From: ir@ene.nu   
      
   On 24 May 2006 08:19:22 -0700, dwheeler@ipns.com wrote:   
      
   >Stropharia rugosa-annulata does like a casing of compost with a little   
   >powdered limestone mixed in to make the pH close to 7. Organisms within   
   >the soil assist in fruiting this fungus. Unless they are present, the   
   >mushroom is unlikely to produce fruiting bodies.   
      
   I had to read a lot about the genus Hohenbuehelia when I found and   
   wrote a report on a new species for our country. This genus also   
   belongs to the kind of mushrooms who actually are *eating* nematodes   
   (eelworms), and depend on them to produce fruitbodies. If I'm not   
   mistaken, the Stropharia is trapping nematodes in a similar way.   
   How they do it, can be seen in a video preview here:   
      
   http://mkat.iwf.de/KAT_Details.aspx?Signatur=C%201873   
      
   Irene Andersson   
      
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