From: riburr@shentel.net   
      
   Steve Peek wrote:   
   > tree wrote:   
   >> My reliable chanterelle patches are turning up just one or two or   
   >> even nothing this year. By contrast the false chanterelles are   
   >> abundant, as if to rub salt into the wound. There have been a few   
   >> of ceps this year though. I was hopeful this year would be a good   
   >> one for mushrooms as July was very hot and then we got a thundery   
   >> downpour but then August was virtually devoid of rain. Worst of all   
   >> there was a couple of weeks of wind which dried out the ground   
   >> (this happened last year at the wrong time too). There's been some   
   >> rain this week though and an autumn storm is promised for the   
   >> weekend so there's still time for it to turn around. This is   
   >> Scotland, BTW.   
   >   
   > In the SE US this is the best year in recent memory for chanterelles.   
   > Bolete species have been noticeably lacking though.   
   >   
      
   In my area of the Appalachian Mountains in Virginia (about the same   
   latitude as Washington D.C., but considerably west) the chanterelles   
   were plentiful in early summer (the usual time for them), and boletes   
   have been plentiful.  Currently, things are starting to dry out.   
   Praying for some hurricane remnants to get the autumn season hoppin'.   
      
   Where I had cleared and burned some small areas in my yard last fall the   
   mushrooms (especially chanterelles) were very plentiful.  I guess they   
   were much easier to see on the ground cleared of leaves and duff.   
      
      
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