From: dimitar@pontix.com   
      
   "Frederick Burroughs"  wrote in message   
   news:12ijeh9ep424933@corp.supernews.com...   
   > My first stop in today's foray was the area I find Grifola frondosa. I   
   > searched the base of several large oaks where I've found the mushroom in   
   > previous years. I saw mostly deteriorating gilled mushrooms on the forest   
   > floor. These must've been around for some time.   
   >   
   > We've had good rain for the last 3 days, and I was thinking, maybe I'm a   
   > little early? I was thinking of searching a different part of the forest,   
   > when I saw something at the base of an oak tree, 10 yds. from where I was.   
   > Getting close to the tree revealed a ring of large G. frondosa clumps, all   
   > around the tree. It was the largest fruiting I've ever found. The find was   
   > so bountiful, I decided to return home. One can only eat so much.   
   >   
   > This first picture shows a cluster in the foreground, and another in the   
   > background. The spots on the fertile surfaces is dirt, splashed up by the   
   > heavy rains we've had until this morning. See:   
   > http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=264535499&size=l   
      
      
   Wow... What a shot. Beautiful.   
      
   We do not get the G. frondosa on the West Coast.   
      
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