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2004 Mushroom season( Victoria)
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mothershabooboo
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Found more today;
Psychadelic_Paisly
Bluelighter
Yummy 
Well done shabooboo. Did you pick that Muscuriva? I've heard both arguments that they're no good, others that they are?
What's everyone elses point of view on the Muscuriva? (the red with white dots)
Well done shabooboo. Did you pick that Muscuriva? I've heard both arguments that they're no good, others that they are?What's everyone elses point of view on the Muscuriva? (the red with white dots)
mothershabooboo
Bluelighter
Nah I didn't pick it but it's the first time I've found one so I was pretty excited. They look awesome!
You can eat em but they have to be prepared first, I'm not sure what that preparation involves but I wouldn't do it.. no need.
You can eat em but they have to be prepared first, I'm not sure what that preparation involves but I wouldn't do it.. no need.
To prepare the "Muscaria" you heat them on a low tempurature while they are upside down (gills up). The heating converts some other consitutents into iobotanic acid, I think. Once dried they are eaten. However I would recomend finding a proper doesage guide elsewhere. Also keep in mind that the alkaloid content varies from geographic place to place.
They are a dangerous mushroom and must be treated with respect. A typical "trip" if it can be called this is as follows:
1-Eat Mushrooms
2-Slowly fall asleap
3-wake up confused and under the influence of some drug that you forgot you took
4-some benzo like effects and vision distortion (more like fever halucinations that real tripy feelings)
5-Slowly wearing off
They are a dangerous mushroom and must be treated with respect. A typical "trip" if it can be called this is as follows:
1-Eat Mushrooms
2-Slowly fall asleap
3-wake up confused and under the influence of some drug that you forgot you took
4-some benzo like effects and vision distortion (more like fever halucinations that real tripy feelings)
5-Slowly wearing off
VooDoo Gurl
Bluelighter
Please use care when collecting...
I went collecting this weekend and was upset to see major disturbances at some of the sites that I have been using for 3 years now and my friends have been using for 10 years.
If you go collecting, not only should you be extremely careful and make sure that you are picking the right thing (take someone with you who knows what they are doing!) but also please remember:
Don't pick the pinheads (the small ones). As mushrooms age, the cap expands, flattens out and the spores are released. This is a good thing since the spores will grow into new mushrooms in future years. Try to pick caps that have already expanded and leave the little ones to mature!
Don't dig up or damage the "roots" of the mushroom. Simply pinch the stalk of the mushroom a bit beneath the cap so that don't disturb the underground vegetative material which will produce more mushrooms.
And, btw, the mushroom with red caps with white spots is Amanita muscaria. It's one that requires some preparation before it can be ingested - as always Erowid is a good source of info.
I went collecting this weekend and was upset to see major disturbances at some of the sites that I have been using for 3 years now and my friends have been using for 10 years.
If you go collecting, not only should you be extremely careful and make sure that you are picking the right thing (take someone with you who knows what they are doing!) but also please remember:
Don't pick the pinheads (the small ones). As mushrooms age, the cap expands, flattens out and the spores are released. This is a good thing since the spores will grow into new mushrooms in future years. Try to pick caps that have already expanded and leave the little ones to mature!
Don't dig up or damage the "roots" of the mushroom. Simply pinch the stalk of the mushroom a bit beneath the cap so that don't disturb the underground vegetative material which will produce more mushrooms.
And, btw, the mushroom with red caps with white spots is Amanita muscaria. It's one that requires some preparation before it can be ingested - as always Erowid is a good source of info.
very nice Hardicus. Like your find!!
As for the photos they are good compared to my first attempts :+
My tips:
Realy be carefull when your focusing the cammera this is the most important bit!!
use macro mode for closups
avoid the flash in lighish invironments (good digital cameras will change the type of ISO film type they are using automaticaly in low light conditions) Only use the flash if completly necessary.
Anyone willing to amend my tip is welcome too as Im realy new to it as well
As for the photos they are good compared to my first attempts :+
My tips:
Realy be carefull when your focusing the cammera this is the most important bit!!
use macro mode for closups
avoid the flash in lighish invironments (good digital cameras will change the type of ISO film type they are using automaticaly in low light conditions) Only use the flash if completly necessary.
Anyone willing to amend my tip is welcome too as Im realy new to it as well
![:\](https://bluelight.org/xf/BL_Images/Orig_Emoji/wrygrin.gif "wry grin :\")
My camera isn't very great either.
Psychadelic_Paisly
Bluelighter
I see someone found a nice pine forest 
Good work Hardicus.
Good work Hardicus.
Wow, nice find there in the pine. I searched a pine forest on the weekend, seen bout every type of mushy cept p.subs, quie a lot of A.Muscaria, but i already picked some of them a month ago so i left them. I was thinking maybe straight-out pine forests weren't a great place to look.. after the pine forest i went deep bush and found a few. i took my camerea but forgot i had it when i was there lol 8)
I might have to try another piney forest i think after seeing these pics..
I might have to try another piney forest i think after seeing these pics..
Leprechaun
Bluelighter
Nice work Hardy! EXCELLENT PICS!
Dj ScAtTeRfAcE
Bluelighter
Re: Please use care when collecting...
Listen to this peoples, tis very good advice. But despite saying that i agree with hardie that it is hard when the patch is well known as no one really lets em grow to full size, and i guess it's okay once the veils broken because the spores will drop and the potency wont get too much stronger.
peace
VooDoo Gurl said:
Listen to this peoples, tis very good advice. But despite saying that i agree with hardie that it is hard when the patch is well known as no one really lets em grow to full size, and i guess it's okay once the veils broken because the spores will drop and the potency wont get too much stronger.
peace
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miss slingshot
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Now that the 'rape and pillage' method of mushroom hunting has become so popular this year, I'm trying to do spore prints with every mushroom I pick. This way, each time I go back I can scatter the spores - to try and undo some of the damage caused by people ripping mushrooms out with the roots/ picking babies that haven't released their spores yet.
In terms of 'replanting' spores within an existing patch, does anyone know if it would be better to just scatter the spores, or to cover them with a VERY light sprinkling of tanbark/mulch? (naturally without disturbing the existing mycelium)
I also think I may have to start on my own super secret patch for next year
In terms of 'replanting' spores within an existing patch, does anyone know if it would be better to just scatter the spores, or to cover them with a VERY light sprinkling of tanbark/mulch? (naturally without disturbing the existing mycelium)
I also think I may have to start on my own super secret patch for next year
Hardicus
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Yeah i'd like to know how people go about spreading spores. I've just been picking my mushrooms and then rubbing the paper with the sporeprints all over the same area until all the sporeprints are gone. I'm sure there's better ways to do it but this is quick and easy.
mothershabooboo
Bluelighter
Yeah it is tough cos they just stick to the paper. What I've been doing is rubbing my finger across the spore print and then rubbing my finger against some woodchips, but it still seems like a very inefficient way of doing it.