[Pil-pc-oceania] Permaculture of the Arabian Desert

[Robyn Francis]

Hi Robyn - is it a European Oak (Quercus) you are referring to or She Oak
(Casuarina)? If the former I might be able to identify it.
Also re Casuarina, there are supposedly 3 edible fungi that are Casuarina
associates but I don't have details to enable identification.
Ciao
Robyn

On 29/2/08 10:16 PM, "Robyn Williamson" <robynzw at aapt.net.au> wrote:

> This phenomenon is quite common in Australian plants because of our
> so-called "impoverished" and leached ancient soils.  However I notice
> that my oak tree too often gets fungal fruiting bodies sprouting out
> of the ground under the tree after rain.  They look good enough to
> eat but I haven't dared try them yet.  They look something like
> normal big mushrooms, up to 100mm or 4" across the top, but a pale
> pinkish brownish colour underneath, would anybody know what they
> might be?
> 
> Robyn W

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