On Tue, 25 Oct 2005 03:45:42 GMT,WaltA wrote:
On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 12:28:32 +0100, Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:
While it is a very good book, mushrooms are so variable in shape and
colour that you might pass a pic in the book without seeing the
similarity with the specimen you are trying to identify.

and so variable in location and growing conditions,
which is why we created the usenet newsgroup free.uk.nature.mushroom
so as not to get mingled with, and at xporpoises with, the n.american
crowd on the alt.* heirararchy

ooops,,, I meant to include your ref to
alt.nature.mushrooms

( vs. free.uk.nature.mushroom)
not out of xenophobia,
more because of local interest/relevance