Generally a fungus symbiotic with a tree cannot live long without the tree. Usually a "bloom" follows the death of the tree (as in having the tree cut down) the following season, and I have never seen a second "bloom," perhaps others here have. Once nearby a town cut down about a dozen of...
Many in the Eastern US do use this rule of thumb but you will miss some red-staining edible ones.
Actually the only sensible rule is to know intimately how to identify any toxic or deadly mushroom that "could" be mistaken for your target mushroom.
One big problem is that books may be of...
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