At 02:16 PM 10/25/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Dear Conchlers,
>
>I am back after a few days' absence. My computer is so full of unread email
>messages that the electrons are dripping onto the floor, and I am sitting
>in the slop.
>
>The following message is from the Taxacom listserve. Basically, it
>recommends not collecting any specimens (of rare plants) until the
>collector has seen 20 specimens at the same location. Obviously,
>paleontologists do not generally follow this kind of rule, except sometimes
>at sites that are reserved for student use. What about collectors of living
>shells? Would this sort of rule make a useful guideline, or is it
>unworkable?
>
>Andrew K. Rindsberg
>Geological Survey of Alabama
>Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
>

Nice idea, but.....

The author must have found about 80 Psilocybe mexicana before he thought
that one up.