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Originally Posted by JennyS  Ooops!
Seriously though that's very useful to know or I'd have made the same mistake over and over again ..... I should have read Dobson more carefully, tomorrow I'll go test a squamule base ..... knew I should have stuck to gardening  |
I have not checked this, but according to Dobson (page 128), you could get a general K+ reaction from the underside of basal squamules in red-fruited species too!
(I don't think he mentions the reaction with red apothecia, but it is in the key in Purvis.)
Go for the lower part of the podetium.
Alan