From: riburr@shentel.net   
      
   dwheeler@ipns.com wrote:   
   >   
   > I'm not sure what the importance of the rabbit hutch and/or droppings   
   > would be for the species you note. Some Cantharellus species may   
   > require being eaten by animals (like truffles), mixed with digestive   
   > fungal flora, and excreted before the mushroom will grow. I remember   
   > Dr. Eric Danell, who first cultivated chanterelles in pots at Oregon   
   > State University, saying he had been unable to get C. oregonense   
   > spores to germinate. Yet I grew them at Paul Bishop's by burying   
   > pieces of sporocarps near feeder roots in September and October. Using   
   > older sporocarps may have been important. Or not. Lots of variables at   
   > play with any mycorrhizal fungus. Still, it CAN be done.   
   >   
      
   There are probably numerous symbiotic relationships going on, near to   
   where the rabbit hutch used to be.  Perhaps the rich environment   
   stimulated new root growth in the surrounding trees.  (The hutch was   
   located on the edge of a large forest.)  Spores from mycorrhizal fungi,   
   may have had the opportunity for good start in the rich soil.  And, the   
   soil near the hutch is probably rich in Actinomycetes and microfungi   
   that may act as growth factors.   
      
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