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Anal Probe Deluxe · July 2010

Follow these rules when hunting any organism:

1. Know the diet/nutritional habits of your prey.
2. Know the habitat of your prey. (One and two are kinda the same in in non-mobile organisms)
3. Know the optimal temperature and timing of your target.
4. Most importantly ... NEVER EVER EVER EVER EAT AN UNIDENTIFIED MUSHROOM!!!!!1 If you can, always get it identified by an expert (or two, or three, or 3,742 if you can).

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mashlehash · July 2010

Good post. P. Cinctulus are actually one of the two active shrooms that grow in my area.

Ebola · July 2010

I found lotz of Liberty Caps (Psilocybe semilanceata) in the woods around where I live. They grow in the same places as the years before, so people have their own secret "hunting grounds".
They tend to be easier to find if you eat the first few you find

jamie madrox · July 2010

Thats so weird, I find shrooms growing all the time, in a tub, in my closet.

Anal Probe Deluxe · July 2010

jamie madrox wrote: »

Thats so weird, I find shrooms growing all the time, in a tub, in my closet.

How do you hunt for the right closet??? I've searched closets for yeaaaaarsh to no avail. If only ....

Anal Probe Deluxe · July 2010

Ebola wrote: »

I found lotz of Liberty Caps (Psilocybe semilanceata) in the woods around where I live. They grow in the same places as the years before, so people have their own secret "hunting grounds".
They tend to be easier to find if you eat the first few you find

You live in Europe or the PNW? And WTF? In the woods? They are semi-coprophilic saprotrophs that grow in fields. You obviously are confused. I didn't catch the part before.

Ebola · July 2010

Anal Probe Deluxe wrote: »

You live in Europe or the PNW? And WTF? In the woods? They are semi-coprophilic saprotrophs that grow in fields. You obviously are confused. I didn't catch the part before.

Yes, I live in Europe (Denmark) and not the slightest confused

They can be found abundently in Danish forests from late summer to the first frost. Some claim (also here in DK) that they can only be found in pastures and fields (esp. where cows have grazed), but tell that to the ´shrooms. The ones I have found (kilos over the years) didn´t seem to care.
Worth noting though is that the Danish forests are relativly newly planted (less than 200 years) and there are a lot of deer.

mashlehash · July 2010

Ebola wrote: »

Yes, I live in Europe (Denmark) and not the slightest confused
They can be found abundently in Danish forests from late summer to the first frost. Some claim (also here in DK) that they can only be found in pastures and fields (esp. where cows have grazed), but tell that to the ´shrooms. The ones I have found (kilos over the years) didn´t seem to care.
Worth noting though is that the Danish forests are relativly newly planted (less than 200 years) and there are a lot of deer.

Are liberty caps potent or no? My friend in the UK says he picked many liberty caps but it took quite a bit to actually trip off of.

Ebola · July 2010

mashlehash wrote: »

Are liberty caps potent or no? My friend in the UK says he picked many liberty caps but it took quite a bit to actually trip off of.

I would say yes. It is the most potent mushroom in Europe. When I take them, I use them dried. About one gram is usually enough to get a fun buzz and to get tripping I would take 3-5 grams.
I have only hallucinated from them a few times though and never "seen" anything that wasn´t there. I have only "seen" existing things distorted, moving/pulsing, forming patterns or changing colours.

meta · July 2010

Excellent post! It will be very helpful for my upcoming hiking trip.

Anal Probe Deluxe · July 2010

Ebola wrote: »

Yes, I live in Europe (Denmark) and not the slightest confused
They can be found abundently in Danish forests from late summer to the first frost. Some claim (also here in DK) that they can only be found in pastures and fields (esp. where cows have grazed), but tell that to the ´shrooms. The ones I have found (kilos over the years) didn´t seem to care.
Worth noting though is that the Danish forests are relativly newly planted (less than 200 years) and there are a lot of deer.

I stand corrected

. From what I hear they also like sheep dung a lot, too. When you said the woods, my experiences told me to assume you meant growing from wood or some other forest byproduct. I hope you find many in your days. Man I've heard some n00bs lecture me on finding libery caps saying the grow on tree stumps while proceeding to post a picture of a Coprinellus sp. with the caption "ThEsE R M4G1C, NO?"

Anal Probe Deluxe · July 2010

Ebola wrote: »

I would say yes. It is the most potent mushroom in Europe.

That is a technicality I think held by P. azurescens. Just my opinion. But yes almost all sources state P. semilanceata to be "Moderately to Highly Active".

Anonymous · July 2010

Very useful.

Anal Probe Deluxe · July 2010

Would someone care to go ahead and sticky this?

mashlehash · July 2010

Anal Probe Deluxe wrote: »

Would someone care to go ahead and sticky this?

I agree.

DeadHam · July 2010

this is an excellent thread, I vote sticky. I mean, when would this become unvaluable... never!

Anal Probe Deluxe · July 2010

Anal Probe Deluxe wrote: »

3. Know the optimal temperature and timing of your target.

To elaborate upon this further:

To know the habits of a creature implies an understanding of adaptability (or the lack thereof), the behavior of the organism in conditional changes, and particularly in organisms in kingdoms other than Animalia (and others capable of homeothermia), microclimates. For instance, in a mulch spot in my yard, Pluteus spp. start popping up in the afternoon and grow all the way into the morning. Even if well watered, they seldom come up in the height of the afternoon. They love that high humidity and those low temps as they have little substance to them. So note (if you can) the relative humidity (RH) and temperature when you find any patch. Doing so can help you to understand your prey of choice better.

Anal Probe Deluxe · July 2010

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Wouldn't surprise me if they were active. These are ones from 6/17, the last time my patch was stirring until now. We've had a dry spell. Growing from well decayed wood, not soil.

mashlehash · July 2010

Anal Probe Deluxe wrote: »

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Wouldn't surprise me if they were active. These are ones from 6/17, the last time my patch was stirring until now. we've had a dry spell.

Why would go about just saying they're active when you don't know? They look to bruise blue a tiny bit. You should get an ID at the shroomery.

Anal Probe Deluxe · July 2010

mashlehash wrote: »

Why would go about just saying they're active when you don't know? They look to bruise blue a tiny bit. You should get an ID at the shroomery.

Sincerely, thank you for questioning me. You're doing the right thing.

http://mushroomobserver.org/47023?q=1BQX

Those pics were of the Pluteus I was speaking of. Saprotrophic in well decayed wood (that mulch has sat to rot in direct sun for over three years), salmon-pink spore print (the decayed wood substrate separates it from Entoloma, which is terrestrial in habit; Entolomas also sometimes tend to be funkier colors than plain brown. It should be noted that despite looking macroscopically similar, Entoloma and Pluteus are in two different families.). The bruising also makes me suspect it to be active. I wish I had some literature on Pluteus spp. ... It was ID'ed by Alan Rockefeller on Shroomery and MO.org. I am no expert, but I NEVER call something a genus (let alone species) unless I believe it to be true, trying to back it up with evidence. I have spores to almost every specimen found and/or photographed on aluminum foil and labeled for further examination.

Anyways, it would take a lot of them to do anything. I just like the concept of magic mushrooms growing my yard. Also, several Pluetus spp. (and probably several, if not many, undocumented species) are well known to be active and are very widely distributed. I love mah shrooms, brah. Please pardon me though as I did wrong by not giving the source link and more information. I sincerely apologize.

According to weiliiiiii (a well known shroomer who has probably dosed more times on P. weilii than both of us combined), he states he has heard (note the this is partially hearsay, but also based on experiences) that Pluteus salicinus ( http://mushroomobserver.org/48255?q=1BQi ) bruises about as often as Panaeolus cinctulus.

EDIT: Here is the shroomery thread:

http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/12758511/page/1

Here's another Pluteus (the print to the one in the picture I don't have

, but I have one of a similar specimen grown from the same spot. If you can find free mulch at your local dump I suggest you get a mulching pitchforck and take advantage of the opportunity

http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/12640381/page/2