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karode13 said:
Nice pics and finds nickc! It is indeed strange that Welly is calm.
I have only found Weraroa in wood chip,have not been lucky enough to find them in native bush in the Auckland region, yet.
As for the bugs I think it is because the mulch layer is breaking down, this attracts a high number of decomposer bugs and unfortunately these bugs like the mushrooms. I try and combat this by picking fresh, healthy lookers and then drying them as soon as possible to stop any eggs from hatching and to dry up any larvae which may be present at the time.

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Wow that's interesting, I've only found them so far by bush bashing through native bush, particularly where dead ferns were laying and I'd found them spread out but this was a hell of a lot easier!  This is the first season I've gone hunting though so if they are common on wood chips then I was bound to find some sooner or later.

I see you're in VIC but I'm guessing by the way you're talking that you have lived in Wgtn at some stage and you mention drying them - have you successfully managed to dry and preserve Weraroas in that fashion?  Everything I've read has said the only way of preserving them is to freeze them which I've found reduces the potency to a degree.  I've already chopped them up into a thousand pieces and boiled them for 5mins to kill the little critters and am planning to chill it tonight and then add some lemon juice tomorrow, blend it all up so it's nice and smooth and take it tomorrow night.

A little bit of protein never hurt anyone! 

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karode13 said:
21 grams- Fucking Superb!


Nice to see that there was some left. In the past I have not had a scale to weigh the amount beforehand. I am quite experienced with subaeruginosa so the first time I ate 5 fresh, whole mushrooms. They worked very well and I did not notice any stomach upsets that weren't out of the ordinary. The size of those were about the size of your medium looking ones, if that makes any sense?!

Good luck and report back about any stomach problems you experience?

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mr extreme said:
Nickc those are some huge weraroa nice finds,
how was the trip?
Ive made a few demon brews with the old old pouch shrooms never removed the stems or had any stomach issues and ive found brewing them down for about an hour really produces a stronger concentrate especially if you not planning on eating any solid matter.

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Yes they were very large compared to any others I've found!

The trip was enjoyable.  The best part was I finally worked out how to make it taste good.  I mixed the two bowls of the mushrooms with 1L of water, boiled them for 5mins then let settle for an hour or so in the water.  The first bowl I let sit in the fridge overnight.  There was about 800ml of mixture in the end.  I blended the mushrooms up in the water, threw in 1 packet of sunshine mango Raro powder mix (only minutes before we were ready to consume), then peeled a whole lemon and blended that in too.

It came out tasting like a refreshing lemonade drink, it tasted bloody good and I blended it up good so there were no chunks but just lemon pulp floating in it.  It looks absolutely disgusting but it was very nice to drink!

We drank 2/3 of that, sat back and let it kick in with Chris Rock playing on Comedy Central. Half an hour in (8.30pm) it was definitely kicking in, and we waited two hours before consuming the rest.  I was so proud of the largest weraroa that I didn't throw him into the mix, but instead kept him on and then we ate him an hour after the second glass.

The trip I've found with these weraroa doesn't last as long as a cubensis trip which is the only thing I can compare it to.  We managed to keep topping it up though, and it lasted until 2am when the visuals stopped and we just looked out over Wellington at the lights until 5.30 listening to 90s music.

It was very refreshing! 

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Sydshines said:
I live in Auckland, and would there be any weraroa's in the general area? And what's the best way to find them?

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Try out in the waitaks and out towards piha you will have to hunt around in the leaves and debris but look hard enough and it should pay off I was out about a month ago and collected a fairly decent haul and last year i found hundreds check out my pics....good luck

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Sydshines said:
Sweet as man. Just need to find a ride out there now! D=


Also, I just chopped up about four shrooms and put them in a nice drink and shot that back. Then ate two fresh shrooms. Yay! Happy days!

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