From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Sat Jan 02 22:00:00 1999 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: "Anja Karolewiez" Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: lichens Date: 2 Jan 1999 17:35:43 -0800 Organization: University of Karlsruhe Lines: 7 Sender: nospam@net.bio.net Approved: news@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <368ECC0F.MD-1.0.uc18@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net X-Trace: news.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de 915324550 26578 129.13.216.194 X-Complaints-To: usenet@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de X-Newsreader: MicroDot-II/AmigaOS NC 1.0 Hello! 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From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Fri Jan 08 22:00:00 1999 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: offy@my-dejanews.com Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: luminous mushrooms Date: 9 Jan 1999 14:00:22 -0800 Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion Lines: 6 Sender: nospam@net.bio.net Approved: news@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <775ufq$rs6$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net X-Article-Creation-Date: Fri Jan 08 21:38:06 1999 GMT X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 4.01; Windows 98) X-Http-Proxy: 1.1 x9.dejanews.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 208.254.61.23 Working on a research paper and need information on luminous mushrooms, how to purchase and cultivate. please contact Ted at theo2042@gte.net. -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Mon Jan 11 22:00:00 1999 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: timbrhll@netins.net Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Hard puffball Date: 12 Jan 1999 09:10:59 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 12 Sender: nospam@net.bio.net Approved: news@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <3698B0BA.909@netins.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC) I am looking for information regarding habitat and fruiting. Where is one likely to find it? What time of year does it usually fruit? The specimens I am trying to identify were found in south central Iowa >From 11/21 -12/5 growing in a gravel driveway (crushed limestone on top of clay soil) under oaks. Thanks for your help. Sibylla Brown From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Tue Jan 12 22:00:00 1999 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Creed Taylor Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: Hard puffball + Giant Edibles Date: 12 Jan 1999 21:51:06 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 50 Sender: nospam@net.bio.net Approved: news@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net X-Sender: ctaylor@mail.vt.edu Hi Sibella, >I am looking for information regarding habitat and >fruiting. Where is one likely to find it? What time of year does it >usually fruit? > >The specimens I am trying to identify were found in south central Iowa >>From 11/21 -12/5 growing in a gravel driveway (crushed limestone on top >of clay soil) under oaks. I don't have any taxonomic info in front of me, but I think there are four or five subs of S.bovista, some desirable tablefare, some not. In fact, I think there's one that is toxic. I further think that the "Hard Puffball" might be in the Scleroderma cepa group- Smooth earthballs(?), though I could be way off. Were you looking for edibles? I found a large and very heavy specimen of Giant puffball (Calvatia gigantea, I think?) this past autumn here in southwestern Virginia (USA). It was twenty-seven inches across and weighed over eight pounds. It was growing in a hay meadow on my property that we'd treated with lime earlier in the year. Grasses include orchard grass, timothy, kentucky fescue and a little Ladino clover. The soil is fairly heavy in clay, though there's plenty of nutrient-rich river-bottom topsoil mixed in; fairly basic, especially after the liming. The closest trees around are sweet gum, hickory, red oak, box elder, silver and suger maple and sycamore in roughly even quantities. Deep-fried in a beer batter and later in a cream and sherry soup, it was delicious. And it was the hit of the century for my lovely wee niece at "Show and Tell" back at her school in Calvatia gigantea-deprived New York City. Time to start hunting for antler sheds--might find some winter oysters in the process. Happy spore printing, C R E E D T A Y L O R University Relations/Publications 102~A Media Building Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 24061 540/231-8638 ctaylor@vt.edu From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Tue Jan 12 22:00:00 1999 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: dwheeler@teleport.com Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: Hard puffball Date: 12 Jan 1999 21:51:09 -0800 Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion Lines: 35 Sender: nospam@net.bio.net Approved: news@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <77h9ca$rti$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> References: <3698B0BA.909@netins.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net X-Authentication-Warning: philabs-gw.philabs.research.philips.com: smap set sender to using -f X-Article-Creation-Date: Wed Jan 13 05:02:07 1999 GMT X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/3.0Gold (Macintosh; I; PPC) X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 x14.dejanews.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 216.26.5.167 In article <3698B0BA.909@netins.net>, timbrhll@netins.net wrote: > I am looking for information regarding habitat and > fruiting. Where is one likely to find it? What time of year does it > usually fruit? > I have found it in early summer in lawns here in Oregon, I believe under or near either Tulip poplar or Eastern Red oak (Quercus palustra). > The specimens I am trying to identify were found in south central Iowa > >From 11/21 -12/5 growing in a gravel driveway (crushed limestone on top > of clay soil) under oaks. > The time frame seems very unusual. They really don't care for cold temperatures much. Maybe you have a different species of Scleroderma. S. bovista refers to cows (bovine = cow), and the habitat is, I suspect, often in cow pastures. > Thanks for your help. > > Sibylla Brown > > Daniel B. Wheeler http://www.oregonwhitetruffles. "I like to walk a mile in a man's shoes before criticizing him. That way, if he gets angry, I'm a mile away. And he's barefoot." -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Wed Jan 13 22:00:00 1999 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: lilia Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: fungal enzymes Date: 14 Jan 1999 13:13:22 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 17 Sender: nospam@net.bio.net Approved: news@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <369DEB8A.54345F0B@bas.bg> Reply-To: lilia@bas.bg NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I) Hi! A very active producer of acid proteinases and phosphatases was obtained by our team. This is the mutant strain of the filamentous fungus Humicola lutea. We are working under modification of the milk phosphoprotein (casein) by these enzymes. At present our work is towards biosynthesis, isolation, purification and biochemical characterization of the extra cellular acid phosphates. Our work to the near future is connected with the obtaining of immobilized cells H.lutea as a producer of the above mentioned enzymes. We are looking for collaborators with a similar interests to share ideas, results, experience... P.Aleksieva - Ph.D. S.Micheva - MS e-mail: sofi@applenews.bg lilia@bas.bg From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Wed Jan 13 22:00:00 1999 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: "Birgitte Bisgaard" Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: A lot of molds ! Help ! Date: 14 Jan 1999 13:13:27 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 10 Sender: nospam@net.bio.net Approved: news@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <77le0j$49f2$1@news-inn.inet.tele.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net X-Trace: news-inn.inet.tele.dk 916339539 140770 (None) 195.249.38.66 (14-01-99 18:45:39 GMT) X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Hello ! Can anyone help us ? We have found new molds in our nursery. The new ones are: fusarium,acremonium and phoma. Does anybody know if these have effects on humans ? Birgitte. (Denmark) From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Thu Jan 14 22:00:00 1999 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Maurice Hrycak Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: A lot of molds ! Help ! Date: 15 Jan 1999 09:23:36 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 25 Sender: nospam@net.bio.net Approved: news@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <369EA258.C40E21B5@videotron.ca> References: <77le0j$49f2$1@news-inn.inet.tele.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (Win95; I) X-Complaints-To: abuse@videotron.net X-Trace: weber.videotron.net 916365916 207.253.100.113 (Thu, 14 Jan 1999 21:05:16 EDT) Hello Birgitte! I have looked in "Introduction to food-borne fungi" R.A. Samson, E.S. Hoekstra, J.C.Frisvad and O. Filtenborg, fifth ed. 1996. And found that some fusarium sp.produce toxic metabolites like trichothecenes and zearalenone (mycotoxins) that have effects on humans. Some species of acremonium and phoma could be pathogenic to humans, according to this same reference. Ginette Leclaire E-mail: leclaireg@videotron.ca Birgitte Bisgaard wrote: > Hello ! > Can anyone help us ? > We have found new molds in our nursery. > The new ones are: fusarium,acremonium and phoma. > Does anybody know if these have effects on humans ? > Birgitte. > (Denmark) From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Thu Jan 14 22:00:00 1999 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Lester Pasarell Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: A lot of molds ! Help ! Date: 15 Jan 1999 09:23:38 -0800 Organization: University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Lines: 52 Sender: nospam@net.bio.net Approved: news@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <369F4FAD.753292D8@utmb.edu> References: <77le0j$49f2$1@news-inn.inet.tele.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.0.35 i686) yes they could, but very rarely, an it depends on many things. I just would not worry if everything is fine with everyone but if someone is complaining, contact your physician (someone with an specially in allergies or immunology), or if you would like more information. ask your librarian to get you this books. I do not know if you are referring to a "nursery" as place where you keep kids and babies or the place where you store plants since both uses of the word nursery are valid. I would be concerned if these fungi are isolated from a place where babies are taken care off, because it means that the place had some water damage, but I would not be concerned if the nursery is a plant nursery since many of these fungi are plant pathogens or normal flora of plants. Anyway the following books will be of help Air Quality Monographs-Vol 2 Health Implications of Fungi in Indoor Environments Edited by R.A. Samson, B. Flannigan, M.E. Flannigan, A.P. Verhoeff, O.C.G. Adan, E.S. Hoekstra 1994 Elsevier Science B.V, The Netherlands, ISBN 0-444-81997-5 Developments in Food Science 31, Modern Methods in Food Mycology, edited by Robert A. Samson, D. Hocking, J. Pitt and A Douglas King. Published by Elsevier, New York, 1992 ISBN 0-444-88939-6 hope this helps Lester http://fungusweb.utmb.edu Birgitte Bisgaard wrote: > > Hello ! > Can anyone help us ? > We have found new molds in our nursery. > The new ones are: fusarium,acremonium and phoma. > Does anybody know if these have effects on humans ? > Birgitte. > (Denmark) -- ***************************************************** Lester Pasarell http://fungusweb.utmb.edu lpasarel@utmb.edu Medical Mycology Research Laboratory From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Sat Jan 16 22:00:00 1999 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: "Starfax" Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: strain duplication Date: 17 Jan 1999 10:49:16 -0800 Organization: flawless inspection Lines: 14 Sender: nospam@net.bio.net Approved: news@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3155.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 X-Trace: brnws01.ne.mediaone.net 916491106 24.128.194.109 (Sat, 16 Jan 1999 07:51:46 EDT) How can I tell if I have an over worked strain. I 'm producing mycelium and it grows very well. tight, uniform and without any sings of trouble, that I can tell. I then proceed to prorogate it throughout a rye grain mixture. Time and time again it fizzles to a no growth. Often after looking great for 5 or so days. I have tried everything with the grain procedure, i.e. soaking it for 8 to 24 hrs, adding barley malt, varying moisture content. Most suggestions lead to a over worked strain. My trouble is the mycelium looks great in the dish and after a few days in the rye, leading me to believe in is in good health. Any ideas or suggestion welcome. From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Mon Jan 18 22:00:00 1999 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: "Greg" Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: strain duplication Date: 19 Jan 1999 08:33:15 -0800 Organization: Texas A&M University - Biology Dept Lines: 58 Sender: nospam@net.bio.net Approved: news@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <915F453EEE@bio.tamu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net X-Confirm-Reading-To: gmeyer@bio.tamu.edu X-pmrqc: 1 X-mailer: Pegasus Mail/Mac (v2.1.2) How can I tell if I have an over worked strain. I 'm producing mycelium and it grows very well. tight, uniform and without any sings of trouble, that I can tell. I then proceed to prorogate it throughout a rye grain mixture. Time and time again it fizzles to a no growth. Often after looking great for 5 or so days. I have tried everything with the grain procedure, i.e. soaking it for 8 to 24 hrs, adding barley malt, varying moisture content. Most suggestions lead to a over worked strain. My trouble is the mycelium looks great in the dish and after a few days in the rye, leading me to believe in is in good health. Any ideas or suggestion welcome. My wife, Russelyn Henson, who is the diagnostician for the Texas Plant Disease Lab has some of the same problems with various fungi. The strain when first isolated reinfects its host vigorously but over a period of restreakings on media plates loses its virulence and healthiness. It is best, from what I remember her saying, to save some of the mycelia in a final concentration of 15%glycerol and freeze it in liquid N2, and store at -70C. They seemed to have better luck with maintaining a "bank" of pathotypes in this way. It may have to do with an interplay of plant hormones and the fungal response to them that maintain whatever virulence elements(maybe non-nuclear dsRNA's or DNA plasmids) that are present. Scientific experience in such areas is becoming more and more rare in academia and good luck getting the Agbiotech giants to cough up such information. Greg Meyer Biology Department Texas A&M University E-mail=gmeyer@bio.tamu.edu lab phone:409-845-8603 From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Mon Jan 18 22:00:00 1999 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Russ Bulluck Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: strain duplication Date: 19 Jan 1999 08:33:27 -0800 Organization: North Carolina State University Lines: 41 Sender: nospam@net.bio.net Approved: news@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <36A35FB7.E4B62584@unity.ncsu.edu> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en Starfax wrote: > How can I tell if I have an over worked strain. I 'm producing mycelium and > it grows very well. tight, uniform and without any sings of trouble, that I > can tell. I then proceed to prorogate it throughout a rye grain mixture. > Time and time again it fizzles to a no growth. Often after looking great for > 5 or so days. I have tried everything with the grain procedure, i.e. soaking > it for 8 to 24 hrs, adding barley malt, varying moisture content. Most > suggestions lead to a over worked strain. My trouble is the mycelium looks > great in the dish and after a few days in the rye, leading me to believe in > is in good health. > > Any ideas or suggestion welcome. What's the fungus? Is it a pathogen? Often, if "fitness", "virulence," or other visible signs of vigor and vim are lacking in a pathogenic fungus, "running it through the host" will bring the life back into the fungus. But, that depends on the fungus. . .Russ -- Russ Bulluck Ph.D. Student Department of Plant Pathology North Carolina State University PO Box 7616 Raleigh, NC 27695-7616 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The soil population is so complex that it manifestly cannot be dealt with as a whole with any detail by any one person, and at the same time it plays so important a part in the soil economy that it must be studied. --Sir E. John Russell The Micro-organisms of the Soil, 1923 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Mon Jan 18 22:00:00 1999 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: dwheeler@teleport.com Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: strain duplication Date: 19 Jan 1999 08:33:20 -0800 Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion Lines: 26 Sender: nospam@net.bio.net Approved: news@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <77udgn$pv4$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net X-Article-Creation-Date: Mon Jan 18 04:32:23 1999 GMT X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/3.0Gold (Macintosh; I; PPC) X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 x3.dejanews.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 204.202.160.77 In article , "Starfax" wrote: > How can I tell if I have an over worked strain. I 'm producing mycelium and > it grows very well. tight, uniform and without any sings of trouble, that I > can tell. I then proceed to prorogate it throughout a rye grain mixture. > Time and time again it fizzles to a no growth. Often after looking great for > 5 or so days. I have tried everything with the grain procedure, i.e. soaking > it for 8 to 24 hrs, adding barley malt, varying moisture content. Most > suggestions lead to a over worked strain. My trouble is the mycelium looks > great in the dish and after a few days in the rye, leading me to believe in > is in good health. > > Any ideas or suggestion welcome. > Just a wild guess here. Instead of growing it on agar or rye, try it on wood or straw, or whatever it normally grow on in nature. Daniel B. Wheeler http://www.oregonwhitetruffles. "I like to walk a mile in a man's shoes before criticizing him. That way, if he gets angry, I'm a mile away. And he's barefoot." -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Mon Jan 18 22:00:00 1999 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Dequn Zhou Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Food Microbiology WWW Date: 19 Jan 1999 08:33:30 -0800 Organization: The University of Hong Kong Lines: 35 Sender: nospam@net.bio.net Approved: news@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <36A444F5.4508FC86@hkusua.hku.hk> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.06 [en] (Win95; I) This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------D94AEE1F27C6846D766B3E01 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Is there any good sites concerning food microbiology that is relavent for undergraduates? Thanks in advance! Wellcome Ho Email: wellcomeho@hotmail.com --------------D94AEE1F27C6846D766B3E01 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="vcard.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Dequn Zhou Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="vcard.vcf" begin: vcard fn: Dequn Zhou n: Zhou;Dequn org: Department of Ecology & Biodiversity, The University of Hong Kong adr: Department of Ecology & Biodiversity, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam;;;Hong Kong;;;China email;internet: zhoudq@hkusua.hku.hk title: PhD Student tel;work: 00852-25594813 tel;fax: 00852-25595984 x-mozilla-cpt: ;0 x-mozilla-html: TRUE version: 2.1 end: vcard --------------D94AEE1F27C6846D766B3E01-- From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Mon Jan 18 22:00:00 1999 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Mark Buckles Newsgroups: sdnet.general,sdnet.misc,alt.nature.mushrooms,bionet.mycology Subject: Fungus Fair Date: 19 Jan 1999 08:33:29 -0800 Organization: CTS Network Services Lines: 17 Sender: nospam@net.bio.net Approved: news@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <36A4289B.F07F26A1@cts.com> Reply-To: markbkls@cts.com NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en San Diego Mycological Society Mushroom Fair January 24 The fair will be in Room 101 of the Casa Del Prado building in Balboa Park from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on January 24. Tables Planned: · Vendors · Children’s table · Cultivation · Dried Wild Mushrooms · Food from Adams Ave · SDMS T-shirt sales · Books and Posters · Spore Prints · Membership and Raffle · Mushroom Identification · Mushroom Dyeing Demo For more info re: SD Myco Society: http://members.cts.com/sd/m/markbkls/index.html From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Sun Jan 24 22:00:00 1999 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: "Gerry Chicalo" Newsgroups: sdnet.general,sdnet.misc,alt.nature.mushrooms,bionet.mycology Subject: Re: Fungus Fair Date: 25 Jan 1999 10:01:11 -0800 Organization: Jigsaw Electronics Lines: 9 Sender: nospam@net.bio.net Approved: news@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <78cnka$n58$1@news4.svr.pol.co.uk> References: <36A4289B.F07F26A1@cts.com> Reply-To: "Gerry Chicalo" NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net X-Trace: news4.svr.pol.co.uk 917103050 23720 62.136.80.188 (23 Jan 1999 14:50:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@theplanet.net X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Hi there, I am not sure how this all works. I am trying to e-mail people that are interested in mushrooms. Did I? If so, please reply! I would like to talk to you! Gerry. out From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Tue Jan 26 22:00:00 1999 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Creed Taylor Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: Fungus Amongus Date: 27 Jan 1999 09:26:05 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 47 Sender: nospam@net.bio.net Approved: news@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net X-Sender: ctaylor@mail.vt.edu Hello All, Gerry Chicalo writes: > I am not sure how this all works. I am trying to e-mail >people that are interested in mushrooms. Did I? If so, please reply! I would >like to talk to you! Gerry, Most of the posts on this list are from brilliant scholarly types, discussing the "rhizomatic insouciance of chitenous buildup location preference and how to clean that protein out of the electron micropetri dish without amoniac mycilliamort conference in Geneva" kind of thing. Every once in a while you'll get someone wanting to know how come there are firebreathing stainless steel dragons flying from their bathroom mirrors after eating a plateful of the blue-bruising fungi they found growing in the cow pasture. Then there are some of us who like to hunt and pick and eat wild edibles. I find all of the posts intriguing, though my main interest is more along the lines of "which wines to drink with chanterelles", "eggs with sulfur shelf, anyone?" and "just how big was that bolete?!" Of all the lists I've subscribed to over the last few years, this one pops up with the most entertaining and informative stuff. Enjoy the oyster stuffing, after you've got a positive ID on that spore print, Gerry, C R E E D T A Y L O R University Relations/Publications 102~A Media Building Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 24061 540/231-8638 ctaylor@vt.edu From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Tue Jan 26 22:00:00 1999 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Edwin Hutton Newsgroups: sdnet.general,sdnet.misc,alt.nature.mushrooms,bionet.mycology Subject: Re: Fungus Fair Date: 27 Jan 1999 09:26:02 -0800 Organization: Imperial College, London, UK Lines: 17 Sender: nospam@net.bio.net Approved: news@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <36ADAE5C.794BDF32@ps.ic.ac.uk> References: <36A4289B.F07F26A1@cts.com> <78cnka$n58$1@news4.svr.pol.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (X11; I; SunOS 4.1.3_U1 sun4m) Gerry Chicalo wrote: > > Hi there, > I am not sure how this all works. I am trying to e-mail > people that are interested in mushrooms. Did I? If so, please reply! I would > like to talk to you! > > Gerry. out I picked your post up from the bionet.mycology newsgroup. It's not very active at this time of year. Where are you? I live in the south east of the UK, about 12 miles south east of the centre of London. Edwin Hutton. From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Tue Jan 26 22:00:00 1999 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Mark Dougherty Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Rainforest Mushrooms Date: 27 Jan 1999 09:25:53 -0800 Organization: Berbee Information Networks Corporation Lines: 5 Sender: nospam@net.bio.net Approved: news@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <36AD119B.378E8A07@madison.tec.wi.us> Reply-To: bobbabuie@hotmail.com NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; I) Where ca I find info on Rainforest Mushrooms Thanks From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Tue Jan 26 22:00:00 1999 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Ginette Leclaire Newsgroups: sdnet.general,sdnet.misc,alt.nature.mushrooms,bionet.mycology Subject: Re: Fungus Fair Date: 27 Jan 1999 09:25:46 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 21 Sender: nospam@net.bio.net Approved: news@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <36AD00DD.4A60F880@videotron.ca> References: <36A4289B.F07F26A1@cts.com> <78cnka$n58$1@news4.svr.pol.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (Win95; I) X-Complaints-To: abuse@videotron.net X-Trace: weber.videotron.net 917307647 207.96.203.89 (Mon, 25 Jan 1999 18:40:47 Welcome to you Gerry! It did work, we got your message. Gerry Chicalo wrote: > Hi there, > I am not sure how this all works. I am trying to e-mail > people that are interested in mushrooms. Did I? If so, please reply! I would > like to talk to you! > > Gerry. out -- Ginette Leclaire leclaireg@videotron.ca From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Tue Jan 26 22:00:00 1999 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: "LLH" Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Sporothrix Date: 27 Jan 1999 09:26:15 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 24 Sender: nospam@net.bio.net Approved: news@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <199901262025.OAA01695@pldi-pub.affiliate.nortel.net> Reply-To: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1162 URGENT--Cattle Vaccine--Channel Master Bovalshild 4--has caused an eye disease called SPOROTHRIX in my brother's eye. If you know anything about the disease, or anyone who has had eye injury from the vaccine or from the chemical labatory, please contact me. We are desperate for help. The vaccine my brother was using was in a vaccum bottle and shot the vaccine back into his eye under pressure His eye became very read and irritated. Could this have possibly irritated his eye letting the fungus enter? Thank you so much. Leisa Hamilton leisat@pldi.net Address: Flakey Wilson RT 1 BOX 63 Harmon, OK 73832 Phone: 580-939-2474 or 580-939-2456 From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Wed Jan 27 22:00:00 1999 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Wayne Newsgroups: sdnet.general,sdnet.misc,alt.nature.mushrooms,bionet.mycology Subject: Re: Fungus Fair Date: 28 Jan 1999 13:43:41 -0800 Organization: California Living Lines: 16 Sender: nospam@net.bio.net Approved: news@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <36AFD1EC.ED4D40B2@usa.net> References: <36A4289B.F07F26A1@cts.com> <78cnka$n58$1@news4.svr.pol.co.uk> Reply-To: blackies-place@usa.net NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net X-Complaints-To: abuse@frontiernet.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en Gerry Chicalo wrote: > > Hi there, > I am not sure how this all works. I am trying to e-mail > people that are interested in mushrooms. Did I? If so, please reply! I would > like to talk to you! > > Gerry. out Are you talking about wild or domesticated mushrooms? -- Wayne AKA Blackie! http://members.spree.com/blackie/calif.htm From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Wed Jan 27 22:00:00 1999 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: kcbolete Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: Rainforest Mushrooms Date: 28 Jan 1999 13:43:37 -0800 Organization: Oregon Public Networking Lines: 23 Sender: nospam@net.bio.net Approved: news@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: References: <36AD119B.378E8A07@madison.tec.wi.us> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net Hi Mark, On the West Coast, in the Coastal Range Mountains, and Olympic Forest are lots of Mushrooms. These areas are 'Rainforests' due to the amount of rainfall in a given time. Some valleys of the Olympic Rainforest, such as the Hoh River basin receive up to 300 inches of rainfall. Talk about Mushrooms, There are thousands of fruitings during the rainy season in the Coastal Rainforest. David Aurora's Mushrooms Demystified is a great place to start for West Coast Fungi. -kc On 27 Jan 1999, Mark Dougherty wrote: > Where ca I find info on Rainforest Mushrooms > > Thanks > > > > From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Wed Jan 27 22:00:00 1999 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Patricia Ayoubi Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Postdoctoral Position Date: 28 Jan 1999 13:43:49 -0800 Organization: Oklahoma State University Lines: 28 Sender: nospam@net.bio.net Approved: news@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <36AF7421.ECE9AA65@mendel.okstate.edu> Reply-To: ayoubi@mendel.microb.okstate.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 (Macintosh; I; PPC) X-Accept-Language: en POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT Postdoctoral Position. Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Oklahoma State University. Stillwater, Oklahoma. A postdoctoral (research associate) position is anticipated starting immediately for a candidate interested in studying the molecular mechanisms of stress responses and other environmental adaptations in Aspergillus nidulans using functional genomics and other modern molecular genetic techniques. For additional details visit our homepage at http://microbiology.okstate.edu/faculty/prade . Candidates will be working in close contact, and are encouraged to strongly interact and participate, with, the new and state-of-the-art bioinformatics program. A Ph.D. with training in molecular biology and or cellular biology is required. Experience in large-scale cloning, mutagenesis and PCR approaches are desirable. Interested candidates should send letter of interest, curriculum vitae, name, address and phone number of three references to: R.A. Prade, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Oklahoma State University. 306 LSE, Stillwater, OK 74078-3020. Deadline for applications is March 15 1999. E-mail ayoubi@mendel.okstate.edu . Oklahoma State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Women and Minorities are Encouraged to Apply. From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Wed Jan 27 22:00:00 1999 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Erik Westlin Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: best way to prepare dried shitake Date: 28 Jan 1999 13:43:43 -0800 Organization: MSL Lines: 10 Sender: nospam@net.bio.net Approved: news@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <36B03D6A.5EFD@msi.se> Reply-To: westlin@msi.se NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (WinNT; I) Does anyone have an excellent way of putting the water back into dried shitake. Why ? I want to eat them. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Erik Westlin email: westlin@msi.se From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Wed Jan 27 22:00:00 1999 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: James Taylor Newsgroups: alt.nature.mushrooms,bionet.mycology Subject: Re: Fungus Fair Date: 28 Jan 1999 13:43:50 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 100 Sender: nospam@net.bio.net Approved: news@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: References: <36A4289B.F07F26A1@cts.com> <78cnka$n58$1@news4.svr.pol.co.uk> <36ADAE5C.794BDF32@ps.ic.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net X-NNTP-Posting-Host: oakseed.demon.co.uk:158.152.155.209 X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 917489037 nnrp-05:17290 NO-IDENT oakseed.demon.co.uk:158.152.155.209 X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net X-Newsreader: ANT RISCOS Marcel [ver 1.46] In article <36ADAE5C.794BDF32@ps.ic.ac.uk>, Edwin Hutton wrote: > > Gerry Chicalo wrote: > > > > Hi there, > > I am not sure how this all works. I am trying to e-mail > > people that are interested in mushrooms. Did I? If so, please reply! I would > > like to talk to you! > > > > Gerry. out > > I picked your post up from the bionet.mycology newsgroup. It's not very > active at this time of year. I'm so glad that Gerry started the ball rolling. Prior to his posting, I had been lurking on these two groups (alt.nature.mushrooms and bionet.mycology) wondering whether there was anyone out there, and what the general topics of discussion were in each group. The mushroom season may be brief in the UK but aren't these newsgroups worldwide? Surely there's fungi fruiting somewhere in the world all year round? > Where are you? I live in the south east of the UK, about 12 miles south > east of the centre of London. > > Edwin Hutton. Sounds close to me (relatively) in Hampton Hill, West London. :-) My interest in mycology is amateur - I just enjoy a good walk in the woods discovering and identifying any fungi I find along the way. If the species happens to be edible and plentiful then that's a bonus but is secondary to the excitement of discovery. Well, okay I'll be honest; if there's a lot of edibles I do get rather carried away. :-) So which group should I be contributing to? I wouldn't want to be making off topic posts in a highly scientific forum. As "bionet.mycology" sounds more scientific than "alt.nature.mushrooms" I guess that I should be posting in the latter (hence followups set to alt.nature.mushrooms). Anyway, onto the body of my posting... How many amateur mushroomers are there reading this who find the level of ignorance of other mushroomers disappointing, even exasperating? Let me give you an example of what I mean by this: Last October I had organised a group of first-timers from work to come out with me on a foray to the local mixed woods in Escher hoping to spark their interest. One species of really quite plentiful mushrooms had been eluding my ability to identify it all day: A Russula with a dark red-wine cap, cream gills, and a distinctive pink flushed stipe. My armoury of field guides could not help me distinguish conclusively between R. xerampelina and R. sardonia. Any ideas? One of my group suggested that I seek the advice of another group of mushroomers who happened to be foraging nearby, but as they were all carrying limp looking plastic bags I told him that they wouldn't have a clue. However, After much persuasion I took the Russula over to the other group to ask. On approach I noticed that the whole group were collecting nothing but Xerocomus badius (Bay Bolete) and they weren't stopping at mature ones either, they were slashing the undergrowth and raking through the leaf litter to gouge tiny ones up too - something I considered to be a heinous crime of needless vandalism! I started by asking which of them was the fungus expert and was told that they were all experts! Giving my friend a sideways look but taking them at their word, I presented my specimen and asked if they thought it was R. xerampelina. Their verdict: "Oooh, that's got gills. You don't want to be eating any with gills, they're poisonous. The edible ones have little holes like this." I thanked them for their advice and made a hasty retreat. When I explained to my group that on no account should *they* rely on such a rule of thumb (illustrating the existence of several poisonous boletes) I was criticised for not warning the other group of this, but having just witnessed their treatment of the woods I had not felt like being very helpful. Was that wrong of me? This isolated incident would not mean much by itself if it were not for the fact that it is representative of a high proportion of mushroomers that I've met in the field. I've even seen seasoned forayers with specially made flat bottomed collecting baskets wondering around for hours having collected just two or three boletes (to eat, I was told) in a beech forest ablaze with Laccaria amethystea as far as the eye can see. Needless to say, on that occasion I came away with a box of the amethest manna big enough to last me a week of meals - wow delicious! They can keep their maggoty boletes any day. My experience is limited to the UK, but can anyone tell me why it is that people seem to lack any desire to branch out and try something, *anything* other than boletes? PS. Does anyone know how to set up a rec.mushrooms and/or uk.rec.mushrooms group? -- James Taylor PGP key available ID: 3FBE1BF9 Fingerprint: F19D803624ED6FE8 370045159F66FD02 From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Sat Jan 30 22:00:00 1999 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: reply to jerry Date: 31 Jan 1999 10:27:17 -0800 Organization: NetActive Internet Lines: 7 Sender: nospam@net.bio.net Approved: news@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <917607419.766728@news.netactive.co.za> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net X-Trace: nnrp01.iafrica.com 917607429 29863 196.27.15.3 (29 Jan 1999 10:57:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@iafrica.com X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 X-Cache: nntpcache 2.3.2.1 (see http://www.nntpcache.org/) hi jerry my name's david and i live in a city near johannesburg south africa. i'm interested in cultivating mushrooms and would like to hear from others who have recently started doing so. From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Sat Jan 30 22:00:00 1999 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: "J. Hill Craddock" Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: Fungus Fair Date: 31 Jan 1999 10:27:14 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 70 Sender: nospam@net.bio.net Approved: news@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net X-Sender: jcraddoc@cecasun.utc.edu Dear Friends, James Taylor (posting below) has given us a perfect specimen of Boletivorus brutalosipes Arora (Described on pp.546-547 in: Arora, D. (1986) Mushrooms Demystified. Ten Speed Press, Berkely. ISBN0-89815-169-4). Thank you, James. Sincerely, Hill Craddock >How many amateur mushroomers are there reading this who find the level >of ignorance of other mushroomers disappointing, even exasperating? >Let me give you an example of what I mean by this: Last October I had >organised a group of first-timers from work to come out with me on a >foray to the local mixed woods in Escher hoping to spark their >interest. One species of really quite plentiful mushrooms had been >eluding my ability to identify it all day: A Russula with a dark >red-wine cap, cream gills, and a distinctive pink flushed stipe. My >armoury of field guides could not help me distinguish conclusively >between R. xerampelina and R. sardonia. Any ideas? > >One of my group suggested that I seek the advice of another group of >mushroomers who happened to be foraging nearby, but as they were all >carrying limp looking plastic bags I told him that they wouldn't have >a clue. However, After much persuasion I took the Russula over to the >other group to ask. On approach I noticed that the whole group were >collecting nothing but Xerocomus badius (Bay Bolete) and they weren't >stopping at mature ones either, they were slashing the undergrowth and >raking through the leaf litter to gouge tiny ones up too - something I >considered to be a heinous crime of needless vandalism! > >I started by asking which of them was the fungus expert and was told >that they were all experts! Giving my friend a sideways look but >taking them at their word, I presented my specimen and asked if they >thought it was R. xerampelina. Their verdict: "Oooh, that's got gills. >You don't want to be eating any with gills, they're poisonous. The >edible ones have little holes like this." I thanked them for their >advice and made a hasty retreat. > >When I explained to my group that on no account should *they* rely on >such a rule of thumb (illustrating the existence of several poisonous >boletes) I was criticised for not warning the other group of this, but >having just witnessed their treatment of the woods I had not felt like >being very helpful. Was that wrong of me? > >This isolated incident would not mean much by itself if it were not >for the fact that it is representative of a high proportion of >mushroomers that I've met in the field. I've even seen seasoned >forayers with specially made flat bottomed collecting baskets >wondering around for hours having collected just two or three boletes >(to eat, I was told) in a beech forest ablaze with Laccaria amethystea >as far as the eye can see. Needless to say, on that occasion I came >away with a box of the amethest manna big enough to last me a week of >meals - wow delicious! They can keep their maggoty boletes any day. > >My experience is limited to the UK, but can anyone tell me why it is >that people seem to lack any desire to branch out and try something, >*anything* other than boletes? > >PS. Does anyone know how to set up a > rec.mushrooms and/or uk.rec.mushrooms group? > >-- >James Taylor >PGP key available ID: 3FBE1BF9 >Fingerprint: F19D803624ED6FE8 370045159F66FD02 From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Sat Jan 30 22:00:00 1999 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: dwheeler@teleport.com Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: best way to prepare dried shitake Date: 31 Jan 1999 10:27:24 -0800 Organization: Deja News - The Leader in Internet Discussion Lines: 18 Sender: nospam@net.bio.net Approved: news@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <78u1tq$tpk$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> References: <36B03D6A.5EFD@msi.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net X-Article-Creation-Date: Sat Jan 30 04:30:49 1999 GMT X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/3.0Gold (Macintosh; I; PPC) X-Http-Proxy: 1.0 x3.dejanews.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 216.26.6.85 In article <36B03D6A.5EFD@msi.se>, westlin@msi.se wrote: > Does anyone have an excellent way of putting > the water back into dried shitake. > Why ? > I want to eat them. > It's pretty easy to rehydrate them Eric. Put the dried mushrooms in a bowl of warm (not hot) water for 20 minutes. Remove. Treat as fresh mushrooms. Daniel B. Wheeler http://www.oregonwhitetruffles. "I like to walk a mile in a man's shoes before criticizing him. That way, if he gets angry, I'm a mile away. And he's barefoot." -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Sat Jan 30 22:00:00 1999 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Ross D Baker Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: Re: Fungus Fair Date: 31 Jan 1999 10:27:20 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 54 Sender: nospam@net.bio.net Approved: news@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <1999012920205667697@zetnet.co.uk> References: <36A4289B.F07F26A1@cts.com> <78cnka$n58$1@news4.svr.pol.co.uk> <36ADAE5C.794BDF32@ps.ic.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net X-Mailer: ZIMACS Version 1.20c 10000633 The message from James Taylor contains these words: ............much snipped............... > > Where are you? I live in the south east of the UK, about 12 miles south > > east of the centre of London. > > > > Edwin Hutton. > Sounds close to me (relatively) in Hampton Hill, West London. :-) I am just down the road from Hampton Hill in Thames Ditton. > So which group should I be contributing to? I wouldn't want to be > making off topic posts in a highly scientific forum. As "bionet.mycology" > sounds more scientific than "alt.nature.mushrooms" I guess that I should > be posting in the latter (hence followups set to alt.nature.mushrooms). Like you my interest is amateur, I first subscribed to the group when my partner began a Ph D investigating the role of arbuscular mycorrhizae in the amelioration of the toxic effects on plants of heavy metals in the rhizosphere, but I have found it to carry an excellent range of posts from both academics and amateurs. > This isolated incident would not mean much by itself if it were not > for the fact that it is representative of a high proportion of > mushroomers that I've met in the field. I've even seen seasoned > forayers with specially made flat bottomed collecting baskets > wondering around for hours having collected just two or three boletes > (to eat, I was told) in a beech forest ablaze with Laccaria amethystea > as far as the eye can see. Needless to say, on that occasion I came > away with a box of the amethest manna big enough to last me a week of > meals - wow delicious! They can keep their maggoty boletes any day. The only wild fungus I have eaten is some Wood Blewits (Lepista nuda) that I found on West End Common but I have often read that L. amethystea is very good to eat and have seen plenty around Esher Common, but I have never been sure of the best way to prepare them. What would you recommend? Incidentally I suspect that a lot of the people that collect in this area are doing so commercially and have little or no personal interest in the fungi they are gathering. The Surrey Wildlife Trust used to organise some excellent forays in our area, but since the Elmbridge group dissolved there have been none. I think they may still take place under the auspices of Weybridge Natural History Society, can anyone confirm this? -- Ross Baker. Thames Ditton, Surrey, UK. From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Sat Jan 30 22:00:00 1999 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: Edwin Hutton Newsgroups: alt.nature.mushrooms,bionet.mycology Subject: Re: Fungus Fair Date: 31 Jan 1999 10:27:30 -0800 Organization: Imperial College, London, UK Lines: 55 Sender: nospam@net.bio.net Approved: news@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <36B18220.59E2B600@ps.ic.ac.uk> References: <36A4289B.F07F26A1@cts.com> <78cnka$n58$1@news4.svr.pol.co.uk> <36ADAE5C.794BDF32@ps.ic.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (X11; I; SunOS 4.1.3_U1 sun4m) James Taylor wrote: > > In article <36ADAE5C.794BDF32@ps.ic.ac.uk>, Edwin Hutton > wrote: > > > > Gerry Chicalo wrote: > > > > > > Hi there, > > > I am not sure how this all works. I am trying to e-mail > > > people that are interested in mushrooms. Did I? If so, please reply! I would > > > like to talk to you! > > > > > > Gerry. out > > > > I picked your post up from the bionet.mycology newsgroup. It's not very > > active at this time of year. > > I'm so glad that Gerry started the ball rolling. Prior to his posting, > I had been lurking on these two groups (alt.nature.mushrooms and > bionet.mycology) wondering whether there was anyone out there, and > what the general topics of discussion were in each group. The mushroom > season may be brief in the UK but aren't these newsgroups worldwide? > Surely there's fungi fruiting somewhere in the world all year round? > > > Where are you? I live in the south east of the UK, about 12 miles south > > east of the centre of London. > > > > Edwin Hutton. > > Sounds close to me (relatively) in Hampton Hill, West London. :-) > I live in Petts Wood, just next to Orpington, Kent (just). I am an amateur and learnt my 'mycology' in Sheffield with Patrick Harding and Tony Lyon some years ago. I belong to the Kent Field club but only go out with them very occasionally. To the south and south east of London we have a number of pretty good sites. Unfortunately the best one, which is Bedgebury Pinetum owned by the Forestry Commission, has put a ban on all fungus collecting except by special licence. It used to be good for Boletus Edulis, Lepiota Procera & Rhacodes, Lepista Nuda, Lactarius Deliciosus/Deterrimus, and a lot of non-kitchen varieties. Oddly enough the larger National Trust properties can provide quite a lot of interest. The Lepista Nuda seem to have run out for this winter - now have to wait for St. George's (which they don't get in the western USA apparently). I can't get at alt.nature.mushrooms from my ISP at the moment - I only know this newsgroup for fungi. Edwin Hutton. From owner-mycology@net.bio.net Sat Jan 30 22:00:00 1999 Path: biosci!biosci!not-for-mail From: ridleyg@rimu.fri.cri.nz Newsgroups: bionet.mycology Subject: The 13th New Zealand Fungal Foray, 2nd and final notice Date: 31 Jan 1999 10:27:26 -0800 Organization: BIOSCI International Newsgroups for Molecular Biology Lines: 127 Sender: nospam@net.bio.net Approved: news@net.bio.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <4C256709.0080BB0D.00@mail.fri.cri.nz> NNTP-Posting-Host: net.bio.net X-Lotus-FromDomain: FRI --0__=l54W6OQMTifx1nQ34D6o2AVU1S5tNnGpLTlZLVbHVLWbsKuD6tqbeUar Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline 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 --0__=l54W6OQMTifx1nQ34D6o2AVU1S5tNnGpLTlZLVbHVLWbsKuD6tqbeUar Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable ?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. 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