Interest in matsutake mushrooms is increasing in this area and now a web site exists: http://user.cavenet.com/akmoore/ Mostly this is of interest to people with nearby forests and interest in mushrooms. ---- In other mushroom news, a new fungi has appeared in California. Estimates are that it will kill all the costal oaks in a few years. ---- A study by "Harley and Smith" concluded that most plants can have mycorrrhizal relationships (beneficial fungi). They also found that plants with nutrient deficiencies attract fungi and when moved to nutrient rich soil the fungi are no longer present. Is this another clue about how soils work? jeff ---- Source: "Mushroom, the journal of wild mushrooming" Issue 69, Fall 2000
