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In a message dated 6/14/2006 10:09:56 PM Eastern Standard Time, redherring@tnaccess.com writes:

> Armillaria mushrooms usually don't come up till fall, but another name is "shoestring fungus" as after the bark falls off the dead tree, there are long black strings underneath


If one cuts away the bark at the soil line the mycelium can be seen underneath as white shoestrings.  

Jerry