Drought in Boston Area

[Richard W. Kerrigan]

Some species of Agaricus in California (including A. bisporus) appear to 
fruit abundantly only at the end of a drought; that is, a series of wet 
years will be unproductive.  In the southeastern part of the state, where 
A. bisporus var. burnettii occurs, a decade of dormancy (reproductive 
quiescence, actually) may be about average (based on less than two 
decades experience).
-- 
Richard W. Kerrigan, Research Department, Sylvan Spawn Laboratory, Inc.		
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