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   "Frederick Burroughs"  wrote in message   
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   > Don't be too hasty trying to spread Chicken of the Woods (Laetiporus   
   > spp.). They cause a brown-rot in the butt and trunks of trees. Infected   
   > trees can get weak at the base and topple in wind storms.   
      
   The question is 'what came first, the chicken or the egg'   
   The trees topple because they were damedged in the first place.  Chicken   
   mushrooms start on a damaged tree, for instance, a limb broke off. Some   
   fungi are blamed for disease, like the honey mushroom, but I am skeptical   
   about even that.   
   Kurt   
   > Kurt wrote:   
   >> "Frederick Burroughs" wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>The weather is much too dry here to expect the oysters to do anything,   
   >>>soon. I just thought I'd disperse more spores along the length of a tree   
   >>>that already harbors oysters. And, now I have an additional place to look   
   >>>when conditions improve. The tree looks like it'll sport a pretty good   
   >>>crop when the time is right. There were several large clusters, all too   
   >>>old to harvest, along the trunk.   
   >>   
   >> Have you done the above before? How many years does it take?   
   >>   
   >>   
   > If I find an edible that's gone over the hill, I'll often pick it and   
   > crumble it around the surrounding area. Takes no effort. Don't really know   
   > if it will come to anything. The oysters in question had not yet reached   
   > the disgusting stage of decay, but they were well on their way. Again,   
   > smearing them into the bark of the fallen tree took very little effort.   
   >   
   >   
   >>>I've marinated and grilled chicken-of-the-woods. It was very good, but   
   >>>you don't want to burn it. It doesn't char nearly as well as meat. I'll   
   >>>post pictures of pickled chicken-of-the-woods in another post.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> The sulfer shelf (chicken musroom) that I found last year got it's spores   
   >> spread all over by no one else than me (pretending that nature can't do   
   >> it better)   
   >> I notice hyphea on a couple of trees but once again have no idea how long   
   >> it will take it to fruit.   
   >> As for charring mushrooms, maybe you should marinate them in fat, because   
   >> they don't have it like thier chicken cousins.   
   >> Hope I have a pic of the one I found last year by July/August.   
   >> It was a beauty before I ate it.   
   >>   
   >>   
   > Don't be too hasty trying to spread Chicken of the Woods (Laetiporus   
   > spp.). They cause a brown-rot in the butt and trunks of trees. Infected   
   > trees can get weak at the base and topple in wind storms.   
      
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