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from David Rance contains these words:

/snip cèps/

Further north, surely? The best cèpe hauls I have ever made have been in
the north west of Scotland.

There are a lot in the South-West of France, in the Pau area.

That's practically into the Pair-of-knees. Wetter and cooler in the
knees region...

A few years ago I asked in here about giant puff-balls and I almost got
to the point of wanting to try them. But since then we haven't had any,
although last year we had one or two but I saw them too late to do
anything with them. So I kicked them around a bit to spread the spores.
Maybe this year ........

It's about the right time for them. Best of luck. The favourite place
for them is grazed meadows on flood plains.

I have them in my vineyard!

Hmmm. Spirit stove, a big frying-pan, some olive oil and a bowl of
batter. And don't forget the wine...

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