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rmelrose@bluemoo.net wrote:
> The weight of opinion seems to be coming down on the squirrels as mushroom
> transporters. By the way, they behave as though I am a war criminal, with
> some reason (story suppressed for the moment), so I shall not hold it
> against them.

Not sure about your particular case, but I can vouch for squirrels 
taking mushrooms up into the trees and wedging them in to dry for later 
eating.  I first noticed this behavior when I was living on Pike's Peak 
in Colorado.  I would throw wormy mushrooms and stems out the side door 
of the cabin and kept noticing that they would vanish.  So I continued 
this and started watching.  The funny part is that any time there would 
be a strong windy period during the winter, it would rain mushrooms. 
They were visible against the snow.  There would be a feeding frenzy and 
many would also be taken back up into the trees.