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 tosatori
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 UK Mushroom Hunters. anyone found any libs yet?
#7326974 - 08/23/07 06:06 PM (4 years, 9 months ago) |
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just wandering whether anybody in the uk has come across any liberty caps. i realise its early in the season, but its possible a few may have come up. haven't gone lookin yet, but i may in a week or two.
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Re: UK Mushroom Hunters. anyone found any libs yet? [Re: tosatori]
#7327003 - 08/23/07 06:12 PM (4 years, 9 months ago) |
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I realllly wanna start huntng now but I'm not sure if there's any point. I might wait a week. There's been loads of rain though! I'll post if I find any. I'm in Devon, you?
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tosatori
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Re: UK Mushroom Hunters. anyone found any libs yet? [Re: Peteomighty]
#7327084 - 08/23/07 06:28 PM (4 years, 9 months ago) |
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Im in yorkshire, and theres been rain and quite a lot of mist. Especially up the hills, I really wouldn't be surprised if they've started poppin up, high up. I might check next week. Ill let you know if i find anything.
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Re: UK Mushroom Hunters. anyone found any libs yet? [Re: tosatori]
#7327269 - 08/23/07 07:05 PM (4 years, 9 months ago) |
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Shrooms have been slim generally recently,, i'm in Yorkshire too..
Even with the rain i haven't been finding much, active or otherwise..
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Re: UK Mushroom Hunters. anyone found any libs yet? [Re: Mike_yy]
#7327327 - 08/23/07 07:15 PM (4 years, 9 months ago) |
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that mean you've found some...:P
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Re: UK Mushroom Hunters. anyone found any libs yet? [Re: tosatori]
#7327478 - 08/23/07 07:46 PM (4 years, 9 months ago) |
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im in essex ( not far from hylands park in chelmsford where v was help that just so happens to have horse roaming around) i had a look in my gf's garden today and found some major shrooming going on, going over the woods at the back when it get light, its like 3:45am atm, going to look for some cyans!!
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Re: UK Mushroom Hunters. anyone found any libs yet? [Re: 2play]
#7327547 - 08/23/07 08:00 PM (4 years, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
2play said:
im in essex ( not far from hylands park in chelmsford where v was help that just so happens to have horse roaming around) i had a look in my gf's garden today and found some major shrooming going on, going over the woods at the back when it get light, its like 3:45am atm, going to look for some cyans!!
cyans grow in the UK???!?
really?
i was blisfully unaware
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Re: UK Mushroom Hunters. anyone found any libs yet? [Re: tosatori]
#7327560 - 08/23/07 08:03 PM (4 years, 9 months ago) |
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Cyans do exist here,, but as far as i know they prefer colder weather...
I walked 200 miles plus last year looking for libs and i only found afew,, i heared it was a bad year though..
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Now i was standing in the corner
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i had some marijuana
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so i went into the corner with my rizla and my ganja
built another spliff until i was totally out my head
Ps.
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Re: UK Mushroom Hunters. anyone found any libs yet? [Re: 2play]
#7327575 - 08/23/07 08:06 PM (4 years, 9 months ago) |
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On wednesday morning of this week i was walking along, minding
my own, when i spotted a liberty cap in someones garden.
the patch of grass was only about 8 ft squared, after much
rummaging around on my hands and knees i found about 20 or
so.
After that i decided to go and check a few of the locations i
picked at last year.
Last year i found another garden, it's a beautiful garden with
2 small grass areas, the liberty caps seem to love this lawn,
despite being quite a small garden i've seen me pick upwards
of 200 shrooms there in as little as 10 minutes, although the
little old dude who lives in the house doesn't appreciate me
raping his lawn and often knocks on his window in an attempt to
scare me off.
Well, would you believe i found another 20 or so there, so i'd 40
shrooms on wednesday afternoon, it was quality, a taste of
things to come over the next few months, mild little trip, i
listened to white stripes and maximo park and smoked some
doobies, it was a great day.
I went back yesterday and looked in both gardens, there were a
few but they were very small, so i left them, i might go
back at the weekend, i'll keep you guys posted.
Best of luck this season guys.
P.S: I live in glasgow, there's a driving range near me, last
year i'd go there in the morning when nobody was there tee'ing
off, lest i be struck on the bonce with a golf ball, and pick
upwards of 1,000 mushies, i've a few good spots, but this year
i'm going to include cyanescens in my search, any of you uk
shroomers ever found cyanes? What type of habitat did you
find them in? Do they fruit at the same time as libs? Earlier?
Later?
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Re: UK Mushroom Hunters. anyone found any libs yet? [Re: toytown]
#7328750 - 08/24/07 05:01 AM (4 years, 8 months ago) |
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hey there!!
cyans are very rare! do your research on them as there are alot of look alike that WILL kill you,
they are a woodland shroom, be warey of any that grow near a dead alive birch tree, but pick them anyway! they like shade especially under big leaves, so look under bushes, take a mate and pretend ur playing football, finding a cyan mean u get dirty n ya hands n knees, i wanna go looking some point ove rhte weekend at the woods round the back,
cyans never used to be rare at all, mum used ot take m to epping forest and i always used to see them n try and eat them, mum stopped me everytime!! damn her!
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 Re: UK Mushroom Hunters. anyone found any libs yet? [Re: 2play]
#7329048 - 08/24/07 08:19 AM (4 years, 8 months ago) |
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Psilocybe cyanescens are rare in the UK, in the US they are common in some regions.
Also, they are not a woodland mushroom. The grow most usually from landscaped woodchip beds in urban environments.
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Re: UK Mushroom Hunters. anyone found any libs yet? [Re: CureCat]
#7329100 - 08/24/07 08:33 AM (4 years, 8 months ago) |
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Cheers for the input guys.
I know a couple of woodchipped areas, i know of one in
particular, a childrens play area, there are a lot of
trees around and the area is pretty well shaded, seems
it would be a good place to look.
I won't stop searching for libs, i'll just extend my
search to include cyanes.
It's been quite cold and cloudy today, looks like it
may rain, it did for a while earlier, i'm thinking of
checking out those gardens over the weekend, wish
me luck, happy hunting!
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Re: UK Mushroom Hunters. anyone found any libs yet? [Re: tosatori]
#7329430 - 08/24/07 10:04 AM (4 years, 8 months ago) |
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I was hoping if the bad weathered continued some would pop up but i'm afraid it's been warm and sunny and dry for the last two days here in lincs  oh well, they will come, late August is early anyway.
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Re: UK Mushroom Hunters. anyone found any libs yet? [Re: Amberthefrog]
#7330380 - 08/24/07 03:12 PM (4 years, 8 months ago) |
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i didnt even bother to look yet...
i heard one or two people have found some in small quantities round here...
i believe they will pop up earlier this year compared to previous seasons due to the cool and wet summer *fingers crossed* but still im not going out to my spots till mid september...
i should have got the farmers number last year and got him to check for me 
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Re: UK Mushroom Hunters. anyone found any libs yet? [Re: Dr. uarewotueat]
#7332128 - 08/25/07 05:35 AM (4 years, 8 months ago) |
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Ah the great UK mushroom season is on its way, I have been watching the weather and I think if you give it 2-4 weeks the temps will drop enough, and a bit of rain and voila, off to my liberty patch for another great haul 
Good luck to all for this year.
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Re: UK Mushroom Hunters. anyone found any libs yet? [Re: blacksun]
#7335470 - 08/26/07 05:19 AM (4 years, 8 months ago) |
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ive found nothing yet in glasgow,ill post when i doo.nice post toytown,i thaught i was readding about myself when i read your post as i also use gardens as a yardstick.toytown i have looked for cyanescens for many years now in glasgow and yes i think i have found them but could never be sure,thats why ive never bothered to try them,but i wouldnt mind hearing how someone else gets on.feel free to pm me toytown and i could tell you where i found my suspected cyans.
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Re: UK Mushroom Hunters. anyone found any libs yet? [Re: shansuke]
#7337344 - 08/26/07 05:16 PM (4 years, 8 months ago) |
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I think it's gonna be a good year. There has to be some benefit to all this bloody rain we've had!!!
I had a quick glance over a spot just yesterday (sheep grazing) and didn't see anything yet. Will shout as soon as I see anything.
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Re: UK Mushroom Hunters. anyone found any libs yet? [Re: shaggydogman]
#7338927 - 08/27/07 05:22 AM (4 years, 8 months ago) |
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Weather still warm in the day and dry, no rain for a few days here. Temperature has dropped to about 8c or lower at night so its looking good.
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Re: UK Mushroom Hunters. anyone found any libs yet? [Re: Amberthefrog]
#7358145 - 09/01/07 06:16 AM (4 years, 8 months ago) |
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im just about to set off to my usual spot for the first time. fingers crossed.
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Re: UK Mushroom Hunters. anyone found any libs yet? [Re: tosatori]
#7361730 - 09/02/07 12:17 PM (4 years, 8 months ago) |
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Its raining! And bbc says it will be 6C here tonight. I think i will go for an early morning look
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