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: owl.rutgers.edu X-poster: sofer@rci-dialup.rutgers.edu In article , rwinder@PFC.Forestry.CA wrote: > Black morels started emerging in Southern Vancouver Island shortly before > April 5th. My new 16 square foot cultivated patch, inoculated in November, > has produced 5 large morels and 2 small ones so far. Funny thing- the > fruiting was around the edges, particularly where the grass at the edge > plant roots and some Morchella spp.- I was wondering if anyone else > with cultivated morels has noticed a correlation between fruiting and > presence ograsses? -RSW > > > > Where can you get what is needed to cultivate morels? In what part of the country do they grow? Do you need special soil? Any information would be appreciated. WHS -- Bill Sofer --------- sofer@mbcl.rutgers.edu Waksman Institute --------- Rutgers University Piscataway, NJ 08854-0759 --------- FAX - 908-445-5375 From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Tue Apr 09 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!rutgers!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.bctel.net!kryten.awinc.com!news From: edgar kanigan Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: truffle mushroom spawn Date: Tue, 09 Apr 1996 21:23:08 -0700 Organization: A & W Internet Inc. Lines: 5 Message-ID: <316B37AC.2510@pop.awinc.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pmew00.gforks.awinc.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.01 (Win16; I) CC: kanigan@pop.awinc Hello does anyone know where some one can obtain truffle mushroom spawn or any information on suppliers in canada. if so can you e mail me at kanigan@pop.awinc Thank you From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Tue Apr 09 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!daresbury!bioftp.unibas.ch!infobiogen.fr!jussieu.fr!oleane!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!sgigate.sgi.com!news1.best.com!nntp1.best.com!usenet From: Tom Johnston Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: Terence McKenna video Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 11:37:01 -0700 Organization: Fleet Hospital Support Office Lines: 11 Message-ID: <316BFFCD.7458@fhso.navy.mil> References: <31661D37.5668@earthlink.net> <31676CC2.167EB0E7@unity.ncsu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lx02.fhso.navy.mil Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (X11; I; SunOS 5.3 sun4m) > > Yes, but what the heck does it have to do with fungi? > > Well, Terenece McKenna feels that mushrooms containing psychoactive substances were delivered to the human race by aliens from outer space. If *that* piques your interest, press on... /t/ From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Tue Apr 09 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!daresbury!bioftp.unibas.ch!infobiogen.fr!jussieu.fr!oleane!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!newsfeed.internetmci.com!netnews2.nwnet.net!mule.fhcrc.org!news From: d scalzo Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: leading indicators for morels? Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 14:35:17 -0700 Organization: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Lines: 7 Message-ID: <316C2995.7EDE@fred.fhcrc.org> References: <4ho6va$fq3@ccshst05.cs.uoguelph.ca> <4ke4ul$j8m@solaris.cc.vt.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: 140.107.30.44 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Win16; I) Here in Seattle, I watch the cottonwood in the backyard. When it starts to drop its catkins(?), I start hunting in the Cascades. When it is dropping white fluff, I know the season is well on its way. The altitude difference is about 2000 ft. I once heard a phrase to describe this sort of observation (proximal changes as icons for distal changes), but I can't call it up now. From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Tue Apr 09 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!daresbury!nntp-trd.UNINETT.no!newsfeed.sunet.se!news01.sunet.se!sunic!mn6.swip.net!plug.news.pipex.net!pipex!weld.news.pipex.net!pipex!rail.news.pipex.net!pipex!tube.news.pipex.net!pipex!lade.news.pipex.net!pipex!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!nwlink.com!tsunami.ixa.net!news.aa.net!ratty.wolfe.net!usenet From: Bigdog Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Washington Morels Date: Tue, 09 Apr 1996 20:15:07 -0700 Organization: Wolfe Internet Access, L.L.C. Lines: 4 Message-ID: <316B27BB.3358@Wolfenet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: sea-ts6-p63.wolfenet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Win95; I) Went scounting last weekend. East of the mountains. No luck. To dry I guess. New to hunting in the NW. From Ohio. Found 1/2 bag full last year. Can anyone give me any pointers on when to look. Climate, weather? Thanx!!! From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Tue Apr 09 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!rutgers!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!news.ns.net!lloyd.com!news From: amdata Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: Mould in Buildings Date: Tue, 09 Apr 1996 21:51:17 -0700 Organization: American Data Cable Lines: 42 Message-ID: <316B3E45.4EF8@el-dorado.ca.us> References: <828628246_OASIS_@johnwilk.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: amdata.lloyd.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Win16; I) John wrote: > >I would be pleased to hear from anyone who can debunk the > >other witnesses statements. I will be not so pleased, but > >nevertheless grateful if anyone can substantiate his views! > > Doug Rice wrote: > Hello John: > Mold requires three things to flourish in any environment. A suitable > nutrient, a place to attach, and moisture. An airborne mold spore that lands > on a surface that provides food and water will grow. The mold is not picky > about its source of water. > > Your adversary witness is assuming that mold must have a unique water source. Hi John and Douglas: I am an amateur mycologist and would not presume to argue about the growth patterns of particular fungi, but wish to add an additional perpsective - gleaned from years of studying the propogation of moisture through soil and other materials in order to design appropriate sensors: If there is not sufficient moisture available to create total saturation, the pattern of wetting of a material depends on the relative location of the moisture source and the drying sinks. If a piece of plaster or gypsum wallboard is wetted from behind, for example, the diffusion of the moisture may cause a larger circle of moisture on one side (source) than the other(sink). A pattern for a given site can be determined on the specifics. Likewise, if a wall surface is wetted from humid air or splashing from the same side that (active) drying occurs, one expects a shallow moist layer on the wetted side where fungal growth might flourish best. The opposite side of the porous material, if exposed to similar drying but not to wetting, would be relatively less hospitable to hydrophyllic growth. Steuart Bjornsson ESB From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Tue Apr 09 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!rutgers!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newshub.csu.net!cello.gina.calstate.edu!swrl71.slip.gina.csu.net!ddeshaz From: Darvin A. DeShazer Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: leading indicators for morels? Date: 10 Apr 1996 05:30:13 GMT Organization: Science Chairperson Lines: 17 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4kfh15$98r@cello.gina.calstate.edu> References: <4ke4ul$j8m@solaris.cc.vt.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: swrl71.slip.gina.csu.net X-UserAgent: 2.2 X-XXMessage-ID: X-XXDate: Tue, 9 Apr 96 06:29:44 GMT In central California, indicators for morels are brown Peziza cups when the apples are in bloom. =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= Darvin DeShazer _________________ AEDeShazer@aol.com [ ] Science Dept. Chair ::::::::::::::::: "When I pass away... Audio/Visual Coordinator | | I want to be planted St. Vincent High School |___| in mushroom Petaluma, CA 94952 /.....\ HEAVEN" Science Advisor, SOMA. | | _----_ Sonoma Co. Mycological Association \ \ [ ] Education SIG Moderator _----_ \ \ ------ North Coast Mac Users Group [ ] \ \ | | Member of Sonoma Co. Distance Learning Comm.----------------------------- From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Wed Apr 10 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!rutgers!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!moreinfo.com!sysop From: jsflynn@srnet.com Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: leading indicators for morels? Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 00:00:20 GMT Organization: All USENET -- www.net-link.com Lines: 31 Message-ID: <316c44d4.33426793@204.254.156.70> References: <4ho6va$fq3@ccshst05.cs.uoguelph.ca> <4ke4ul$j8m@solaris.cc.vt.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.148.68.37 X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99d/32.182 On 9 Apr 1996 16:57:57 GMT, dgaines@vt.edu (David N. Gaines) wrote: >In article , >market@cc.wwu.edu says... >> >>Are there any leading indicator species of either mushrooms or plants >>that let one know that it is time to hunt for morels? What are they? >> "when the Oak leaves are as big as squirrel ears" (Ingrid Bartelli)" From "Mushrooms Demystified" David Arora" I've found the Morchella esculenta (yellow morel) every year that I've been hunting shrooms on May 19 (New Hampshire) which happens to be my birthday! Here they occur near riverbanks, under apple trees and in city backyards. It's so difficult to find a location but once you've found a spot they're likely to be back. I try to add at least one location each year. In New Hampshire the black morel Morchella elata, which seems to grow in deep deciduous woods in rock areas, occurs around May 7. Happy hunting and never eat them raw. If you're near us, send me your snail mail address and I'll almost guarantee that you'll find some on one of our forays. Stephen Editor, Monadnock Mycorrhiza, (Monadnock Mushroomers Unlimited, Keene, NH, Join us at the NAMA/NEMF foray in September, it'll be big! From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Wed Apr 10 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!daresbury!nntp-trd.UNINETT.no!newsfeed.sunet.se!news01.sunet.se!sunic!news99.sunet.se!news.lth.se!sigvard.botmus.lu.se!user From: Sigvard.Svensson@botmus.lu.se (Sigvard Svensson) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: Help: Fungi Identification Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 18:45:58 +0200 Organization: Botanical Museum Lund (LD), Lund University Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: <4k2ko5$81f$1@mhade.production.compuserve.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: sigvard.botmus.lu.se X-Newsreader: Yet Another NewsWatcher 2.1.8 In article <4k2ko5$81f$1@mhade.production.compuserve.com>, Ken Smart <101373.3617@CompuServe.COM> wrote: >Found in the New Forest, UK, first week in March 1996, stump puff >balls growing on beech stump. By second week, they'd 'done their >thing' and dispersed spores. My books say only one stump puffball >in UK and this should be around late spring/summer. >Can any one advise? Could it perhaps be some Myxomycete, e.g. Reticularia lycoperdon or relative? It "fruits" in spring, residing preferably on tree trunks, and also on stumps etc. The "fruiting bodies", or what they shuold be called, disappears rather fast. Regards Sigvard -- Sigvard Svensson (IT-Adviser, Mycologist, SDA) E-mail: Sigvard.Svensson@botmus.lu.se Tel: 046-222 40 61 (Int.:+46 46 222 40 61) Fax: 046-222 42 34 (Int.:+46 46 222 42 34) Disclaimer: As Lund University pay me for working only, there is no reason to assume that my opinions are those of my employer. From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Wed Apr 10 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!daresbury!bioftp.unibas.ch!infobiogen.fr!pasteur.fr!univ-lyon1.fr!in2p3.fr!oleane!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.sprintlink.net!new-news.sprintlink.net!bristlecone.together.net!usenet From: (Roy DeSimone ) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: spring sightings Date: 11 Apr 1996 13:13:45 GMT Organization: TGF Internet Services Lines: 9 Message-ID: <4kj0i9$758@bristlecone.together.net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: vtr139.ramp.together.net X-Newsreader: SPRY News 3.03 (SPRY, Inc.) > AshleyB@halcyon.com (Ashley Branchfeather) writes: > Inky caps outside my door in Seattle: useless little mushrooms. Ashley....have you ever eaten them sauteed in butter, poured over toast with the juices? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Roy DeSimone rdesimon@together.net Underhill, Vermont ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Wed Apr 10 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!daresbury!nntp-trd.UNINETT.no!newsfeed.sunet.se!news00.sunet.se!sunic!mn6.swip.net!plug.news.pipex.net!pipex!tube.news.pipex.net!pipex!dish.news.pipex.net!pipex!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!newsfeed.internetmci.com!gatech!taco.cc.ncsu.edu!news From: Susan Jane Hogarth Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: Terence McKenna video Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 06:37:58 -0400 Organization: North Carolina State University Lines: 33 Message-ID: <316CE106.167EB0E7@unity.ncsu.edu> References: <31661D37.5668@earthlink.net> <31676CC2.167EB0E7@unity.ncsu.edu> <316BFFCD.7458@fhso.navy.mil> NNTP-Posting-Host: fliegen.ent.ncsu.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (X11; I; SunOS 4.1.3_U1 sun4m) Tom Johnston wrote: > > Well, Terenece McKenna feels that mushrooms containing psychoactive substances > were delivered to the human race by aliens from outer space. If *that* piques > your interest, press on... Oh, *that* guy. That did always sound interesting (in a funny sort of way). What a hoot. -- Susan Jane Hogarth "Luck is the residue of design." -- Freddy the Fish "Personally, I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught." -- Winston Churchill http://www4.ncsu.edu/~sjhogart/public/home.html . .-~\ / `-'\.' `- : | / `._ | | .-. { \ | `-' `. . \ | / ~-.`. \| .-~_ `.\-.\ .-~ \ `-'/~~ -.~ / .-~/|`-._ /~~-.~ -- ~ / | \ ~- . _\ From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Wed Apr 10 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!rutgers!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e2a.gnn.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: aruncus@aol.com (Aruncus) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: Terence McKenna video Date: 11 Apr 1996 04:35:08 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 1 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4kig7s$ghr@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <316BFFCD.7458@fhso.navy.mil> NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com X-Newsreader: AOL Offline Reader so, how does one see the video ? From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Wed Apr 10 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!rutgers!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!mack.rt66.com!usenet From: spider@Rt66.com (Maria) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: truffle mushroom spawn Date: 11 Apr 1996 07:05:59 GMT Organization: Rt66.COM, Public Internet Access in New Mexico Lines: 14 Message-ID: <4kib0n$6mm@mack.rt66.com> References: <316B37AC.2510@pop.awinc.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pme03.rt66.com Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.3 In article <316B37AC.2510@pop.awinc.com>, kanigan@pop.awinc.com says... > >Hello does anyone know where some one can obtain truffle mushroom spawn >or any information on suppliers in canada. if so can you e mail me at >kanigan@pop.awinc > >Thank you I presume that Fungi Perfecti would either have some or be able to give you more information. their address is PO Box 7634 Olympia WA, 98507 (USA) (206)426-9292 Maria From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Wed Apr 10 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!uoguelph.ca!rdeckert From: rdeckert@uoguelph.ca (Ron Deckert) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: single cell excision Date: 10 Apr 1996 20:55:16 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 8 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <316C81BB.3B9B@mailsrv.uoguelph.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net I'm sorry but on my last message I was logged on someone else's account. My address is as follows: Ron Deckert M.Sc. Student Dept. of Botany University of Guelph email: rdeckert@uoguelph.ca From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Wed Apr 10 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!uoguelph.ca!dhelling From: dhelling@uoguelph.ca (Dave Hellinga) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Single cell excision Date: 10 Apr 1996 20:07:15 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 7 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <316C767F.6C16@mailsrv.uoguelph.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Does anybody have any references for excising single plant cells to culture fungal hyphae within? Ron Deckert M.Sc. Student Dept. of Botany University of Guelph From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Wed Apr 10 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!rutgers!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!moreinfo.com!sysop From: jsflynn@srnet.com Newsgroups: bionet.mycology,alt.nature.mushrooms Subject: Re: spring sightings Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 23:26:32 GMT Organization: All USENET -- www.net-link.com Lines: 20 Message-ID: <316c429c.32858949@204.254.156.70> References: <4k8u0u$74q@kelly.teleport.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.148.68.34 X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99d/32.182 On Tue, 9 Apr 1996 04:53:27 GMT, rwinder@PFC.Forestry.CA (Richard Winder) wrote: >Black morels started emerging in Southern Vancouver Island shortly before >April 5th. My new 16 square foot cultivated patch, inoculated in November, >has produced 5 large morels and 2 small ones so far. Funny thing- the >fruiting was around the edges, particularly where the grass at the edge >plant roots and some Morchella spp.- I was wondering if anyone else >with cultivated morels has noticed a correlation between fruiting and >presence ograsses? -RSW Please tell us more. Morels in the backyard, yes! I transplanted several Morel "foots" and the surrounding soil to likely new sites but I won't know till May 19. (The day I always find them) Thanks, Stephen From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Thu Apr 11 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!daresbury!bioftp.unibas.ch!news.vub.ac.be!news.belnet.be!swsbe6.switch.ch!swidir.switch.ch!in2p3.fr!oleane!plug.news.pipex.net!pipex!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!iol!imci2!news.internetMCI.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: mycophagy@aol.com (Mycophagy) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: truffle mushroom spawn Date: 12 Apr 1996 11:18:01 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 3 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4kls79$hdh@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <4kib0n$6mm@mack.rt66.com> Reply-To: mycophagy@aol.com (Mycophagy) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Garland Truffle Orchard in the Carolinas supplies trees innoculated with the spawn. 1 919 732 3041 is the telephone number From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Thu Apr 11 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!ns1.faseb.org!lamarck.sura.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e2a.gnn.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: mycophagy@aol.com (Mycophagy) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: Poisonings Date: 12 Apr 1996 11:21:20 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 8 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4klsdg$hf6@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <316DD66F.162D@cts.com> Reply-To: mycophagy@aol.com (Mycophagy) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Yes. The mushroom from their home is a red staining Lepoita. The american varieties of deadlly Aminata are not found there. One from Europe which is more spherical is found there. They test by looking for the red stain, or having rice turn pink when cooked. Of course, Amanitas don't stain red. Mel Zimmer From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Thu Apr 11 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!rutgers!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!news.Edu.TW!news.cc.nctu.edu.tw!thccx4!eusapia.nthu!nthuls From: MYXO.bbs@bbs.life.nthu.edu.tw (Cienkowski) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: AIMC '96 Taiwan is part of China!? Date: 12 Apr 1996 07:56:25 GMT Organization: ²M¤j¥Í¬ì¨t BBS Lines: 22 Message-ID: <3CAXJQ$dCJ@bbs.life.nthu.edu.tw> NNTP-Posting-Host: bbs.life.nthu.edu.tw X-Filename: mycology/M.829295786.A Dear colleagues: In Asian International Mycological Congress '96 2nd circular p. 6 U may find the following words: Yuan Gwo-Fang (Food Industry Research and Development Institute, China) The ^^^^^ fungal collection of CCRC/FIRDI in Taiwan. ... Jing-Torng Peng (Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, Taichung, China) ^^^^^ Morphological variation and interfertility in some species of Ganoderma in Taiwan. THEY EVEN OMIT TAIWAN... i sincerely suggest Taiwanese mycologists and the Mycological Society of Republic of China properly express their concern to the executive members of AIMC '96 about this problem. If U want to express that U r unhappy about this, please send a letter to the Secretary General, Dr. Kanji Takeo Research Center for Pathogenic Fungi and Microbial Toxicoses, Chiba University 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260, JAPAN From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Thu Apr 11 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!daresbury!bioftp.unibas.ch!news.vub.ac.be!news.belnet.be!swsbe6.switch.ch!swidir.switch.ch!in2p3.fr!oleane!rail.news.pipex.net!pipex!tube.news.pipex.net!pipex!plug.news.pipex.net!pipex!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!swrinde!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!nott!cunews!freenet-news.carleton.ca!FreeNet.Carleton.CA!aw162 From: aw162@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (L Moon) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: spring sightings Date: 12 Apr 1996 01:06:16 GMT Organization: The National Capital FreeNet Lines: 16 Sender: aw162@freenet.carleton.ca (L Moon) Message-ID: <4kkaa8$a27@freenet-news.carleton.ca> References: <4kj0i9$758@bristlecone.together.net> Reply-To: aw162@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (L Moon) NNTP-Posting-Host: freenet.carleton.ca Roy DeSimone () writes: >> AshleyB@halcyon.com (Ashley Branchfeather) writes: >> Inky caps outside my door in Seattle: useless little mushrooms. > > Ashley....have you ever eaten them sauteed in butter, poured over toast with the juices? > Stop! Stop! That's cruel and unusual punishment for a wild mushroom lover (who hasn't found any identifiable ones yet this season) to read all those delicious words. It make the mouth water. -- L Moon __ \/ From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Thu Apr 11 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!rutgers!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e2a.gnn.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: jstock6360@aol.com (JStock6360) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: SOMA Date: 12 Apr 1996 02:41:04 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 2 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4kktu0$ba0@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: jstock6360@aol.com (JStock6360) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com I'd like to contact some Amanita muscaria experts or those who are interested and knowledgable of Wasson's theories. From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Thu Apr 11 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!rutgers!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!cdc2.cdc.net!news.texas.net!news1.best.com!news.aimnet.com!alpha.sky.net!newshub.cts.com!usenet From: Mark Buckles Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Poisonings Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 21:05:03 -0700 Organization: CTS Network Services Lines: 11 Message-ID: <316DD66F.162D@cts.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: markbkls.cts.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0B2 (Win16; I) Now and again I'll read in the San Diego paper about Asian immigrants (Vietnamese, I seem to recall) that poison themeselves with mushrooms. They appearently mistake a poisonous mushroom with an edible one from their country of origin. Anyone know what the two mushroom are? Thanx, -Mark Buckles markbkls@cts.com From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Thu Apr 11 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!rutgers!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!moreinfo.com!sysop From: jsflynn@srnet.com Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Inonotus obliquus, reasearch on? Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 03:03:09 GMT Organization: All USENET -- www.net-link.com Lines: 5 Message-ID: <316dc740.16542923@204.254.156.70> NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.148.68.44 X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99d/32.182 Inonotus obliquus (the Birch canker) has been researched as an immune system stimulant. Know of any researchers or papers that mention this fungus? Thanks From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Thu Apr 11 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!spool.mu.edu!daily-planet.execpc.com!homer.alpha.net!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!surfnet.nl!swsbe6.switch.ch!scsing.switch.ch!elna.ethz.ch!usenet From: "Dr. Urs Tuor" Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Mycoinsecticides: Postdoctoral positions Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 18:44:56 +0100 Organization: Microbiology ETHZ Lines: 73 Message-ID: <316E9698.30CF@micro.biol.ethz.ch> Reply-To: tuor@micro.biol.ethz.ch NNTP-Posting-Host: e19-quadra610.ethz.ch Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Macintosh; I; 68K) The breakthrough in the use of mycoinsecticides has been delayed by i) the lack of product formulations rendering reliable, reproducible results, and ii) the inaccessibility of a storable infective propagule with a satisfying shelf life. We plan to address these two key problems within an applied research project aiming at the development of a commercial mycoinsecticide and offer the following positions: Postdoctoral Position 1 Main topic: Formulation system for the use of Entomophthora fungi as mycoinsecticides Approach: Evaluation and further development of formulations used in agriculture and pharmacology Determination of optimal developmental stage to formulate Background: Ph.D. in biological sciences or biotechnology preferably working experience in the formulation of biologically active organisms and/or compounds Collaboration: Formulations department of industrial partner, ETH-departments of Biopharmacy/Polymers Postdoctoral Position 2 Main topic: Life cycle and developmental stages of Entomophthorales Approach: Description of environmental and biochemical regulators of development (hyphae-hyphal body-conidiospores) search for factors/moderators/regulators/promoters isolation and purification identification of most stable developmental stage testing of long-term performance (infectivity, virulence) Background: Ph. D. in biologigal sciences (biochemistry, cell biology, microbiology) Collaboration: Dr. S. Keller, Swiss Federal Research Station for Agroecology and Agriculture The positions are available immediatly. We invite applications of self-motivated individuals with proven ability to publish. A research grant covering a three year period is available. We offer integration in a dedicated, stimulating research environment, up-to-date infrastructure and equipment and insight in problems of product development and applied research for integrated pest management. For further inquiries please contact: Dr. Urs Tuor Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Department of Microbiology ETH Zentrum/LFV E19 Telefone: 0041-1-632 25 35 CH-8092 Zürich FAX: 0041-1-632 11 48 Switzerland E-Mail: utuor@micro.biol.ethz.ch Please send your curriculum vitae and the names of three references (including addresses and telephone numbers) to: Prof. Dr. Markus Aebi Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Department of Microbiology ETH-Zentrum CH-8092 Zürich Switzerland E-mail: aebi@micro.biol.ethz.ch From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Thu Apr 11 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!daresbury!bioftp.unibas.ch!infobiogen.fr!pasteur.fr!univ-lyon1.fr!in2p3.fr!oleane!plug.news.pipex.net!pipex!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.bctel.net!news.island.net!usenet From: drewp@netshop.net (Drew Patterson) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Trading Mushroom Strains Between Hobbyists Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 08:23:14 GMT Organization: Island Internet Inc. - (604) 753-2383 Lines: 6 Message-ID: <4kl7ke$hjo@cliff.island.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: kamloops-11.netshop.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent v0.55 I was wondering if anybody wanted to trade, by courier, mushroom strains. I grow reishi and oyster mushrooms. But I would love to start on others, especially the King Stropharia and Shaggy Mane. Anyone in CANADA! that would like to trade with me please contact me. drewp@netshop.net From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Fri Apr 12 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!UIDAHO.EDU!andrzej From: andrzej@UIDAHO.EDU (Andrzej Paszczynski) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: Mycofungicides Date: 13 Apr 1996 11:44:12 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 23 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: References: <4knfjb$787@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Yes, Innovative Biosystems Inc. is marketing several biocontrol preparations. Their products inhibit growth of many parasitic fungi. For more information write to Innovbiosys@moscow.com Andrzej Paszczynski On 13 Apr 1996, Eric Grunden wrote: > > > Seeing the previous post about mycoinsecticides made me start > wondering if a similar process utilizing mycoparasites of > plant pathogens as a form of biocontrol would work. Sort of > a natural "fungicide" (a mycofungicide!). Has anyone done work > on this?....... > -- > ******************* > The Spirit of Nature, a powerful force, > belongs and returns to its creative source. > - Excerpted from The Collective Works of Johnny Pokerface - > > > From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Fri Apr 12 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!daresbury!bioftp.unibas.ch!infobiogen.fr!jussieu.fr!oleane!plug.news.pipex.net!pipex!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!prairienet.org!egrunden From: egrunden@prairienet.org (Eric Grunden) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Mycofungicides Date: 13 Apr 1996 05:54:51 GMT Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 12 Message-ID: <4knfjb$787@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> Reply-To: egrunden@prairienet.org (Eric Grunden) NNTP-Posting-Host: firefly.prairienet.org Seeing the previous post about mycoinsecticides made me start wondering if a similar process utilizing mycoparasites of plant pathogens as a form of biocontrol would work. Sort of a natural "fungicide" (a mycofungicide!). Has anyone done work on this?....... -- ******************* The Spirit of Nature, a powerful force, belongs and returns to its creative source. - Excerpted from The Collective Works of Johnny Pokerface - From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Fri Apr 12 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!rutgers!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!nntp.crl.com!crl4.crl.com!not-for-mail From: kasplash@crl.com (Bob Galvan) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: Poisonings Date: 13 Apr 1996 11:18:03 -0700 Organization: CRL Dialup Internet Access (415) 705-6060 [Login: guest] Lines: 20 Message-ID: <4kor4r$n90@crl4.crl.com> References: <316DD66F.162D@cts.com> <4klsdg$hf6@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: crl4.crl.com In article <4klsdg$hf6@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, Mycophagy wrote: >Yes. >The mushroom from their home is a red staining Lepoita. >The american varieties of deadlly Aminata are not found there. One from >Europe which is more spherical is found there. >They test by looking for the red stain, or having rice turn pink when >cooked. >Of course, Amanitas don't stain red. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ except here in California, Amanita rubescens, "The Blusher". it is a fair edible, though often buggy. We had a few poisonings in the San Francisco area this winter from Amanita phalloides, which had a banner year. they were everywhere, big and beautifull. From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Sat Apr 13 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!rutgers!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.oz.net!news From: Conal Elliott Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: Mycofungicides Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 22:07:00 -0700 Organization: Sense Networking Seattle (www.oz.net) Lines: 18 Message-ID: <317087F4.266E@oz.net> References: <4knfjb$787@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: conal.oz.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (WinNT; I) To: Eric Grunden Eric Grunden wrote: > > Seeing the previous post about mycoinsecticides made me start > wondering if a similar process utilizing mycoparasites of > plant pathogens as a form of biocontrol would work. Sort of > a natural "fungicide" (a mycofungicide!). Has anyone done work > on this?....... > -- > ******************* > The Spirit of Nature, a powerful force, > belongs and returns to its creative source. > - Excerpted from The Collective Works of Johnny Pokerface - I have been working with Trichoderma spp. as a biological control for a cankering disease in trees. It seems to be the best candidate for the job. Check out my web page for more information. I don't have any results yet, though. http://weber.u.washington.edu/~melliott From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Sat Apr 13 23:00:00 1996 Newsgroups: bionet.mycology,alt.nature.mushrooms Path: biosci!news.Stanford.EDU!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!netnews2.nwnet.net!news.pfc.forestry.ca!PFC.Forestry.CA!RWINDER From: rwinder@PFC.Forestry.CA (Richard Winder) Subject: Re: spring sightings X-Nntp-Posting-Host: pfc.pfc.forestry.ca Message-ID: Sender: news@yew.pfc.forestry.ca (Usenet News) Reply-To: rwinder@PFC.Forestry.CA Organization: Forestry Canada (Pacific Forestry Centre) References: <4k8u0u$74q@kelly.teleport.com> ,<316c429c.32858949@204.254.156.70> Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 04:27:42 GMT Lines: 55 In article <316c429c.32858949@204.254.156.70>, jsflynn@srnet.com writes: > >Please tell us more. Morels in the backyard, yes! > I see my post got mangled. Sorry about that folks. Anyway: To answer your request, this isn't really new stuff- others have lots of experience with this. Here's my particular spin on it: Step 1: Secure inoculum. Several suppliers frequently mentioned in this newsgroup will do this for you, or you can grow your own. In my case, I selected a very large speciment of M. elata, stored it in the refrigerator several days, then took a small square of the fertile cap tissue and placed it in a Petri dish with malt extract agar at room temperature. The warmth seems to trigger ascospore release- they shoot off and land some distance away. I let the spores germinate and develop thousands of tiny colonies, so that I can avoid the areas contaminated by bacteria. I don't attempt to get pure, single spore strains, because multi-spore material seems to do better for generating sclerotia, which are supposed to be the primordia for the fruiting bodies. So, I transfer the clean colonies to new agar plates. There are various ways to generate sclerotia for storage until you are ready to inoculate. I used both a split plate method, which is probably too complicated for some. I also used a much simpler method- autoclaved puffed wheat (brought to 50% moisture) in mason jars, with about 1 g Calcium Carbonate per jar (the wheat collapses upon autoclaving, so you have to do some recombining- but you can also use culture bags). If you don't have an autoclave to make your agar and spawn media with, you can use a pressure cooker for small amounts. Step 2: Dig your bed in the Fall. Pick a site that is well-drained, but not prone to completely drying out. I added the following materials: soggy cardboard (about 2 feet down, at bottom), rotten apples, lots of peat moss, clam shells, barbeque ashes, plenty of soil, and plenty of hydrated lime (I put in about 1/3 bag). Mix as much as you dare, but try not to leave the apples on top (it attracts animals), and don't worry about lumps of lime. To finish off, I put some fir branches on top to prevent deer browsing, etc. Step 3: Inoculate. I just slipped sclerotia in here and there, covering it over lightly. I ensured that a few of the sclerotia were over apples. Step 4: Wait and hope! Although I enjoy hunting for mushrooms, and there are a few localities where morels can become abundant here, over-all the southern part of Vancouver Island doesn't seem to be rich in morel habitat for a number of reasons. So, I'd have to say that cultivation is an interesting alternative. Good Luck! -RSW RICHARD WINDER Title: Research Scientist Canadian Forest Service Phone: (604) 363-0773 Victoria, B.C. Internet: RWINDER@A1.PFC.Forestry.CA From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Sat Apr 13 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!CC.NTU.EDU.TW!r3603207 From: r3603207@CC.NTU.EDU.TW ("C.C.Chen") Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: A chemical question about melanoidins Date: 14 Apr 1996 14:28:24 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 8 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Melanoidin , producted by maillard reaction has a dark color. I read some papers about it. In papers , people detect OD475 to measure the decolorization of melanoidins. But some people detect OD297 or OD254. I don't know why they do this ? Can someone tell me What are they measure for ? Thanks From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Sun Apr 14 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!FMPPR.FMNH.ORG!wu From: wu@FMPPR.FMNH.ORG (Qiuxin Wu) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: AIMC '96 Taiwan is part of China!? Date: 15 Apr 1996 06:50:10 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 28 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <9604151348.AA11574@fmppr.fmnh.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net At 04:46 PM 4/14/96 GMT, you wrote: > > I must speaking loudly , " Taiwan is Taiwan , China is China " > Taiwan is not a part of China ! > > Academic research must be pure and detached , and then it can take > humanity more progress. > > I hope it may come soon heartfelt . > > > > I find your statement is internally inconsistent. If "academic research must be pure and detached," then how can it "take humanity more progress" ? If you are so sure that "" Taiwan is Taiwan , China is China", why do you "must speak loudly"? If "Taiwan is not a part of China", Why it is called "Republic of China"? Please, let us talk about mycology here! From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Sun Apr 14 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!CATI.CSUFRESNO.EDU!asaleh From: asaleh@CATI.CSUFRESNO.EDU (Amgad Saleh) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Dr. Bentley Date: 15 Apr 1996 02:59:50 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 4 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199604150958.CAA23859@CATI.CSUFresno.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Hi. Could anybody help me to get the e_mail of Dr. S Bentley, Univ Queensland, Coorerate Res Ctr Trop Plant Pathol, St. Lucia, Qld 4272, Australia. Thanks From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Sun Apr 14 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!D2.COM!nathan From: nathan@D2.COM (Nathan Wilson) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: Poisonings Date: 15 Apr 1996 10:52:59 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 34 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net >>Of course, Amanitas don't stain red. >except here in California, Amanita rubescens, "The Blusher". >it is a fair edible, though often buggy. Actually, the corrent name for the Californian/Western North American species is A. novinupta. Amanita rubescens has a brown cap even when young. A. novinupta is pure white. There are also a host of microscopic differences. Both species stain red and both species appear to be edible. As for the identity of the Asian species, the story that I have heard from Gary Lincoff (author of the Audubon field guide to mushrooms of North America) is that they are confusing American Amanitas with Asian Amanita species that they commonly eat -- probably forms of Amanita hemibapha. The biggest problem is that deadly Amanita species seem to be either absent or very rare in some Asian countries. _The Fungi of Japan_ lists a number of deadly Amanita species (A. verna, A. virosa and several others). However, notably missing is A. phalloides. This book also shows three different color forms of A. hemibapha. This is the first I've heard of the red staining theory. It's a very interesting one, but as pointed out, none of the red staining species in the US appear to be toxic. Note that I say appear. I firmly believe in treating all Amanitas with special caution. I personally eat A. velosa and A. "calyptraderma"/"calyptrata", but only after David Arora taught me to recognize them. I've never eaten any of the red staining species. ------------------------- _________ Nathan Wilson <_________> nathan@d2.com _|_|_ It is no dream! \___/ Matsutake are growing Minister Emeritus | | On the belly of the mountain. Fungus Federation of Santa Cruz \_/ *83-- -Shigetaka From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Sun Apr 14 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!rutgers!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!nctuccca.edu.tw!news.cc.nctu.edu.tw!thccx4!eusapia.nthu!nthuls From: Tigerman.bbs@bbs.life.nthu.edu.tw (¸¨¸­»EÁÙ´²) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: AIMC '96 Taiwan is part of China!? Date: 14 Apr 1996 16:46:33 GMT Organization: ²M¤j¥Í¬ì¨t BBS Lines: 9 Message-ID: <3CCQCA$c0S@bbs.life.nthu.edu.tw> NNTP-Posting-Host: bbs.life.nthu.edu.tw X-Filename: mycology/M.829500490.A I must speaking loudly , " Taiwan is Taiwan , China is China " Taiwan is not a part of China ! Academic research must be pure and detached , and then it can take humanity more progress. I hope it may come soon heartfelt . From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Mon Apr 15 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!daresbury!bioftp.unibas.ch!news.vub.ac.be!news.belnet.be!swsbe6.switch.ch!swidir.switch.ch!in2p3.fr!oleane!plug.news.pipex.net!pipex!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!lade.news.pipex.net!pipex!ggr.co.uk!ussun2n.glaxo.com!concert!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e2a.gnn.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: laural6000@aol.com (LauraL6000) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: mushroom books? Date: 16 Apr 1996 14:21:43 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 3 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4l0ofn$6nk@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Reply-To: laural6000@aol.com (LauraL6000) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Can anyone tell me if there are any books out there - NOT field guides - that either tell anecdotal tales about collecting mushrooms, or perhaps fictional works that include a mycological angle? Thanks! From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Mon Apr 15 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!FMNH785.FMNH.ORG!jmurphy From: jmurphy@FMNH785.FMNH.ORG (Jack Murphy) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: foxfire: mycelium and/or substrate?? Date: 15 Apr 1996 17:02:22 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 16 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <9604152137.AA16907@fmppr.fmnh.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Okay myco-trivia buffs; Here's a good one for you. Foxfire. Wood that glows in the dark due to colonization of fungi like Armillaria mellea. Question: is the luminescent (or is it phosphorescent?!) compound restricted to the cytoplasm of the hyphae, and what we see is actually glowing mycelium alone, or does the compound diffuse into the substrate and cause the wood itself to glow? This question actually has a practical purpose: we're designing a museum exhibit and want to get our facts straight. Does anyone out there have a clue??? sincerely, Jack From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Mon Apr 15 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!tuber.demon.co.uk!Dave From: Dave Jefferies Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: Poisonings Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 23:37:33 +0100 Organization: Nose to the ground Lines: 38 Distribution: world Message-ID: References: <316DD66F.162D@cts.com> <4klsdg$hf6@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <4kor4r$n90@crl4.crl.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: tuber.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: tuber.demon.co.uk MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Newsreader: Turnpike Version 1.11 In article <4kor4r$n90@crl4.crl.com>, Bob Galvan writes > >>Of course, Amanitas don't stain red. >^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > >except here in California, Amanita rubescens, "The Blusher". >it is a fair edible, though often buggy. I have eaten the Blusher quite often. It has a good flavour and texture so would appear to be attractive. However I have since found out that Amanita rubescens contains one of the two toxin complexes found in A. phalloides. This is apparently the more toxic of the two but must enter the bloodstream direct and cannot pass the stomach barrier unlike the other complex (I cannot remember which is which but A. phalloides contains both phallotoxins and amanatoxins and I think it is the former). The reference was (again if memory is working OK) from Scientific American in the mid 70's. So safe to eat unless the barrier becomes permeable - alcohol, asprins, physical damage? I am not ready for my last meal yet so bye bye Blusher! On a broader note I heard a story recently that one expert was presented with a fungus with the question 'Can I eat this?' the answer 'No. Because if you cannot identify it as edible then it is not safe to eat.' seems to me to be a very good reply. Dave Amanita phalloides Food of the Gods - don't eat it unless you're immortal. > ------------------------------ Dave Jefferies dave@tuber.demon.co.uk (Home) d.w.jefferies@shu.ac.uk (Work) From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Tue Apr 16 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!oleane!in2p3.fr!swidir.switch.ch!swsbe6.switch.ch!news.belnet.be!infoserv.rug.ac.be!news From: @rug.ac.be (danny) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: searching for young mycology students Date: 17 Apr 1996 20:39:26 GMT Organization: Dept. of Plant Sciences, Ecology Branch, University Gent Lines: 17 Message-ID: <4l3ktu$pej@infoserv.rug.ac.be> NNTP-Posting-Host: xylaria.rug.ac.be X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.91.6 Good morning! I am an ecology student(final year(so I hope!)graduate), working on a myco-ecological thesis. I like to know what other mycology students are working on. Therefore, it would be very kind of you if you would like to send me your e-mail address, so we could exchange some information about current research and perhaps coöperate in a way in future projects. You can let me know if you're interested,here in this discussion group or directly at my e-mail address: Danny Vandebeek@studbot@Biomse.RUG P.S.:Do you know that the BMS (British Mycological Society) is planning to publish a separate BMS Newsletter for postgraduates?You can still join in on that one. From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Tue Apr 16 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!ADMIN.OGI.EDU!msachs From: msachs@ADMIN.OGI.EDU (Matthew Sachs) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: Codon usage in A.nidulans Date: 17 Apr 1996 09:15:09 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 33 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net >I am looking for a codon usage table for A.nidulans. Does anyone know >where I >can find one? Codon preferences tables for Aspergilli and many other organisms (5155 organisms; 485 organisms with tables calculated from 20 or more CDSs listed 4/16/96) can be found at: http://www.dna.affrc.go.jp/~nakamura/ For A. nidulans, use the current name, Emericella nidulans! This site also has data concerning organellar and viral codon usage. Further description of this work: Nakamura, Y., Wada, K., Wada, Y., Doi, H., Kanaya, S., Gojobori, T., and Ikemura, T. (1996). Codon usage tabulated from the international DNA sequence databases. Nucl. Acids Res. 24, 214-215. ----------------------------------------------------------- Matthew Sachs Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology 20000 NW Walker Road P.O. Box 91000 Portland, OR 97291-1000 503 690-1487 Phone 503 690-1464 Fax msachs@admin.ogi.edu From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Tue Apr 16 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!MAN.AC.UK!e.prebble From: e.prebble@MAN.AC.UK ("e.prebble") Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Codon usage in A.nidulans Date: 17 Apr 1996 08:37:23 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 3 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199604171537.IAA14012@net.bio.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net I am looking for a codon usage table for A.nidulans. Does anyone know where I can find one? From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Tue Apr 16 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!munnari.OZ.AU!news.uwa.edu.au!disco.iinet.net.au!swing.iinet.net.au!news From: Neil Gibson Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Help - Type description of Cordyceps sinensis (Berk.) Sacc. Date: 17 Apr 1996 09:50:02 GMT Organization: CALM Lines: 4 Message-ID: <4l2esa$qmi@swing.iinet.net.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: numbat.calm.wa.gov.au Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.2N (Windows; I; 16bit) Can anyone help me in locating the reference for the type description of Cordyceps siensis (Berk.)Sacc. in the Clavicipitaceae? From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Tue Apr 16 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!MAIL.UMU.SE!hong From: hong@MAIL.UMU.SE (Hong Qian) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Looking for protein Date: 17 Apr 1996 02:43:48 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 33 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199604170940.AA07284@mail.umu.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Hello everyone out there: I am a Ph D. student working for protein structure determination by NMR method. I had finished calculating one protein structure which contains 90 amino acids. Now I am looking for a new protein. If someone has an over-expressed protein which is suitable for NMR study, I would be very happy working for it. The protein used for NMR structure calculation must fufill the following conditions: 1. Solvable at mili-molar range in water. 2. Stable at room temperature. 3. Molecular weight below 30 kD 4. If it contains more than 70 amino acids, it should be isotopic labelled by nitrogen 15 or both nitrogen-15 and carbon-13. Generally, we need around 10 mg protein for NMR study. Of course, it depends on molecular weight of protein. If anyone interest in this, please contact with me by email. Hong Qian NMR Research Group Department of Organic Chemistry Umea University S- 901 87, Umea Sweden email: hong@indro.chem.umu.se tel: 46-90-166936 fax: 46-90-138885 From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Tue Apr 16 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: unicornbag@aol.com (UNICORNbag) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: AIMC '96 Taiwan is part of China!? Date: 16 Apr 1996 22:50:04 -0400 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 6 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4l1m8s$h89@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: <3CCQCA$c0S@bbs.life.nthu.edu.tw> Reply-To: unicornbag@aol.com (UNICORNbag) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com You don't know what you are talking about. Taiwan is part of China, like Hawaii to the US or the Isle of Mann to UK. Besides what has this got to do with this news group anyway. Lou Hsu UNICORNbag@aol.com unicorn@InterServ.com From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Tue Apr 16 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!pendragon!news.msfc.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!istar.net!news1.ottawa.istar.net!fonorola!news.ottawa.istar.net!news.citenet.net!g34-85 From: wawa@citenet.net (Steve Teasdale) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Help needed on fungy/fermentation Date: Wed, 17 Apr 96 20:27:03 GMT Organization: CiteNet Telecom - Commercial Internet Service Lines: 5 Message-ID: <4l3mqe$c6o@cti01.citenet.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: g34-85.citenet.net X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #4 I am a neophyte with fungy. I am actual planing to isolate a fungy. 1. Could someone tell me how I can do the conservation of a specimen? Can I keep spores at room temp for long time? 2. Does normaly (aerobic) fungy need as much oxygene in culture media as do bacteria. From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Tue Apr 16 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!urp.edu.pe!RSA1_A_B From: RSA1_A_B@urp.edu.pe Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: AYUDA URGENTE Date: 17 Apr 1996 16:01:16 -0700 Organization: Universidad Ricardo Palma Lines: 16 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Quisiera saber por favor si alguien de la lista podria ayudarme con unos hongos que le han salido a mis LENTES DE CONTACTO, los lleve a la optica y me dijeron que eran hongos y nada mas.Quiero salvar mis lentes porque no puedo comprarme otros son carisimos para mi economia, y quiero saber si les puedo dar algun TRATAMIENTO para acabar con estos lindos honguitos.Observe los lentes al microscopio y la descripcion que les puedo dar es la siguiente: -Color:Marron verdoso, y plomo -Forma:circular y filamentosa, -Aspecto: grumoso Para que me entiendan mejor: al observarlos estaban en el borde del lente y eran redondos, al centro como una especie de nucleo se veia unos grumos marrones y alrededor filamentos plomizos.Han ido creciendo de a pocos y me parecen unos mounstritos. Espero que me puedan ayudar a salvar mis lentes porque ahora estoy CIEGA. From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Wed Apr 17 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.u.washington.edu!homer25.u.washington.edu!todell From: Thomas O'Dell Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: mushroom books? Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 08:32:27 -0700 Organization: University of Washington Lines: 32 Message-ID: References: <4l0ofn$6nk@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <3175B75B.77EA@cts.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: homer25.u.washington.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII NNTP-Posting-User: todell In-Reply-To: <3175B75B.77EA@cts.com> _Another Roadside Attraction_ is by Tom Robbins, not Brautigan. I credit this novel with sparking my own early interest in fungi. However the most impressive collection of mushroom tales is probably _Mushrooms, Russia and History_ by R. Gordon Wasson and Valentine Wasson. Unfortunately an out of print rare book. A good University library might have a copy in their rare book room... cheers! On Wed, 17 Apr 1996, Mark Buckles wrote: > LauraL6000 wrote: > > > > Can anyone tell me if there are any books out there - NOT field guides - > > that either tell anecdotal tales about collecting mushrooms, or perhaps > > fictional works that include a mycological angle? Thanks! > > One of Richard Brautigan's novels, "Another Roadside Attraction", had a fungal > flair. > > Are you a mushroom hunter? > > -Mark Buckles > markbkls@cts.com > > todell@u.washington.edu Dept. of Botany, Box 355325 University of Washington Seattle, WA, 98195-5325 From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Wed Apr 17 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!daresbury!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk!rnw1001 From: rnw1001@cus.cam.ac.uk (R.N. Weinstein) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: mushroom books? Date: 18 Apr 1996 15:17:02 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge, England Lines: 12 Message-ID: <4l5mde$pdt@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> References: <4l0ofn$6nk@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <3175B75B.77EA@cts.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ursa.cus.cam.ac.uk In article <3175B75B.77EA@cts.com>, Mark Buckles wrote: >LauraL6000 wrote: >> >> Can anyone tell me if there are any books out there - NOT field guides - >> that either tell anecdotal tales about collecting mushrooms, or perhaps >> fictional works that include a mycological angle? Thanks! > >One of Richard Brautigan's novels, "Another Roadside Attraction", had a fungal >flair. "Another Roadside Attraction" was authored by Tom Robbins. From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Wed Apr 17 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!D2.COM!nathan From: nathan@D2.COM (Nathan Wilson) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: mushroom books? Date: 18 Apr 1996 12:24:19 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 23 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net >> Can anyone tell me if there are any books out there - NOT field guides - >> that either tell anecdotal tales about collecting mushrooms, or perhaps >> fictional works that include a mycological angle? Thanks! > >One of Richard Brautigan's novels, "Another Roadside Attraction", had a fungal >flair. The author of "Another Roadsite Attraction" was Tom Robbins. Is this a psudonym? In any case as an interesting tidbit, Tom Robbins was a friend of Margaret McKenny (original author of "The Savory Wild Mushroom") who in turn was a friend of my grandmother. Apparently Tom Robbin's (as well as my grandmother's) interesting in fungi was largely inspired by Margaret. ------------------------- _________ Nathan Wilson <_________> nathan@d2.com _|_|_ It is no dream! \___/ Matsutake are growing Minister Emeritus | | On the belly of the mountain. Fungus Federation of Santa Cruz \_/ *83-- -Shigetaka From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Wed Apr 17 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news2.cais.net!news.cais.net!nntp.uio.no!nntp.uib.no!nntp-bergen.UNINETT.no!nntp-trd.UNINETT.no!daresbury!not-for-mail From: "Stephan Helfer" Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: dematiateous hyphomycete in coconut; Phialophora? Date: 18 Apr 1996 12:37:06 +0100 Organization: Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Lines: 36 Sender: lpddist@mserv1.dl.ac.uk Distribution: bionet Message-ID: <4l59h2$1ga@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> X-pmrqc: 1 X-Confirm-Reading-To: "Stephan Helfer" X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.01) Original-To: mycology@dl.ac.uk Dear fellow mycologists Yesterday a member of public submitted a specimen for identification with the following properties: substrate: inside of coconut (Cocos nucifera); the fungal mass is greyish black, +/- firm, filling the inside of the shell, having replaced the 'milk'. hyphae are black, thick-walled and septate the specimen could be a Phialophora, but I haven't seen any funnel shaped phialids, and am not sure if the globular bodies are actually spores or coconut milk globules or contaminants. Has anyone come across anything like this? We don't normally have many problems with coconut up here... Yours sincerely Dr Stephan Helfer, SSO Mycologist / Plant Pathologist Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Inverleith Row, EDINBURGH EH3 5LR, Scotland UK http://www.rbge.org.uk phone: +44 (0)131 552 7171 ext 280 or +44 (0)131 459 0446-280 (direct digital VoiceMail line) fax: +44 (0)131 552 0382 ============================ 1896 * BRITISH * MYCOLOGICAL * SOCIETY 1996 A century of fungal science ============================ From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Wed Apr 17 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!newshost.lanl.gov!ncar!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news2.cais.net!news.cais.net!nntp.uio.no!nntp-oslo.UNINETT.no!nntp-trd.UNINETT.no!astfgl.idb.hist.no!usenet From: Kjersti Vanessa Weeden Newsgroups: bionet.general,bionet.microbiology,bionet.mycology,sci.bio.misc,sci.bio.microbiology,sci.bio.technology,sci.environment,sci.med.pharmacy,fa.biomed-i Subject: Q: Contamination of mycotoxins in pharmaceutical production Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 11:09:54 -0700 Organization: Institutt for Kjemi, AIN, HiST Lines: 33 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <31768572.1D38@stud.ik.hist.no> NNTP-Posting-Host: pc037.ik.hist.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Win16; I) Xref: biosci bionet.general:21174 bionet.microbiology:5781 bionet.mycology:3930 sci.bio.misc:2934 sci.bio.microbiology:3196 sci.bio.technology:5232 sci.environment:71858 sci.med.pharmacy:25894 This request is sent to: boinet.general, bionet.microbiology, bionet.mycology, sci.bio.misc, sci.bio.microbiology, sci.bio.technology, sci.environment, sci.med.pharmacy, fa.biomed-I This is a request from two graduate students at Soer-Troendelag College of Engineering (Norway), who are doing the final thesis in microbiology. The thesis` subject is to outline the possibilities for fungal contamination in pharmaceutical prosesses, which can lead to the production of mycotoxins. The company who gave us this assignment has a GMP/QA regulation according to the FDA. Possible contamination sources may be: · water (tap) · air (indoor) · raw material (solvents) · surroundings (humans) We are aquaintet with the most common mycotoxins, and have general knowledge about the most important species producing toxins. We would like to receive information about whether there is any research going on, or results already existing, concering possible clues to toxin-producing species which occurs in these contamination sources. We are also interested in finding out whether there exist any spesific requirements regarding unwanted fungi/mycotoxins in bulk-products. If someone could please put us in contact with a person who knows something about this subject, we would be very grateful. Best Regards Kjersti Vanessa Weeden and Ann Kristin Knutsen kjerstiw@stud.ik.hist.no akk@stud.ik.hist.no From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Wed Apr 17 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!pendragon!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!newshub.cts.com!usenet From: Mark Buckles Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: mushroom books? Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 20:30:35 -0700 Organization: CTS Network Services Lines: 13 Message-ID: <3175B75B.77EA@cts.com> References: <4l0ofn$6nk@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: markbkls.cts.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0B2 (Win16; I) LauraL6000 wrote: > > Can anyone tell me if there are any books out there - NOT field guides - > that either tell anecdotal tales about collecting mushrooms, or perhaps > fictional works that include a mycological angle? Thanks! One of Richard Brautigan's novels, "Another Roadside Attraction", had a fungal flair. Are you a mushroom hunter? -Mark Buckles markbkls@cts.com From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Wed Apr 17 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!pendragon!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!csn!news-1.csn.net!ub!newsstand.cit.cornell.edu!j309003192.resnet.cornell.edu!user From: jabbo@pobox.com (Tim Triche, Jr.) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: Interesting bugs Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 02:19:16 -0400 Organization: Brotherhood of Evil White Males Lines: 20 Sender: tjt3@cornell.edu (Verified) Message-ID: References: <4l468l$gvb@news.icanect.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: j309003192.resnet.cornell.edu X-No-Junk-Mail: Unsolicited mail may prompt postmaster complaints. In article <4l468l$gvb@news.icanect.net>, jules@icanect.net (Julian DiAvanti) wrote: > That is what you will see when you get this cool > microbiology t-shirt. Send me your snail mail address and I > will send you a flyer. Cool enough? Tim Triche, Jr. 319 Sheldon Ct. Cornell University Ithaca, NY, 14850 I am requesting this mailing, and will be happy to see it come. But please, do not put me on any mailing lists or such things. Thank you! -- tim triche, jr -- cornell biochemistry class of 97 "any man who cannot explain his work to a fourteen year old is a charlatan." -- jons jacob berzelius From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Wed Apr 17 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!rutgers!gatech!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsfeeder.servtech.com!news1.io.org!van-bc!news.mindlink.net!news From: John Keough Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: matsutake (pine) mushroom Date: 18 Apr 1996 03:58:16 GMT Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada Lines: 3 Message-ID: <4l4eko$696@fountain.mindlink.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: line026.vrn.mindlink.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.22 (Windows; U; 16bit) I'm researching the Matsutake mushroom. All help much appreciated. Thanks---John From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Wed Apr 17 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!pendragon!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.icanect.net!ascend-107 From: jules@icanect.net (Julian DiAvanti) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Interesting bugs Date: Thu, 18 Apr 96 02:36:32 GMT Organization: Internet Communications of America, Inc. Lines: 6 Message-ID: <4l468l$gvb@news.icanect.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 205.136.124.107 X-Newsreader: News Xpress Version 1.0 Beta #3 That is what you will see when you get this cool microbiology t-shirt. Send me your snail mail address and I will send you a flyer. Cool enough? jules@icanect.net From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Wed Apr 17 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!UTMB.EDU!Lester.Pasarell From: Lester.Pasarell@UTMB.EDU (Lester Pasarell) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: AYUDA URGENTE Date: 18 Apr 1996 06:31:49 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 57 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <01I3OI83G49U004N5S@BEACH.UTMB.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net >Quisiera saber por favor si alguien de la lista podria ayudarme con >unos hongos que le han salido a mis LENTES DE CONTACTO, los lleve a >la optica y me dijeron que eran hongos y nada mas.Quiero salvar mis >lentes porque no puedo comprarme otros son carisimos para mi >economia, y quiero saber si les puedo dar algun TRATAMIENTO para >acabar con estos lindos honguitos.Observe los lentes al microscopio y >la descripcion que les puedo dar es la siguiente: >-Color:Marron verdoso, y plomo >-Forma:circular y filamentosa, >-Aspecto: grumoso >Para que me entiendan mejor: al observarlos estaban en el borde del >lente y eran redondos, al centro como una especie de nucleo se veia >unos grumos marrones y alrededor filamentos plomizos.Han ido >creciendo de a pocos y me parecen unos mounstritos. >Espero que me puedan ayudar a salvar mis lentes porque ahora estoy >CIEGA. > Hola Si tus lentes de contacto han sido contaminados por hongos....y no importa que genero o especie.... VOTALOS A LA BASURA Es muy dificil erradicar a los hongos de los lentes de contacto porque estos utilizan como medio de substrato al plastico de que estan hechos los lentes y si decides usarlos VAS A PERDER TUS OJOS . Aunque es muy dificil tratar de identificar un hongo sin hacer un cultivo en placa de petri...la descripcion que das y basado en mi experiencia con los lentes de contacto que he recibido en mi laboratorio y los cuales hemos cultivado...yo especulo que el hongo tienen tus lentes es un hongo filamentoso y negro..las infecciones causadas por este grupo de hongos es casi imposible de erradicar cuando la infeccion ya esta establecida...y algunas veces...y esta reportado en la literatura...hay que enuclear el ojo!! Y no no hay que estar imunocomprometido para tener una infeccion de hongos en el ojo y hay muchos libros y casos ya reportados....no seas uno mas.... Ponte espejuelos ojala que esto te ayude a tomar una decision (-: lester Lester Pasarell-Luiggi e mail= lpasarel@beach.utmb.edu Medical Mycology Reference Laboratory ad727@rgfn.epcc.edu Department of Pathology University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, Texas 77555-0609 USA URL for the laboratory=http://fungus.utmb.edu/myco.htm url for my page = http://fungus.utmb.edu/index.htm From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Wed Apr 17 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!sgigate.sgi.com!swrinde!cssun.mathcs.emory.edu!gatech!news.mindspring.com!usenet From: Roy W. Taylor Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: mushroom books? Date: 18 Apr 1996 21:26:16 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises Lines: 14 Message-ID: <4l6c1o$1m4u@mule2.mindspring.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: royt.mindspring.com laural6000@aol.com (LauraL6000) writes: > Can anyone tell me if there are any books out there - NOT field guides - > that either tell anecdotal tales about collecting mushrooms, or perhaps > fictional works that include a mycological angle? Thanks! Both David Arora books - "All The Rain Promises And More...", as well as "Mushrooms Demystified" - are field guides, but both (and the first in particular) provides some rather interesting (but supposedly true) stories submitted by his friends and associates, as well as some humorous photos... good luck - ! rt From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Wed Apr 17 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!UTMB.EDU!Lester.Pasarell From: Lester.Pasarell@UTMB.EDU (Lester Pasarell) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: dematiateous hyphomycete in coconut; Phialophora? Date: 18 Apr 1996 14:22:13 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 63 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <01I3OYCBBS0I0048FU@BEACH.UTMB.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net >Dear fellow mycologists > >Yesterday a member of public submitted a specimen for identification >with the following properties: >substrate: inside of coconut (Cocos nucifera); >the fungal mass is greyish black, +/- firm, filling the inside of the >shell, having replaced the 'milk'. >hyphae are black, thick-walled and septate >the specimen could be a Phialophora, but I haven't seen any >funnel shaped phialids, and am not sure if the globular bodies are >actually spores or coconut milk globules or contaminants. > >Has anyone come across anything like this? We don't normally have many >problems with coconut up here... > >Yours sincerely > >Dr Stephan Helfer, SSO >Mycologist / Plant Pathologist > >Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Inverleith Row, EDINBURGH EH3 5LR, >Scotland UK > >http://www.rbge.org.uk > >phone: +44 (0)131 552 7171 ext 280 > or +44 (0)131 459 0446-280 (direct digital VoiceMail line) >fax: +44 (0)131 552 0382 >============================ >1896 >* BRITISH >* MYCOLOGICAL >* SOCIETY >1996 > A century of fungal science >============================ > It could be many things....for many of the species of Phialophora and other black(dematiaceous) fungi to sporulate a medium like Potato dextrose agar (PDA) or Potato Flake agar is required along with extended incubation (more than 3 weeks) in the dark. We usually set up the organism in a slide culture with the media above. What medium are you using for growth? Please let me know if our lab can be of help since our interest is in black fungi....send me more information about the organism by e mail or if the organism is in pure culture maybe we can arrange for you to send us the culture.... sincerely Lester Pasarell Lester Pasarell-Luiggi e mail= lpasarel@beach.utmb.edu Medical Mycology Reference Laboratory ad727@rgfn.epcc.edu Department of Pathology University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, Texas 77555-0609 USA URL for the laboratory=http://fungus.utmb.edu/myco.htm url for my page = http://fungus.utmb.edu/index.htm From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Thu Apr 18 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.tamu.edu!ppp16-01.rns.tamu.edu!user From: wrn1445@zeus.tamu.edu (Bill N.) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: mushroom books? Date: 19 Apr 1996 00:04:07 GMT Organization: Texas A&M University Lines: 11 Message-ID: References: <4l0ofn$6nk@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp16-01.rns.tamu.edu In article <4l0ofn$6nk@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, laural6000@aol.com (LauraL6000) wrote: > Can anyone tell me if there are any books out there - NOT field guides - > that either tell anecdotal tales about collecting mushrooms, or perhaps > fictional works that include a mycological angle? Thanks! Sara Ann Friedman wrote a delightful book about the passion of mushroom hunting- unfortunately, I can't remember the title! I'll also second the recommendation for Tom Robbins' "Another Roadside Attraction"- it's one of my favorite novels. From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Thu Apr 18 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!UTMB.EDU!Lester.Pasarell From: Lester.Pasarell@UTMB.EDU (Lester Pasarell) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: cave fungi Date: 19 Apr 1996 07:00:45 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 48 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <01I3PXH3UMS2004Y9U@BEACH.UTMB.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net >Dear mycopeople, > A friend and myself are fungus enthusiasts and are taking a cave >trip soon. I'm looking for ways to isolate fungi in nature (in this case >a cave). I plan to take some potato dextrose plates with me. Do any of >you guys know about "bait traps", or any other way to catch the myco's? > > Thanks, Isaac Forquer > >please send directly to : s001ipf@discover.wright.edu > > Soil samples from caves inhabited by bats are extremely dirty since they have "guano" or bat dudu ....so Potato dextrose plates will not do the job...you will have fast growing fungi all over the plates. It will depend on what type of fungus are you trying to isolate so that you prepare the medium in advance for example if you are trying to isolate dermatophyes or keratinophilic fungi a good bait would be horse hair or human hair. A good book with all kind of media for growing and isolating fungi from the environment is: Mycology Guidebook, Mycology Guidebook Committee, Mycological Society of America. Russell B. stevens, Editor. University of Washington Press Seattle and London. 1981. isbn 0-295-95841-3 but there are many other mycology books with techniques for isolating micro fungi from the environment.... I do hope that you are sure that the caves that you are visiting do not have Histoplasma capsulatum infected bats and if they do, that you take precautionary measures for your protection and no you do not have to be immunocompromised to get this fungus in your lungs...just the right amount of conidia. please let me know if you need additional information Lester Lester Pasarell-Luiggi e mail= lpasarel@beach.utmb.edu Medical Mycology Reference Laboratory ad727@rgfn.epcc.edu Department of Pathology University of Texas Medical Branch http://fungus.utmb.edu/myco.htm Galveston, Tx 77555-0609 409-747-2439 laboratory 409-747-2437 Fax From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Thu Apr 18 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!slider.bme.ri.ccf.org!kira.cc.uakron.edu!odin.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!hyperion.wright.edu!alpha.wright.edu!gazelle!s001ipf From: ISAAC FORQUER Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: cave fungi Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 11:33:37 -0400 Organization: Wright State University Lines: 10 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: gazelle.wright.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Sender: s001ipf@gazelle Dear mycopeople, A friend and myself are fungus enthusiasts and are taking a cave trip soon. I'm looking for ways to isolate fungi in nature (in this case a cave). I plan to take some potato dextrose plates with me. Do any of you guys know about "bait traps", or any other way to catch the myco's? Thanks, Isaac Forquer please send directly to : s001ipf@discover.wright.edu From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Thu Apr 18 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!bcm.tmc.edu!pendragon!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!panix!not-for-mail From: arpad@panix.com (Arpad Jaromy) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: mushroom festival in WI Date: 19 Apr 1996 14:05:43 -0400 Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and Unix, NYC Lines: 3 Message-ID: <4l8kln$8ha@panix2.panix.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: panix2.panix.com Summary: mushroom festival in WI Keywords: mushroom festival in WI I will be in Wisconsin on Labor Day week. Does anyone know about mushrooming or mushroom festivals in the State? Please let me know! From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Thu Apr 18 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!WUSTLB.WUSTL.EDU!brito From: brito@WUSTLB.WUSTL.EDU Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: APIzym info anyone? Date: 19 Apr 1996 11:17:22 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 31 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199604191807.NAA06925@wugate.wustl.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Hi there, I've been trying to get a hold of the kit APIzym (produced by API Laboratoire de Recherche, FR). Does anyone out there know how I can buy it here in U.S.? The kit is mentioned in: El-Sayed, G. N. , C. M. Ignoffo, T. D. Leathers e S.C. Gupta (1992). Use of a colorimetric system to detect enzymes expressed by germinating conidia of entomopathogenic fungi. Mycopathologia, 118: 29-36. Thanx, Reinaldo deBrito Dept Biology Campus Box 1137 Washington U. St. Louis MO, 63108 From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Thu Apr 18 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!UTMB.EDU!Lester.Pasarell From: Lester.Pasarell@UTMB.EDU (Lester Pasarell) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: APIzym info anyone? Date: 19 Apr 1996 12:51:18 -0700 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 481 Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <01I3Q9SPPWG2005HNG@BEACH.UTMB.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net >Hi there, >I've been trying to get a hold of the kit APIzym (produced by API Laboratoire >de Recherche, FR). Does anyone out there know how I can buy it here in U.S.? >The kit is mentioned in: >El-Sayed, G. N. , C. M. Ignoffo, T. D. Leathers e S.C. Gupta (1992). Use > of a colorimetric system to detect enzymes expressed by germinating > conidia of entomopathogenic fungi. Mycopathologia, 118: 29-36. > >Thanx, > >Reinaldo deBrito >Dept Biology Campus Box 1137 >Washington U. >St. Louis MO, 63108 > > This may not be related...but API now Called bioMerieux Vitek Inc use to have or was developing a enzimatic based card or strip for the rapid identification of yeast...this was a few years ago and I think it may be in use in Europe. Anyway the bio Merieux Vitek,inc telephone number is 314-731-8539 or 800-638-4835 ..just an observation....IMHO.....sometimes the companies in the USA are not aware of the products sold in Europe and elsewhere. I had the problem with the API ID 32 since it is only sold to non clinical laboratories in the USA but it is sold in Europe everywhere. Good luck lester > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Lester Pasarell-Luiggi e mail= lpasarel@beach.utmb.edu Medical Mycology Reference Laboratory ad727@rgfn.epcc.edu Department of Pathology University of Texas Medical Branch http://fungus.utmb.edu/myco.htm Galveston, Tx 77555-0609 409-747-2439 laboratory 409-747-2437 Fax From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Sat Apr 20 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!CS.Arizona.EDU!news.Arizona.EDU!hamblin.math.byu.edu!acs2.byu.edu!news.cuny.edu!caen!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!panix!not-for-mail From: arpad@panix.com (Arpad Jaromy) Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: SOMA Date: 20 Apr 1996 13:54:38 -0400 Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and Unix, NYC Lines: 5 Message-ID: <4lb8cu$6p7@panix2.panix.com> References: <4kktu0$ba0@newsbf02.news.aol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: panix2.panix.com In <4kktu0$ba0@newsbf02.news.aol.com> jstock6360@aol.com (JStock6360) writes: I'm looking for the book SOMA! Where can a get it and how much? >I'd like to contact some Amanita muscaria experts or those who are >interested and knowledgable of Wasson's theories. From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Sat Apr 20 23:00:00 1996 Path: biosci!CS.Arizona.EDU!news.Arizona.EDU!hamblin.math.byu.edu!acs2.byu.edu!news.cuny.edu!caen!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.s