From: ir@ene.nu   
      
   On Tue, 06 Dec 2005 00:00:15 -0800, mushroomgroup@mushroomgroup.nym   
   wrote:   
      
   >On Mon, 05 Dec 2005 11:12:07 +0100, in alt.nature.mushrooms Irene Andersson   
   > wrote:   
      
   >>So, Hesler & Smith just did what they were able to do. The names of   
   >>the american species are still provisional, as varieties of L.   
   >>deliciosus. That doesn't mean they ARE L. deliciosus!   
   >>   
   >>The species in question, is most likely "L. deliciosus var.   
   >>olivaceosordidus". It seems to be more close to L. deterrimus, the   
   >>european species that grows with Picea abies, but olivaceosordidus   
   >>(the type species is from Oregon) is described to grow with Picea   
   >>sitchensis, and has different microcharacters too.   
      
   >It sure did not taste delicious.  My daughter finished it off but I only   
   wanted   
   >one piece of it, I did not think much of it at all.   
      
   That's another good reason for taxonomists to get to work and give it   
   a name of its own, and not call it L. deliciosus, then.   
   But the "true" L. deliciosus can be slightly bitter too, especially   
   when it's a bit old.   
      
   Irene Andersson   
      
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