A study of the sporophore production of the agarics and boleti of a Scots pine plantation in Scotland from 1965 to 1969 was made, with particular reference to Russula emetica (Schaeff. ex Fr.) S. F. Gray. Estimates of total productivity ranged from 0·24 to 0·49 million sporophores/ha/year and 265 to 460 kg/ha/ year fresh wt. Productivity from August to October accounted for 90% of the total, with the peak in September. Estimates of sporophore life for different species ranged from 1 to 3 days for Mycena and Galerina, 4–7 for R. emetica and Lactarius rufus (Scop, ex Fr.) Fr., to 12–20 for Boletus badius Fr., Hygrophorus hypothejus (Fr. ex Fr.) Fr., Paxillus involutes (Batsch ex Fr.) Fr. and Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca (Fr.) Maire. Population decay curves indicated that with weekly visiting, about one-quarter of the population would not be observed, and with fortnightly visiting this figure could be as much as a half. The mean interval between visits was 3–5 days in peak season, and this higher frequency is thought to be responsible for the higher estimates of productivity compared with earlier studies, as well as the fact that it was from a coniferous wood which, in earlier studies have also proved to be relatively more prolific than deciduous ones.