"B.W. Freyburger" <freyburg at cia-g.com> wrote in message
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>> Also an anise smelling fungus that grew on the downed trunks of ponderosa
> pines in the mountains of eastern Washington. I am not sure what it was
but
> local people claimed it was rather good and quite edible. It was. This
was
> almost 25 years ago and I don't remember much more about it, but have not
> seen it in the southwest even though ponderosa pines are abundant. Any
> ideas?
>
Don't suppose you remember what colour it was?