Hi Chuck, Apology gratefully accepted. You should have mentioned, I think, the 11 private e-mails when you mentioned the snake oil. The difference between mycorrhiza and snake oil is that mycorrhiza exist and snake oil does not. The difference between manure and mycorrhiza is that manure is digested food from some animal and mycorrhiza refers to a large group of fungi that live symbiotically with roots. Manure may contain mycorrhiza. From there, I have only questions. I haven't used the mycorrhiza although I have been aware of something like it on the market. I do not in any way profit from it. Nor am I any kind of expert, only a student who has studied the literature and been intrigued by people doing the research and who also have not, as far as I know, profited in any other way from it themselves. Linda Kuczwanski In a message dated 2/27/99 4:06:04 PM Central Standard Time, ChuckWyatt@compuserve.com writes: << Hi Linda, I didn't mean to be rude. My comments were only made after I got eleven (11) private E mails from people asking why I didn't give my feelings on what they felt was a hoax. Isn't the stuff only refined manure? Chuck Wyatt >>