From: nochance@nospam.no   
      
   "RustyHinge"  wrote in message   
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   > On 22/09/13 06:44, tree wrote:   
   > I also collected a   
   >> purple Russula in the area which has been annoying me for a while, and   
   >> still   
   >> did not manage to identify it.   
   >   
   > You're fighting a losing battle there. I don't know how many species have   
   > been identified within Russula, but experts can't agree.   
   >   
   > Even using an array of chemicals, a × 1,000 magnification microscope and   
   > associated dyes etc, certainty is not certain...   
   >   
      
   Yeah, I tried some FeSO4 (from my childhhood chemistry set) on the flesh,   
   seemed to turn pink but I think the chemical has gone a bit "off" over the   
   decades. Even if it had turned pink it seemed to indicate species under pine   
   and I found this under Norway Spruce. Over the years I've become less   
   obssessed with ID'ing species (unless I'm going to eat them!) and more   
   content to enjoy the beauty of them and their surroundings. I do though keep   
   a database with my finds with lots of "unknowns".   
      
   > You don't say where in Scotland. I've found the Western Isles to be rather   
   > poor in the larger fungi, but the Western Highlands to be really   
   > bountiful. Perthshire has produced several excellent meals (The Birks of   
   > Aberfeldy being especially productive, as were the woods of Braid just   
   > outside Edinburgh. Stirlingshire is not to be sniffed at, either.   
      
   I live in Fife but often go up the M90 into Perthshire. In fact I'm going to   
   do that today as I've got a day off. I love it there, feels like the place I   
   belong. My mother's family farmed in Perthshire so I guess the place is in   
   my blood.   
      
   I just discovered Stirlingshire this year, some nice forests- haven't been   
   there in proper mushroom season yet. Also there looks to be some interesting   
   plantations near Callander but I hate having to drive so far.   
      
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