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Old 28-09-2008, 10:45 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Nick Maclaren Nick Maclaren is offline
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Default Honey fungus panic!


In article ,
PK writes:
| Granity wrote:
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| It's not a problem on dead wood.
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| errm yes it is!
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| It feed of the dead wood and sends out bootlaces to find its next host!

Perhaps, but it's grossly overstated as a problem. If it were half
as lethal as is made out, none of the older English woodland would
exist.

As far as I know, there is no proof that it ever transfers between
hosts via the bootlaces or other mycelium but no clear evidence that
it doesn't.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.