Hee hee...I didn't know we shared a Lovecraftian bent, as well! Paul is the real Lovecraft-fiend here, but I love 'im as well, and did some research on the man at one point.

I think it is the same stuff, or if not, a very closely-related species... One of my favorite mycologically-inclined Reclaiming peeps, Larry Savides, will be over here next week, so I'll have to ask him and see if he knows. I'm hoping the spore-stuff will arrive by then, so I can show him when he's here.

I suspect that if you can get them to ship to the U.K. (I wonder about agricultural laws), you could certainly get canola oil over there and mix up your own stuff. I'm wondering if using the canola oil instead of commercial bar&chain oil could void my Husqvarna warranty, but I'd probably still go ahead and do it, even if so.

And yeah, stump grinding sucks. For smaller trees, I can break up the roots with my backhoe and pull them out, but that's not going to fly for the big 'uns It's not like I'm taking out many trees anyway, if I can help it, but I do need to clear the trails at times, chop dead trees for firewood, and clear some gardening/crop space next to the house.