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A report on Morchella being mycorrhizal appeared in Germany around 1992
when it was found as an ectomycorhizal symbiont of Abies in some nursery.
In my own paper describing M. herediana, usually found in and around
artificial plantations of Cupressus lusitanicus, I suggested it could be
facultative as I could see no hard evidence of mycorrhization.





At 10:44 AM 11/28/98 -0800, dwheeler@teleport.com wrote:
>In article <0d92b5608041ab8UPSMOT07@msn.com>,
>  "Scott Mcphee" <hyphae@email.msn.com> wrote:
>> Mr. Wheeler,
>>
>> Please expand on what you have said about Morchella being mycorrhizal. I
>> have not heard about this.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Scott Mcphee
>>
>
>I got the news from Nancy Smith-Weber. I believe she said it was from a
>recent issue of either McIlvainea or the proceedings from the recent
>international conference on mycorrhiza. I didn't see the actual citation. But
>I have not known her to be wrong.
>
>Daniel B. Wheeler
>
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From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Thu Dec 03 22:00:00 1998
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From: "Scott Mcphee" <hyphae@email.msn.com>
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I think what you have mentioned about scaring them into fruiting is very
reasonable, and quite likely, but:

I have to wonder about the rumored occurance of Morels growing in barbeques.
And their cultivation in trays at Morel Mountain?

On my father's property in SW Oregon, black morels (elata group) grow in
spots where huge slash piles were burned the previous spring. These are
intense fires that can last several days. I would doubt that anything could
survive under them. I know that morels form underground sclerotia that could
survive a light burn, but could they survive an intense prolonged fire right
on top of them?

I've also been chatting with a fellow from Costa Rica since this thread
began, and he spoke of the possibility of faculative mycorrhizae and/or
mycorrhizae through an intermediate fungus.

Regards,

Scott






Basidium wrote in message <19981202123044.05790.00001169@ng-fb1.aol.com>...
>Scott Mcphee <hyphae@email.msn.com> posted as follows:
>
>"This would be suprising in the case of burn site morels where there is
very
>little or no plant growth in the area."
>
>The theory, widely considered, is that Morchella spp. are mycorrhizal, and
that
>the death of the host tree triggers formation of ascocarps (the mycelium
>reproduces when its own life is in danger).
>
>This would be consistent with the burn-site phenomenon, as well as with the
>morel bonanzas we get with dead/dying elm and apple trees.
>
>
>:-Dave  (David W. Fischer)
>http://www.fischer.nu
>Coauthor, "Edible Wild Mushrooms of North America"
>and "Mushrooms of Northeastern North America"
>Writer / Editor / Graphic Designer






From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Thu Dec 03 22:00:00 1998
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From: Jetilla <jahpatti@terrareum.freeserve.co.uk>
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Don't know anything about culturing or extracting them, but is anyone aware
that the Armillaria mellea is bioluminescent? I found some while stumbling
around in the dark once.
Might post the article later, if I get round to typing it up.

Mike o'dell wrote:

> Dear All,
> Has anybody a good selective media to isolate Armillaria sp. from infected
> wood.
> Thanks in advance,
> beatriceh



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Don't know anything about culturing or extracting them, but is anyone aware
that the <I>Armillaria mellea</I> is bioluminescent? I found some while
stumbling around in the dark once.
<BR>Might post the article later, if I get round to typing it up.

<P>Mike o'dell wrote:
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From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Thu Dec 03 22:00:00 1998
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From: Edwin Hutton <e.hutton@ic.ac.uk>
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Subject: Queen's mushrooms
Date: 3 Dec 1998 21:56:56 -0800
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In the UK Times newspaper on Monday 30th Nov 1998 there was an article
about the grounds of Buckingham Palace, Queen Elizabeth II's central
London residence. This appears to be quite a haven for wildlife, and in
particular hosts two previously unknown fungi.

Panaeolus Atrobalteatus occurs in profusion (3000 caps) in a bed of
holly
bushes. From the B/W drawing in the paper it is a typical panaeolus
with a rather flat cap, and is ~ 3 inches tall. It is suspected that
spores
may have been imported with wood mulch from abroad.

Melanospora pegleri occurs on fallen laurel leaves and appears as 
yellowish orange pimples. (Dr.David Pegler is a former Kew Gardens
fungi scientist.)

Identification (and presumably naming) done by members of the
International
Mycological Society who were included in the Palace Gardens survey team.
Two names mentioned are Professor David Hawksworth and Alick Hendrici.

A URL to get the links to the news in the web version of the paper is:
<http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/tim/98/11/30/frame2fptim.n.html?1045712>
 From there select BRITAIN and then the article
'Mystery at bottom of Queen's secret garden'

Posted for general interest by

E.J.Hutton


From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Sun Dec 06 22:00:00 1998
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From: Marlene Czarnecki <czarneck@edc.gsph.pitt.edu>
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Subject: Preserving Candida cultures
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I need to preserve (preferably freeze) Candida isolates for future
studies.  Do you have any information?

Thanks,
Marlene



From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Sun Dec 06 22:00:00 1998
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From: "Bernard Desrumaux" <bernard.desrumaux.povlt@west-vlaanderen.be>
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Subject: Agaricus and ethylene
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Hi, 

I am looking for some information on the effect of ethylene and acetone on
the fructification of Agaricus bisporus (White buttom mushroom).  Can
some-one give me some information (recent research) or references ??

Thanks


From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Sun Dec 06 22:00:00 1998
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From: peter hogan <phogan@globalserve.net>
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Subject: Kumbucha Tea.
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I am an Arts instructor at Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario.
Recently a number of students were extolling the virtues of the
above"tea" and it became obvious that there was quite a lot of interest,
and many were brewing it, and openly convincing others to do the same.
In my brief and uninformed search for more information I have noticed
references to possible negative side effects from drinking this stuff.
Is this the case. Could it be that these students may be at risk from
such a brew? Is there any where I can get more reliable information on
the posiible benefits and negative aspects of this. Thanks.



From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Sun Dec 06 22:00:00 1998
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In article <014c143480603c8UPSMOT06@msn.com>,
  "Scott Mcphee" <hyphae@email.msn.com> wrote:
> I think what you have mentioned about scaring them into fruiting is very
> reasonable, and quite likely, but:
>
Many morel species are known to associate with soil disturbance such as road
building, pre-commercial thinning, clearcutting, and volcanic eruptions.

> I have to wonder about the rumored occurance of Morels growing in barbeques.
> And their cultivation in trays at Morel Mountain?
>

How about morels fruiting in basement coal bins? There seems to be a
correlating factor here: a concentrated carbon source. That can be charcoal,
coal, wood, or compost piles. I have also heard of morels fruiting from
cardboard boxes that were discarded outside, only to have morels grow from
them the next year.

> On my father's property in SW Oregon, black morels (elata group) grow in
> spots where huge slash piles were burned the previous spring. These are
> intense fires that can last several days. I would doubt that anything could
> survive under them. I know that morels form underground sclerotia that could
> survive a light burn, but could they survive an intense prolonged fire right
> on top of them?
>

Probably not. But debris burns would probably kill any sclerotia within 3-6
inches directly underneath. So the question goes begging: how deep do
sclerotia form? I've not seen morels arrising from deeper sclerotia, so
suspect most sclerotia are near the surface. The only remaining option then
is that the sclerotia formed _after_ the fires. Since morel mycelium can
cross a 3.5" Petri dish in 24 hours, this scenario seems a working
hypothesis.

I suspect that nature has favored morel mycelium with being more tolerant of
the carbon-rich environment after cool fires, and the acidic conditions found
immediately thereafter. They may also be drawn to concentrations of potash
left by fires.

Daniel B. Wheeler
http://www.oregonwhitetruffles.com

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From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Sun Dec 06 22:00:00 1998
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Subject: Re: Morchella and mykorrhiza
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Scott Mcphee wrote:
> 
> I think what you have mentioned about scaring them into fruiting is very
> reasonable, and quite likely, but:
> 
> I have to wonder about the rumored occurance of Morels growing in barbeques.
> And their cultivation in trays at Morel Mountain?
> 
> On my father's property in SW Oregon, black morels (elata group) grow in
> spots where huge slash piles were burned the previous spring. These are
> intense fires that can last several days. I would doubt that anything could
> survive under them. I know that morels form underground sclerotia that could
> survive a light burn, but could they survive an intense prolonged fire right
> on top of them?
> 
> I've also been chatting with a fellow from Costa Rica since this thread
> began, and he spoke of the possibility of faculative mycorrhizae and/or
> mycorrhizae through an intermediate fungus.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Scott
> 
> Basidium wrote in message <19981202123044.05790.00001169@ng-fb1.aol.com>...
> >Scott Mcphee <hyphae@email.msn.com> posted as follows:
> >
> >"This would be suprising in the case of burn site morels where there is
> very
> >little or no plant growth in the area."
> >
> >The theory, widely considered, is that Morchella spp. are mycorrhizal, and
> that
> >the death of the host tree triggers formation of ascocarps (the mycelium
> >reproduces when its own life is in danger).
> >
> >This would be consistent with the burn-site phenomenon, as well as with the
> >morel bonanzas we get with dead/dying elm and apple trees.
> >
> >
> >:-Dave  (David W. Fischer)
> >http://www.fischer.nu
> >Coauthor, "Edible Wild Mushrooms of North America"
> >and "Mushrooms of Northeastern North America"
> >Writer / Editor / Graphic Designer
just curious, but might it not be possible that a species could  survive
both mychorrhizally  and not...taking advantage of
its situation at the time?
growing in  ashes and trays when necessary, amongst trees as a
preference....
i know there is no precedent for this...but might it not be possible?
zoyd


From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Sun Dec 06 22:00:00 1998
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From: mschaech@sunstroke.sdsu.edu (Moselio Schaechter)
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Subject: Re: armillaria
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Knowledge that Armillaria mellea is bioluminescent seems to be quite
available.  Arora's "Mushrooms Demystified" mentions it, and so do a number
of textbooks.   Because of the wide distribution of this and related
species, this is the most likely source of "foxfire."

May I quote a few paragraphs on the subject from my book, "In the Company
of Mushrooms?"

""The greenish light, known as "foxfire," is given out not only by the
mushrooms themselves but also by the mycelium, the fungal filaments that
often permeate the wood of diseased trees. The surface layers of the
mycelium of such impregnated wood, which is called "touchwood," can be seen
to glow fairly brightly for one or two weeks. This property has inspired
fear and wonder since time immemorial.  Imagine finding a tree branch
shining bright (with apologies to William Blake) in the forests of the
night!  Legends describing such eerie encounters can be found in ancient
Greek, Roman, and Indian texts. It has even been suggested that this
phenomenon may explain the biblical story of the bush that burned without
being consumed, showing Moses the way to the Promised Land. It was pointed
out by the British mycologist John Ramsbottom, however, that Moses was
unlikely to have led the way at night, when the luminescence would be
visible.

        The whole subject of bioluminescence is wanting for an explanation.
Luminescent animals may conceivably use the light to find mates or food,
but this can hardly be the reason mushrooms glow in the dark.

        People from many parts of the world have found uses for these
natural lanterns. The Swedish historian Olaus Magnus wrote in 1652 that
people in the far north of Scandinavia would place pieces of rotten oak
bark at intervals when venturing into the forest. They could then find
their way back by following the light. Similarly, during World War I
soldiers in the trenches placed touchwood on their helmets to keep from
bumping into others in the dark. The Native American herbalist
Keewaydinoquay relates that an Ahnishinaubeg shaman of her acquaintance
positioned two glowing wooden pillars on either side of her doorway, much
as suburban homeowners arrange lights on a front lawn. These ghostly lights
scared visitors instead of attracting them, however, and the logs were soon
dumped.""

Elio Schaechter



At 5:57 AM 12/4/98, Jetilla wrote:
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>Don't know anything about culturing or extracting them, but is anyone aware
>that the Armillaria mellea is bioluminescent? I found some while stumbling
>around in the dark once.
>Might post the article later, if I get round to typing it up.
>
>Mike o'dell wrote:
>
>> Dear All,
>> Has anybody a good selective media to isolate Armillaria sp. from infected
>> wood.
>> Thanks in advance,
>> beatriceh
>




From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Sun Dec 06 22:00:00 1998
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On 3 Dec 1998 21:57:02 -0800, Jetilla <jahpatti@terrareum.freeserve.co.uk>
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>Don't know anything about culturing or extracting them, but is anyone aware
>that the Armillaria mellea is bioluminescent? I found some while stumbling
>around in the dark once.
>Might post the article later, if I get round to typing it up.

Are you sure that wasn't clitocybe illudens?

>
>Mike o'dell wrote:
>
>> Dear All,
>> Has anybody a good selective media to isolate Armillaria sp. from infected
>> wood.
>> Thanks in advance,
>> beatriceh

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From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Sun Dec 06 22:00:00 1998
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In article <014c143480603c8UPSMOT06@msn.com> , "Scott Mcphee"
<hyphae@email.msn.com> wrote:

>I have to wonder about the rumored occurance of Morels growing in barbeques.
>And their cultivation in trays at Morel Mountain?

Not a rumor.  However, the "morels in the barbeque" was done by a student of
Paul Stamets.  Sorry, no photos of it.  However, Paul's techniques are
fairly rigorous and should be easily repeatable.

>On my father's property in SW Oregon, black morels (elata group) grow in
>spots where huge slash piles were burned the previous spring. These are
>intense fires that can last several days. I would doubt that anything could
>survive under them. I know that morels form underground sclerotia that could
>survive a light burn, but could they survive an intense prolonged fire right
>on top of them?

Black Morels are pioneer organisms. They thrive in the near sterile
conditions formed in the wake of the fire.  As morel mycelium can grow up to
four inches per day, it's quite likely that the mycelium didn't originate
>From within the burn.

# Brian McNett
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In article <3665C34E.A2FB585F@terrareum.freeserve.co.uk> , Jetilla
<jahpatti@terrareum.freeserve.co.uk>  wrote:

>Don't know anything about culturing or extracting them, but is anyone aware
>that the Armillaria mellea is bioluminescent? I found some while stumbling
>around in the dark once.
>Might post the article later, if I get round to typing it up.

This is, or should be common knowledge.  Armillaria mellea is one of several
fungi which are known to produce "foxfire."  Omphalatos olivacens, and
several species of Mycena also do this.

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From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Sun Dec 06 22:00:00 1998
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The Mycological Society of San Francisco is holding its annual mushroom fair this
weekend.  It is a two day event.  Speakers include David Arora and Paul Stamets.
For more info, a complete schedule of events and a map to the site, check out the 
MSSF web site at http://www.mssf.org/ .








From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Tue Dec 08 22:00:00 1998
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In article <749a4v$4uf$1@engnews2.Eng.Sun.COM>, mthomsen@smcc.Sun.COM wrote:

> The Mycological Society of San Francisco is holding its annual mushroom
fair this
> weekend.  It is a two day event.  Speakers include David Arora and Paul
Stamets.
> For more info, a complete schedule of events and a map to the site,
check out the 
> MSSF web site at http://www.mssf.org/ .

The FAIR was excellent.  Lots to see and beautifully laid out.


From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Tue Dec 08 22:00:00 1998
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From: Lester Pasarell <lpasarel@utmb.edu>
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I have several procedures for the preservation of fungi in our procedure
manual
which is freely available at
http://www-fungus.utmb.edu/manual/promani.htm

in Adobe PDF format


In our lab, we grow the organism in PDA (potato dextrose)slants for a
couple of days
and then freeze at -70c,  some people do it at -20 and its ok too.
Some people may prefer using SDA (Saboraud) but I just do not
like it for preserving fungi.

To regrow them you just take the culture from the freezer and
chip the ice containing the fungus , transferring the ice/fungus
to a new medium, and then move the culture back to the freezer
not allowing it to thaw, your fresh subculture will grow in a couple of
days.
This method works well with almost all fungi that you may isolate
in a clinical, veterinary or environmental laboratory



Marlene Czarnecki wrote:
> 
> I need to preserve (preferably freeze) Candida isolates for future
> studies.  Do you have any information?
> 
> Thanks,
> Marlene

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From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Tue Dec 08 22:00:00 1998
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From: leg@ifm.liu.se (Lennart Gidholm)
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Subject: Re: Morchella and mykorrhiza
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Mykorrhiza in Morchella has been studied by François Buscot, who, 1990-94
and perhaps later, published several papers on this subject. According to
him
there are two ecological strategies: 1) a "stratégie pionnière" when
Morchella invades as a saprophyte on recently disturbed soils, and 2) a
"stratégie pérenne" when Morchella has established a double saprophytic and
mykorrhizal relation to roots in a stable ecosystem. (Buscot: "Stratégie
ecologiques et biologiques des morilles." Cryptogamie, Mycol. 1992,
13:171-179. His studies appear convincing. Among other things he has
identified several types of ectomycorrhiza between Morchella elata and
spruce, and in the formation of these a primary heterobasidiomycete
mykorrhiza was involved (Buscot. Mycorrhiza 1994, 4: 223-232).

Lennart Gidholm




From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Fri Dec 11 22:00:00 1998
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From: Cheol-Sik Yoon <csyoon@niast.go.kr>
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Dear colleagues:

I am working on screening entomopathogenic fungi for development of
mycoinsecticide.  Especially I am interested in biological control of
greenhouse whitefly.  Unfortunately Aschersonia aleyrodis which is a
potential pathogen of whitefly is not occurring in Korea.  Please
provide isolates of this fungus if anyone has this.

Mailing Address:

Cheol-Sik Yoon
Division of Entomology, National Institute of Agricultural Science and
Technology, Seodun dong, Kweonsun gu, Suwon 441-707, Korea

Sincerely,
Cheol-Sik Yoon, Ph.D.
Mycologist

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Dear colleagues:

<P>I am working on screening entomopathogenic fungi for development of
mycoinsecticide.&nbsp; Especially I am interested in biological control
of greenhouse whitefly.&nbsp; Unfortunately <I>Aschersonia aleyrodis</I>
which is a potential pathogen of whitefly is not occurring in Korea.&nbsp;
Please provide isolates of this fungus if anyone has this.

<P>Mailing Address:

<P>Cheol-Sik Yoon
<BR>Division of Entomology, National Institute of Agricultural Science
and Technology, Seodun dong, Kweonsun gu, Suwon 441-707, Korea

<P>Sincerely,
<BR>Cheol-Sik Yoon, Ph.D.
<BR>Mycologist</HTML>

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From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Fri Dec 11 22:00:00 1998
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The early Winter issue of the Fungal Jungal, the sort of quarterly publication
of the Western Montana Mycological Association, is now online.  Check out the
new feature article as well as the updated events calendar and the new online
mushroom photo guide.  The Fungal Jungal can be found at - 

http://www.wildrockies.org/Fungal-Jungal/

Thanks,
Brian
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I come from Fujian China. I've grown shiitake mushroom for many years.
Any one interested in learning more about chinese shiitake, and its
latest growing information, please contact me: shiitake@china.com I can
provide more practical experiences and tips for you.




From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Fri Dec 11 22:00:00 1998
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The latest issue of the Fungal Jungal, the sort of quarterly publication for the
Western Montana Mycological Association, is now online.  You can also find the
updated winter calendar as well as the beginnings of the new online Western
Montana Mushroom guide.  This all can be viewed at - 

http://www.wildrockies.org/Fungal-Jungal/

Thanks,
Brian


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From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Tue Dec 15 22:00:00 1998
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From: "Philippe.Blanc" <blanc@insa-tlse.fr>
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What is the Christian name and nationality of the botanist van Thiegem ?


From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Tue Dec 15 22:00:00 1998
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From: e105of01@area.ba.cnr.it (Olivier)
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Hi,
I am searching a protocol for rapid genomic DNA extraction from
Fusarium oxysporum (to obtain amplificable DNA). My actual problem is
the pectin contamination of the extracted DNA.

Thanks

Olivier


From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Tue Dec 15 22:00:00 1998
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Subject: mushroom photography
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What are some of the ways used in photographing mushrooms.  How many flashes
are used and how are they placed.  Shoud diffusers be used?


From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Tue Dec 15 22:00:00 1998
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The article is posted as a courtesy.

 From The Oregonian, Dec. 9, 1998 pA21

Asian Longhorn Beetle: A bug’s life, a tree’s death

Insect experts sound a warning that there’s a ruinous creature making its way
>From China to the U.S.

By PATRICK O’NEILL of The Oregonian staff

	Oregon bug experts are looking hard for a creature they hope they
never find.   The Asian longhorn beetle, a hungry little hitchhiker with an
appetite for a variety of hardwood trees, has landed on U.S. shores, striking
fear in the hearts of tree-lovers everywhere.	    The beetle has
established destructive colonies in New York and Chicago, where experts think
it arrived from China in shipping pallets made of wood from infested trees.  
     It hasn’t been seen in Oregon yet, but beetle-watchers say that doesn’t
mean much. The insect spends most of its life cycle burrowed deep into trees
where it’s almonst impossible to find.	   But Portland is a potential home
for the beetle because the port city receives thousands of sealed shipping
containers from China each year, many of them loaded with pallets made from
untreated wood. 	And once the beetles have burrowed into a tree, there
is no bug spray that will drive them away. The only way to get rid of them is
to cut down the trees and burn them.	    “These beetles are tree-killers,”
said Kathleen Johnson, plant pest program supervisor for the Oregon
Department of Agriculture.	  The beetle’s only redeeming quality is that
it doesn’t like the taste of conifers.	    Thousands of species of longhorn
wood-boring beetles live in the United States, most causing little harm to
living trees. They consume dead wood, which makes them important recyclers of
plant matter.	      But the Asian longhorn beetle is different. It thrives
on living wood from healthy trees. The larvae bore a tunnel the diameter of a
large pencil into a tree, eventually making the wood look like Swiss cheese. 
     After an infestation was found in Chicago this summer, the federal
government became alarmed at the beetle’s potential for destruction.	    
Beginning Dec. 17, the U.S. Department of Agriculture will require wooden
pallets from China to fumigated, heat-treated or doused with beetle-stopping
preservatives before they’re loaded on to ships bound for the United States. 
   Beetle experts are hoping the action wasn’t too late. They say there’s no
way to rule out the possibility that Asian longhorn beetles might already
have a thriving colony somewhere in Oregon. After all, entomologists estimate
that Chicago’s biggest infestation began five to seven years ago and
proceeded undetected in the middle of a residential neighborhood.

Named for night sky

	The beetle, whose scientific name is Anoplophora glabripennis, is a
dramatic black, speckled with white. The Chinese call it the “starry sky
beetle” because of its resemblance to the night sky. The female lays her eggs
in the bark of hardwood trees, nibbling small indentations in the bark and
laying up to 80 eggs, one at a time, in separate holes.   About a week later,
the eggs hatch and the larvae chew through the bark. As the larvae grow
bigger and stronger, they begin to tunnel their way into the wood intself. 
Just a few generations of beetles can destroy a tree.	“It’s incredible,”
said Johnson, who visited the Chicago infestation. “I saw dead trees and
trees where limbs had died. Limbs that had been cut from trees were riddled
through with holes. Sap was flowing from small holes where beetles had laid
their eggs.”	    Brian McNerny, Portland city forester, said he is trying
to recruit peole in all of the city’s 96 neighborhoods to help hunt for the
beetle. In September, the Oregon Department of Agriculture sent a “wanted
poster” to tree trimmers and nurserymen warning them about the beetle.	
Oregon agriculture officials who want to keep the beetle out of the state
have only to look to Chicago for inspiration.	      Terry Levin, spokesman
for the Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation, said workers will begin
cutting down the 400 infested trees in January, weather permitting.	  
Although the infestation was discovered in July, city officials decided to
wait to take down the trees. By January all of the adult beetles will have
died Levin said, so there’s no chance that cutting down the trees would
startle the insects into flight that would spread the infestation. The threat
of spreading the bugs is so great that the city has set up a quarantine zone
around the infested area, banning transportation fo wood from the area.

Emotional loss

	Curing the infestation is guaranteed to traumatize the neighborhood, Levin
said.
	‘It’s an old neighborhood,” he said. “There are peole who planted trees 40
or 50 years ago to commemorate a special event -- the birth of a child.”
	Ironically, many of the doomed trees were planed to replace elm trees that
perished of Dutch elm disease in the 1950s.
	Ken Kruse is on the front lines in Illinois’ beetle battle. Kruse, state
plant health director for the U.S. Department of Agriculture office in Des
Plaines, Ill., said the three infestations in the Chicago area were almost
certainly caused by separately imported beetles. All three infestations are
close to businesses that import goods from China.
	“It’s widespread in China,” he said. “As the trees die they cut them into
wood and use them for packing material.”
	And with the wood come the beetle larvae.
	In 1998, the United States imported $80 billion worth of goods rom China,
packed in 1.15 million shipping containers. A quarter to the third of the
containers have wood packing, he said. And about two-thirds of wood packing is
untreated.
	The beetle made its infestation debut in New York. In October, 1996 it was
found in maple and horsechestnut trees in brooklyn.
	In July it was found in Chicago.

Beetles killed in Canada

	So far, the known infestations are in the East. But that gives little
comfort to Jon Bell regional program officer for the Canadian Food Inspection
Agency in Vancouver, British Columbia. In 1992, hundreds of Asian longhorn
beetles emerged from wood packing that had been used to transport pipe
flanges from China to Vancouver. Fortunately, Bell said, workers identified
the insects and fumigated the warehouse.      Bell said Vancouver seems to
have dodged that bullet. So far there’s been no sign of an infestation.   
But that probably has more to do with the difficulty beetles face in getting
a toehold in a new country than in traveling there in the first place.	  
“It’s really hard to start an infestation,” Bell said.	Conditions have to be
just right. Enough beetles must arrive in summer so that they can begin
breeding. They must have access to the right kind of trees.	  There’s
more than a theoretical possibility that the beetle could find its way to
Portland.     During the past 12 months, 6,500 sealed shipping containers
>From China have passed through the Port of Portland.	    Aaron Ellis, Port
spokesman, said that although the containers come in all sizes, the shipments
>From China are equivalent to 11,000 20-foot-long containers.	Untreated
wood is used not only for pallets but also as packing material for slabs of
Chinese steel. The wood is used to separate the huge pieces so that chains
can be wrapped around them.    “In the past this wood has been tossed away,”
Ellis said. “But now it’s carefully inspected.” So far, he said, the Asian
longhorn beetle hasn’t ben found. But it may just be a matter of time.	     
 Johnson, of the Oregon Department of Agriculture, recalls a recent scare.   
   About a month ago, her office received a call from a warehouse employee in
Beaverton. He had found a strange-looking beetle crawling around in a pallet-
load of goods that had been sealed with plastic.       “He was very concerned
about it so he gave us a call,” Johnson said.	 “One of the first things I
asked him to do was put it in the freezer,” she said. “He told me he had it
in a plastic bag but they can chew right through those.”	 State
entomologists discovered that the creature was a Japanese pine sawyer instead
of the more-damaging longhorn beetle.	    But the lessons remains. With the
amount of cargo shipped from China, beetles could well have set up a colony
in Oregon without being discovered.

Traps don’t work yet

	Finding the Asian longhorn is like looking for a beetle in a
haystack.  There are lots of trees in Oregon. Granted, the beetle is a farily
large insect and leaves distinctive round exit holes in trees. But
insect-hunters are at a disadvantage with the longhorned beetle. Other kinds
of damaging insects -- the gypsy moth, for example -- can be attracted to
traps baited with pheremone, a sex attractant. But such traps haven’t been
developed for the Asian longhorn beetle.	One wary beetle-watcher is
Jim Bersbach, chairman of the board of directors of Friends of Trees,
Gersbach is deeply worried about the prospect of an infestation in Oregon.   
 Friends of Trees is a Portland-based non-profit organization that brings out
thousands of volunteers every year to plant trees in the metropolitan area.  
     Gersbach traveled to Chicago in October to study the beetle damage in
one neighborhood. He hopes to help sound the alarm over what he thinks could
be a disaster for the tree-rich Portland area.	     The loss of trees brings
on a litany of problems.       “You face the aesthetic shock of suddenly
having a shady tree-lined street become a street of stumps,” he said. “You
lose wildlife habitat, places for birds to nest and roost and find shelter.
Squirrels are dependent on oak nuts and acorns. You also lose sound barriers.
Neighborhoods that have lost lots of trees are going to be noisier.”	
While Oregon watches for the beetle, researchers look for ways to combat the
invader. Possibilities include birds, parasitic wasps and robber fly larvae. 
     But the first step is to find out if the beetle is here. And that,
experts say, will require a sharp-eyed community.

NOTE BY POSTER: The Asian longhorned beetle is nothing compared to the
Siberian Gypsy moth, which eats not just hardwoods, but conifers as well.
Already these pests have been found in wood imported from Siberia and Russia
by major timber companies, who, I think, really should know better. Insects
have been caught in Seattle, Portland, and Longview to date. If they escape
and naturalize, they could cause $17 billion damage annually, as they eat
Douglas fir, Western hemlock, Sitka spruce, Ponderosa pine, alder, maple,
oak, and even common garden vegetables.

Posted as a courtesy by
Daniel B. Wheeler
http://www.oregonwhitetruffles.com

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From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Tue Dec 15 22:00:00 1998
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From: Gruppo Micologico Naturalistico Ancona <grupp1@sole.fastnet.it>
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Subject: Re: trametes versicolor
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>>To: mycology@net.bio.net
>>From: ai892@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Albert Vandenberg)
>>Subject: trametes versicolor
>>Date: 7 Nov 1998 15:47:40 -0800
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>>Subject: Trametes Versicolor 
>>Can anyone help me to a source of this medicinal mushroom? 
>>It also goes by the commercial names "Krestin" and "Kureha". 
>>But mypharmacist nor my doctor never heard of it.  
>>It is supposed to inhibit carcinoma. 
>>
>>Any help apreciated.
>> 
>>--
>>"I am the Happy  ~~~|   Wanderer" ai892
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Abbiamo ricevuto il vostro messaggio e possiamo dirvi che in Italia e' stato
fatto un interessante lavoro dal Prof. Arturo Ceruti e pubblicato, insieme a
suo figlio Maurizio, nel 1986 tramite l'Editore Musumeci. Il titolo e':
Funghi cancerogeni e anticancerogeni dell'ambiente, degli alimenti, dei mangimi.

Il libro ha 235 pagine, affronta l'argomento con estrema serieta'
scientifica, e' molto articolato e mostra una ricchissima e validissima
bibliografia.

Parla di molti funghi e, a nostro avviso, meriterebbe essere ripreso e
ampliato con il rigore che l'argomento merita.

Seppure in ritardo, spero di esservi stato utile.

Auguri per il prossimo Natale e Nuovo Anno

                                                Giovanni Mattioli   
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	GIOVANNI MATTIOLI 		   For Mycological Group
 E-mail: g.mattioli@fastnet.it 			Home Page:
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From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Wed Dec 16 22:00:00 1998
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From: Andreas Gminder <agminder@stuttgart.netsurf.de>
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Subject: Re: van Tieghem
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Philippe.Blanc wrote:
> 
> What is the Christian name and nationality of the botanist van Thiegem ?


Philippe van Tieghem: Botaniste francaise (1839-1914). Avec l'age de 25
il devient professeur extraordinaire de botanie à l'"École normale" à
Paris, de 1873 à 1886 à l'"École centrale des arts et métiers", de 1885
à 1912 professeur de biologie à l'"École supérieur normale des jeunnes
filles" in Sèveres et de 1898 à 1914 professeur de biologie des plants à
l'institute agronomic.
(traduit du "Die Geschichte der Mykologie" de H. DÖRFELT & H. HEKLAU
(1998).

S'il vous plaît notez la mode d'ecrire van Tieghem (pas Thiegem)!

avec mes sentiments
Andreas Gminder - Stuttgart - Germany


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Dave Fonzo


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From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Fri Dec 18 22:00:00 1998
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From: jkirkbri
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Subject: Microbial Observatories competition/NSF
Date: Wednesday, December 16, 1998 4:02PM

Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 12:17:13 EST
From: James E. Rodman <jrodman@NSF.GOV>
To: Multiple recipients of list TAXACOM <TAXACOM@CMSA.BERKELEY.EDU>
Subject: Microbial Observatories competition/NSF

Microbial Observatories
U.S. NSF special competition, announcement NSF 99-36
Deadline: February 22, 1999

Of interest to microbial taxonomists/systematists (microbes broadly
delimited to include bacteria, archaea, microalgae, protists,
filamentous fungi) is a new announcement for a special competition
through the U.S. National Science Foundation, for research at
"established environmental research sites" on "diversity,
phylogenetic relationships, interactions, and novel properties" of
microbes. The announcement is NSF 99-36, posted on the NSF website
at www.nsf.gov/pubs/1999/nsf9936/nsf9936.htm, or through the BIO
homepage of the NSF website under "What's New".
     Please pass this information on to interested colleagues.


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Amy Y. Rossman, Research Leader
Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory
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Beltsville, MD 20705-2350
Tel. 301-504-5364
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From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Fri Dec 18 22:00:00 1998
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From: Edwin Hutton <e.hutton@ic.ac.uk>
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WAXYCAP@aol.com wrote:
> 
> What are some of the ways used in photographing mushrooms.  How many flashes
> are used and how are they placed.  Shoud diffusers be used?

As far as photographic technique is concerned mushrooms are no different
as subjects from plants and other still life subjects. Thus the use of
flash is entirely dependent on the function of the photograph.

Some people prefer to photograph mushrooms in the place they grow -
where
this is not feasible it is often possible to construct a 'set' similar
to
the original habitat.

If you are trying to show the features that are used for identification
it is important to show the underside (gills, pores etc.) and stipe
as well as the cap. This often requires more than one specimen, although
you can cut the carpophore in half and show the two halves from
different
angles (assuming that only one picture is to be used). Alternatively
I have used as suitably placed mirror. (Incidentally this is a useful
technique for people with attractive long hair.) Another point to
consider
is that some object of known size should be included to indicate the
size
of the mushroom - in the field I often resort to including my field
guide!

Most mushrooms are fortunately matt in texture, so there is rarely any
problem with unwanted reflections.

Some mushroom books use photographs rather than drawings, e.g. those by
Roger Phillips. Look at those and see what you think of the various
styles.

Have fun.

Edwin Hutton.


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Subject: THE 13th NEW ZEALAND FUNGAL FORAY
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                     THE 13th NEW ZEALAND FUNGAL FORAY

            Forrestal Lodge, Inglewood, Mt Egmont National Park
       evening of Wednesday 28 April to morning of Sunday 2 May 1999

Mt Taranaki (Egmont) is a dormant volcano which last erupted in 1655. With
an altitude of 2518 m it is high enough to have a wide range of climates,
>From mild lowland to severe alpine, with a vegetation sequence from lowland
forest to alpine herbfields. Rainfall is high ranging from 1150 mm in the
surrounding plain to 6500 mm at Dawson Falls on the mountain. At the park
boundary, at 550 m, the broadleaf/ podocarp forest is dominated by kamahi (
Weinmannia racemosa), but also present are tawa (Beilschmiedia tawa), miro
(Prumnopitys ferruginea), hinau (Elaeocarpus dentatus), rimu (Dacrydium
cupressinum) and rata (Metrosideros robusta). The upland forest continues
to be dominated by kamahi but with kapuka (Griselinia littoralis),
kotukutuku (Fuschia excorticata) orihou (Pseudopanax colensoi). At 900 m
kamahi begins to be replaced by Hall
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?s totara (Podocarpus halli) and
kaikawaka (Libocedrus bidwilli). These in turn are replaced by alpine
shrublands, tussock herbfields and then mossy herbfields. Mycologically=
 the
area has only been lightly explored.

The  Foray  will stay at Forrestal Lodge located at 23 Rimu St in Ingle=
wood
township in a former convent. It is carpeted, heated, and the rooms are=
 two
and three bedded.

The  cost of accommodation will be about $12 per night, plus the additi=
onal
cost for food (all meals supplied).

A  limited number of grants towards the daily cost and/ or transport to=
 the
foray  are available for students. More information is available from G=
eoff
Ridley.

Geoff  Ridley, NZ Forest Research Institute, Private Bag 3020, Rotorua,=
 New
Zealand;
tel: +64 7 347 5899; fax: +64 7 347 5333; e-mail: ridleyg@fri.cri.nz




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From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Tue Dec 22 22:00:00 1998
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From: Thorsten Kraska <kraska@uni-bonn.de>
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Subject: Int. Plant Protection Congress in Jerusalem 1999
Date: 23 Dec 1998 11:07:07 -0800
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To all,

We would like to bring to your attention the following conference:

XIVth INTERNATIONAL PLANT PROTECTION CONGRESS, JERUSALEM, ISRAEL JULY 25
- 30, 1999 .


I would like to invite you to visit our site at:
http://www.kenes.com/ippc

Please forward this message to your colleague!





From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Tue Dec 22 22:00:00 1998
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From: espiegelNOSPAM@sirius.com (Edward Spiegel)
Newsgroups: bionet.mycology
Subject: Re: Morchella and mykorrhiza
Date: 23 Dec 1998 11:07:33 -0800
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In article <74buni$o6s$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>, dwheeler@teleport.com wrote:


> I suspect that nature has favored morel mycelium with being more tolerant of
> the carbon-rich environment after cool fires, and the acidic conditions found
> immediately thereafter. They may also be drawn to concentrations of potash
> left by fires.
> 

I believe that the current theory is that the charcoal left from a burn
leaves a fair amount of phenol (I think it was phenol) which inhibits
competitor molds and yeasts and bacteria from growing. So morel mycelium
makes contact with such an area and thrives. When the phenol levels drop
after a year or two, the competitors take over.

The biologist/mycologist who wrote the paper seemed pretty convinced that
this competition inhibition was the reason for finding morels at burn sites
not the nutritional balance.

I can't remember where i came across the research but at the time (about 8
months ago) I recall being very impressed by the article.

--E


From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Tue Dec 22 22:00:00 1998
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From: "Phyllis and Iain Outlaw" <iain.outlaw@virgin.net@virgin.net>
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From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Wed Dec 30 22:00:00 1998
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From: crusberg@WPI.EDU (Theodore C. Crusberg)
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    New England Section of the Society for Industrial Microbiology

                        Winter Meeting

Date:	Tuesday, February 2, 1999
Place:	Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (MIT), 9 Cambridge 	
        Center, Cambridge, MA
Registration:	1:30 pm in Lobby
Opening of the Scientific Session:  2:00 pm in Auditorium

                    Program & Speakers:

1.  Dr. Bing Wong, Biopure, Cambridge, MA. "Hemopure, a Room
Temperature-Stable Oxygen Therapeutic and Blood Substitute"

2.  Dr. Kim Stutzman-Engwall, Pfizer Central research, Groton, CT. 
"Streptomyces avermitilis Genes Involved in Biosynthesis of Avermectins"

3.  Dr. A. Lincoln Sonenshein, Tufts Univ. Health Sciences Center, Dept.
Molec. Biology, Boston, MA.  "Unexpected Roles of Krebs Cycle Enzymes in
Bacillus subtilus sporulation"

         Reception & Dinner, Whitehead Caferia:  5:30 pm

The public is invited to attend the presentation free of charge.
You and your guests are welcome at the Reception and Dinner but we must
have your reservations.  Please send your check to Dr. Arnold Demain,
Dept. of Biology, 68-223, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139.  Please make your
check out to New England Section of SIM.  Members and Guests @ $30,
Students @ $15.

Posted by: 
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Ted C. Crusberg, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biology &
Biotechnology, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester MA USA  01609
Society for Industrial Microbiology-Education Committee, Treasurer, New
England Section of SIM
Phone:  508-831-5472    Fax:    508-831-5936
http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/Bio/People/crusberg.html
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