From: norsgerm@a...........   
      
   Ya, Quee I could, but I think Fred has a point.(although I am open to your   
   idea)   
   >> "Frederick Burroughs"  wrote in message   
   .......I don't think it is ecologically ethical to purposely infect healthy   
   trees with a pathological fungus..............   
      
   Although nature is 'bathing' everything in fungi spores nature has a   
   choice.(chance would be a better word)  Maybe that oak with the limb broke   
   off that I smeared a bunch of sulfer shelf spores would not have been   
   'seeded' naturally.   
   But I have no problem with (for examples) dumping oyster spore or pear   
   pufball on already dead wood. (and the label pathalogical is not always   
   applied correctly)   
   What I'm trying to say is I'm open to your idea, but I have seen the damage   
   of invasive plants and wildlife 'imports' and probably would have   
   reservations.   
   Kurt   
   PS have a coke   
      
      
   "Quee"  wrote in message   
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   > "Quee"  wrote in message   
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   >> "Frederick Burroughs"  wrote in message   
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   >>> Quee wrote:   
   >>>> "Frederick Burroughs" wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>Granted, a tree infected with Laetiporus (or Grifola, or Sparassis, or   
   >>>>>Ganoderma, etc.) may remain standing for years. But, the nature of the   
   >>>>>rot makes the tree much more likely to topple. I've seen the brown-rot   
   >>>>>caused by Laetiporus many times in trees that have snapped at the base   
   >>>>>and fallen. Living in the forest, blow-down of trees infected by   
   >>>>>wood-rotting fungi is not infrequent.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> i say take advantage of this and ane nock that tree up with what ever   
   >>>> parasitical mushroom you find, is it in the woods or near your home,   
   >>>> you dont want to cause a forest quarenteen but there are so many fun   
   >>>> options   
   >>>   
   >>> I don't think it is ecologically ethical to purposely infect healthy   
   >>> trees with a pathological fungus. Besides, in a normal year I can   
   >>> collect more mushrooms than I can hope to eat. Personally, I can reach a   
   >>> "saturation" point, where I temporarily lose my appetite for mushrooms.   
   >>> (This condition is short lived.) And, there's a *lot* of woods around   
   >>> me. The George Washington National Forest is comprised of over 1,000,000   
   >>> acres. Given the right conditions, you can find a lot of mushrooms.   
   >>>   
   >>> I do have a very large oak in the front yard very close to the house.   
   >>> Last year, I found Sparassis spathulata, Cauliflower Mushroom, growing   
   >>> very near the base. The tree *looks* healthy, but the mushroom indicates   
   >>> heartrot. Prudent homeowners would probably fell the tree before it   
   >>> blows over on the house.   
   >>>   
   >>> In my yard I find Laetiporus, Sparassis, and Ganoderma. Across the   
   >>> street, in the neighbor's yard, I find Meripilus sumstinei (the tree was   
   >>> removed, but the mushroom still grows from the roots.) A very short   
   >>> drive in autumn and I'm picking Grifola frondosa... I think these are   
   >>> natural pathogens in deciduous forests. If the forest is mature, or near   
   >>> climax, you'll probably find increasing numbers of mushrooms.   
   >>   
   >> nice, i'm not awake yet   
   >>   
   >   
   > kurt can you make a Agar "slant or Petri" culture of the mushrooms you   
   > collect? or maybe spore prints, this goes for every one out there,   
   >   
      
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