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 Gratefulgroove
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 What got you interested in mushroom hunting? 
#10343602 - 05/15/09 03:01 PM (4 years, 6 days ago) |
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So what got you guys into the hobby?
The thought of it sounds like a very fun and worthwhile experience, but never knew really where to get started.
(college coarse, shroom hunting friend, cultivating first)?
What did it take for you to get started?
(Sorry if this is the wrong place to post, didn't know where else to)
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tokingnome
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Re: What got you interested in mushroom hunting? [Re: Gratefulgroove]
#10343627 - 05/15/09 03:06 PM (4 years, 6 days ago) |
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Cultivating them first got me started and then I wanted to find some other mushrooms besides cubensis.
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masspan
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Re: What got you interested in mushroom hunting? [Re: tokingnome]
#10343637 - 05/15/09 03:09 PM (4 years, 6 days ago) |
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why do you ask, out of curiosity? is this a sociological question, like asking a chef what got them interested in cooking?
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herd
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Re: What got you interested in mushroom hunting? [Re: masspan]
#10343702 - 05/15/09 03:29 PM (4 years, 6 days ago) |
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they look so beautiful in the natural state.
and i find my self less stressed when looking for them.
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 German Kahuna
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Re: What got you interested in mushroom hunting? [Re: Gratefulgroove]
#10343716 - 05/15/09 03:32 PM (4 years, 6 days ago) |
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My grandpa, 35 years ago, when I was 2 years old. I've been a mycophiliac ever since.
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Re: What got you interested in mushroom hunting? [Re: Gratefulgroove]
#10343723 - 05/15/09 03:33 PM (4 years, 6 days ago) |
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I've always liked hiking and hunting.
I love fishing and hunting and TRIPPIN...so mushroom hunting is no different. Get yourself a few "target species" and see how good you can get at finding those species all-the-while learning about their habitat and life-cycle.
Oh yeah all that and free, natural, organic dope!!!
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champloo1
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Re: What got you interested in mushroom hunting? [Re: German Kahuna]
#10343730 - 05/15/09 03:35 PM (4 years, 6 days ago) |
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A friend who does it every year.
Seen what he was doing and i had to get in on that :P.
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Re: What got you interested in mushroom hunting? [Re: champloo1]
#10343795 - 05/15/09 03:55 PM (4 years, 6 days ago) |
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A friend's older sister used to tell us about her night-time shrooming hunts and how herself and her friends would trip through night until morning. I suppose hearing that got me interested but if it wasn't for the mother of shroom knowledge, the shroomery, that interest wouldn't have got the nurturing that this forum provided.
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Gratefulgroove
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Re: What got you interested in mushroom hunting? [Re: Eamonndoran1]
#10343818 - 05/15/09 03:59 PM (4 years, 6 days ago) |
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I ask because i am about to start cultivating my own soon, and have been interested in trying the whole outdoor adventure of searching for them, but don't really know where to get started besides looking on the shroomery.
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YaYoKush
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Re: What got you interested in mushroom hunting? [Re: Eamonndoran1]
#10343826 - 05/15/09 04:00 PM (4 years, 6 days ago) |
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The Shroomery for sure. I didn't realize i had actives growing in my own backyard for years now.
Ever since then im going places i would never have gone before and realizing how awesome mother nature is.
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champloo1
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Re: What got you interested in mushroom hunting? [Re: Eamonndoran1]
#10343841 - 05/15/09 04:03 PM (4 years, 6 days ago) |
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Quote:
Eamonndoran1 said:
A friend's older sister used to tell us about her night-time shrooming hunts and how herself and her friends would trip through night until morning. I suppose hearing that got me interested but if it wasn't for the mother of shroom knowledge, the shroomery, that interest wouldn't have got the nurturing that this forum provided.
How hard would it be to find shrooms at night. Damn.
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Re: What got you interested in mushroom hunting? [Re: champloo1]
#10344835 - 05/15/09 07:23 PM (4 years, 6 days ago) |
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i apologize, i didn't mean to sound cheeky before. i am certain that i am not alone here in saying that the process of learning about, beginning the search, finally finding something that is nothing short of a blessed gift, then actually partaking of it, is an experience that few pursue but the ones that do find something that is immeasurable and deeply personal. my suggestion is know what you are looking for in your area, watch the weather closely, find multiple different possible habitats for your search, prepare yourself to finding nothing, prepare yourself to find magic 
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Re: What got you interested in mushroom hunting? [Re: Gratefulgroove]
#10345476 - 05/15/09 09:13 PM (4 years, 6 days ago) |
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Quote:
So what got you guys into the hobby?
I was just trying to get high.
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masspan
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So what got you guys into the hobby?
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I was just trying to get high.
well, now my cover is blown, damn fleeting illusory beautiful moments
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Re: What got you interested in mushroom hunting? [Re: masspan]
#10345811 - 05/15/09 10:03 PM (4 years, 6 days ago) |
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Getting high and the small sense of achievement you get from using your noggin.
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Doc_T
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Quote:
Alan Rockefeller said:
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So what got you guys into the hobby?
I was just trying to get high.
I just wanted to ID some mushrooms. I knew they wouldn't get me high.
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You make it all possible. Doesn't it feel good?
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intlslacker
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Re: What got you interested in mushroom hunting? [Re: Doc_T]
#10345970 - 05/15/09 10:35 PM (4 years, 6 days ago) |
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I haven't been able to get into hunting for them yet, have been waiting for the season to start here, but I want to get into it because of cultivation. I've been cultivating for a while and I want to see them growing naturally. Also, there's a sense of accomplishment you get the first time you cultivate, and I have the feeling that finding them successfully will be the same. Now I just need to find someone to show me the ropes.
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Re: What got you interested in mushroom hunting? [Re: Gratefulgroove]
#10347268 - 05/16/09 03:56 AM (4 years, 6 days ago) |
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There were all these WEIRD looking mushrooms at this college I was going to. When I found them I had no idea that mushrooms came in so many different shapes and colours. The first one I found a couple yards from the computer lab I had just left. After kicking it over and being totally amazed by it's strangeness, I turned around and went back to the computer and searched for pages on identifying mushrooms.
This coincided with one of my friends mushroom cultivations, and he told me about Shroomery.
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Re: What got you interested in mushroom hunting? [Re: CureCat]
#10347406 - 05/16/09 05:47 AM (4 years, 6 days ago) |
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Off my face at a bush doof a year ago is what go me into them! I blended into a tree and never looked back. 
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CureCat
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Re: What got you interested in mushroom hunting? [Re: Lord Mayonnaise]
#10347416 - 05/16/09 06:03 AM (4 years, 6 days ago) |
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Lord Mayonnaise said:
Off my face at a bush doof a year ago
I love to read the varying dialects from across seas. It gives you an interesting cultural perspective.
It is also fun to incorporate foreign lingo into your vocabulary IRL. I highly recommend it, the reactions are equally insightful.
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