Phaeolus schweinitzii/Sparassis crispa

[FungiJohn]

Originally Posted by Lancashire Lad

And also, you will be further initiated into the strange and cryptic sense of humour that many of WAB's fungi aficionado's have.

Regards,
Mike.

True indeed Mike

John

[JONATHAN NEED]

I apologise for any problems i may have caused.
It seems there are issues concerned with the initial post i was not aware of.

Jon

[NickCantle]

I don't think you've caused a problem mate, but you're already noticing the WAB sense of humour Stick around- this is the best British Fungi resource on the web.

Nick

[Michael Jordan]

Originally Posted by solus

. . . sites of rare plants have been damaged by people picking/uprooting/stealing that plant and birds have their eggs and/or young stolen so it is always wise, in my view, to err on the side of caution when releasing site info. about certain vulnerable species.

For those who have been following discussions about prudent data management, this thread well illustrates the issues at stake. The 2 national UK fungus records databases, CATE and FRDBI, now differ markedly in policy about data exposure.

CATE database management chooses to restrict information broadcast on the open Internet detailing sites, including place names and grid references at greater resolution than 1 hectad. The level of information is limited to registered users who have been vetted and are recognised to have genuine 'need-to-know'.

The FRDBI management subscribes to so-called 'Creative Commons licensing' being promoted by a radical American activist collaboration, part of whose purpose is legal copyright breaking. All FRDBI data for all records are now open and freely accessible on the Internet.

Logic suggests that introduction of this level of exposure opens another route for predation, whether by myco-gourmets, trophy hunters or those merely curious to pick it and pull it apart.

Michael Jordan
CEO - ABFG