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Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here!
    #11086340 - 09/18/09 10:10 PM (2 months, 2 days ago)

NOTE: this thread is for confirmed active(and some edible) mushrooms, this is not a thread for identification. if you need an ID please start your own thread and fill out an ID template.

Didn't see one of these up yet and it seems theres been lots of actives out around the bay despite the heat and lack of rain.
They may not be cyans but they are active, and popping up all over the place, usually in irrigated areas, but sometimes not.

Season definitely hasn't started full-throttle yet.

I don't particularly hunt down these kinds of mushrooms, but its impossible to avoid seeing them just about about everywhere ive been.

im gonna start this off with the most widely distributed active mushroom in north america:


Panaeolus cinctulus

and some unidentified Gymnopilus sp:


and heres some possible Panaeolopsis sp which are probably active as well:



Anyone else in the bay having as many photo opportunities?


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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: cyanophilus]
    #11086488 - 09/18/09 10:54 PM (2 months, 2 days ago)

nice find, lets get this season rollin:cool:


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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: wyattb]
    #11086640 - 09/18/09 11:39 PM (2 months, 2 days ago)

jerkin my chain, i thought someone found cyans. iono about the lbm's, they look like any other lbm to me.


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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: dummy]
    #11086999 - 09/19/09 01:58 AM (2 months, 2 days ago)

damn i wish i lived in cali...magic mushrooms just grow in your lawn

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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: bezoo69]
    #11104656 - 09/22/09 01:19 AM (1 month, 30 days ago)

Not my lawn.


more Panaeolus cinctulus




a Panaeolopsis sp, that I held onto for microscopy, ended up turning blue!


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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: cyanophilus]
    #11105677 - 09/22/09 10:07 AM (1 month, 29 days ago)

Wow. Thats rad! nice work.


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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: ehtdaedlufetarg]
    #11106174 - 09/22/09 12:02 PM (1 month, 29 days ago)

Nice Gyms....


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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: Twiztidsage]
    #11125230 - 09/25/09 12:37 PM (1 month, 26 days ago)

thanks!

anyone else finding anything?
cold should be on its way soon, we might get some stuntzii popping up in newly layed sod as well.


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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: cyanophilus]
    #11136864 - 09/27/09 11:48 AM (1 month, 24 days ago)



More Gymnopilus!


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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: cyanophilus]
    #11150473 - 09/29/09 01:22 PM (1 month, 22 days ago)

Nice! 

Poisonous Hebeloma:




Been finding some lawn mushrooms too, maybe I'll go on a little walk today.  So damn windy though.  I've seen some Agaricus popping up too.  What kind of temps do the stuntzii like?


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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: cyanophilus]
    #11151440 - 09/29/09 03:59 PM (1 month, 22 days ago)

Nice gyms guys, for some reason they are a favorite mushroom of mine.


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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: quadracer]
    #11152322 - 09/29/09 06:28 PM (1 month, 22 days ago)

Quote:

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Been finding some lawn mushrooms too, maybe I'll go on a little walk today.  So damn windy though.  I've seen some Agaricus popping up too.  What kind of temps do the stuntzii like?




yeah Hebeloma looks right, the short stem and its texture really make it stand out as so.

the wind was insane today, I lost my hat twice, fall is here!
http://www.ssd.noaa. ;     gov/goes/west/nepac/loop-wv.html (remove the long spaces)
were starting to get some cold fronts from the arctic currents to the north and the hotter air is being pushed south-easternly.


Agaricus?!?!?! AHHHH!!!!



If I see another cluster of Agaricus californicus im gonna lose it :lol:

http://www.shroomery.org/9577/Psilocybe-stuntzii
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Reported from California as far south as Santa Cruz, but extremely rare in California.




not sure about exact temps, but I know that lawn Panaeolus always fruit first, then Stuntzii, then winter hits and we get Ps.Cyans and horse dung Panaeolus.

I think this year is gonna prove to be pretty crazy with the morels and black trumpets!

Whens the earliest you have found the manzanita leccinum?


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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: cyanophilus]
    #11153501 - 09/29/09 09:13 PM (1 month, 22 days ago)

My notes from last season started in December, but I was finding Leccinum before then.

I found a few mushrooms today, possibly some dried Russula.


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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: quadracer]
    #11159181 - 09/30/09 06:46 PM (1 month, 21 days ago)



More Gymns!
the twin stem mutation seems to be quite common, the ones showing darker pigments tend to show a stronger bruising reaction and these are some of the biggest clusters ive ever seen!

that big cluster must weigh like 7+ pounds or more.


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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: cyanophilus]
    #11159701 - 09/30/09 07:51 PM (1 month, 21 days ago)

cyanophilus, your gyms look to be luteofolius. nice finds!! one of my favorite mushrooms. so purdy:heart:


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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: notorius gib]
    #11159874 - 09/30/09 08:12 PM (1 month, 21 days ago)

yeah they were finally ID'd in another thread
I had the ID down to Gymnopilus luteofolius and Gymnopilus peliolepis which are nearly the same mushroom, and it turns out they were indeed luteofolius.


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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: cyanophilus]
    #11160695 - 09/30/09 10:13 PM (1 month, 21 days ago)

sweet. i found a few of them on the washington coast about a week ago. no azurescens yet tho:mad:


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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: notorius gib]
    #11175198 - 10/03/09 01:58 PM (1 month, 18 days ago)



Formations on the stem just under the gill:



Formations on the gill edge:


Spores:






I found what looked like 2-spored basidium at 1000x but its so dim I can barely see anything at all, how the hell do I make this thing brighter, any tricks?


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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: cyanophilus]
    #11206746 - 10/08/09 10:08 AM (1 month, 13 days ago)

more Panaeolus cinctulus and Gymnopilus sp popping up all over the place, no pics sorry, didnt have it with me when I was out running around.

saw some Leratiomyces ceres on woodchips too though, good indicator that the bay area season is most definitely getting started.


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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: cyanophilus]
    #11214040 - 10/09/09 09:11 AM (1 month, 12 days ago)

Yeah we should see some rain here on maybe Monday, definitely Tuesday.  Not sure how much or whether it will be enough to fully kick off the season, but I sure hope so!


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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: quadracer]
    #11214365 - 10/09/09 10:26 AM (1 month, 12 days ago)

It rained last night!


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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: quadracer]
    #11214656 - 10/09/09 11:22 AM (1 month, 12 days ago)

First Cyan! YEAH!!!! found 10/8/09
found in the south side of the city. and old patch that has been covered with pine chips. strangely, it looks like the mecilium is eating the pine! Will post better photos when i get the chance!




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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: dummy]
    #11214705 - 10/09/09 11:32 AM (1 month, 12 days ago)

That things looks pretty old and haggard. Are you sure there were no pinners nearby?

Nice find man!


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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: Twiztidsage]
    #11214740 - 10/09/09 11:38 AM (1 month, 12 days ago)

yeah i looked around, no pins. last year i've only actually seen one cyan pin there. maybe this is left over from last year... jk. but i'll be looking around at spots around here since it's usually colder and wetter than other parts of the city. and yeah this one is very old and slug eaten. still good news.


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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: dummy]
    #11215234 - 10/09/09 12:55 PM (1 month, 12 days ago)

Awesome. Good luck bro. :headbanger:


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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: Twiztidsage]
    #11217315 - 10/09/09 07:31 PM (1 month, 12 days ago)

checked my other patches in the SW corner of sf, nothing. i guess i just got lucky with this one. here are those photos i promised.




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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: dummy]
    #11217355 - 10/09/09 07:41 PM (1 month, 12 days ago)

sweet! I havent found anything yet, but imma be out tomarrow, gotta grab laskas camera!


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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: suimush]
    #11218321 - 10/09/09 10:59 PM (1 month, 12 days ago)

Howdy folks. Looks like the season is going to start with a bang next tuesday/wednesday. Too bad I will be in the middle of the Nevada acting like a Republican for a few days. If all goes as planned I will come back with a new outlook on life and an urge to replenish my stockpile. See you guys soon!!!!


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    #11218417 - 10/09/09 11:16 PM (1 month, 12 days ago)

good to see ya tahoe. Why ya playin republican?

Yeah, we got a good rain comin. *ducks, looks around.*

hope to see ya again this year, that stuff ya gave me is doin well.


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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: suimush]
    #11219724 - 10/10/09 08:37 AM (1 month, 11 days ago)

Hey sui. I hope that stuff takes off also. I had a few parking lots in the valley explode with life last season. I guess this means that I have to fire up the pressue cooker and start playing with culures again.

I will be shooting guns, playing with explosives, drinking beer and riding dirt bikes. My carbon foot print will be huge. I will offset this by cracking whippits and eating fingus. It should be awesome!!


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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: quadracer]
    #11221375 - 10/10/09 03:11 PM (1 month, 11 days ago)

Looks like plenty of rain should be on the way.

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A POTENT STORM SYSTEM...ESPECIALLY FOR OCTOBER...WILL MOVE
INTO CENTRAL AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BEGINNING LATE MONDAY AND
CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS WILL BE A VERY DRAMATIC
CHANGE FROM THE TYPICAL LATE SUMMER PATTERN THE AREA HAS BEEN
EXPERIENCING. THE ORIGINS OF THIS STORM ARE FROM A WESTERN
PACIFIC TYPHOON CALLED MELOR THAT HIT JAPAN A FEW DAYS AGO.

RAIN AND INCREASING WIND WILL BEGIN IN THE NORTH BAY MONDAY
AFTERNOON...SPREADING SOUTH MONDAY NIGHT. TUESDAY AND TUESDAY
NIGHT SHOULD SEE THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL AND THE STRONGEST WINDS.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD REACH 1 TO 3 INCHES ALONG THE COAST AND IN
THE VALLEYS. IN THE HILLS...RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO
4 INCHES IN THE NORTH BAY...WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE SANTA CRUZ
AND NORTHERN SANTA LUCIA RANGE NEAR BIG SUR. LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 8
TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE SANTA CRUZ AND SANTA LUCIA RANGE.
WINDS TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 40 MPH
ALONG THE COAST AND IN THE HILLS. GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN
THESE AREAS. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS MAY DEVELOP IN THE NORTHERN
SALINAS VALLEY AND SOUTHERN SANTA CLARA VALLEYS WITH THIS STORM.

RAIN AND WIND WILL DECREASE ON WEDNESDAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES
TO THE EAST.

POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM THIS STORM SYSTEM INCLUDE:

* POSSIBLE MUD AND DEBRIS FLOWS FROM BURN SCARS FROM LAST
SUMMER AND THIS SUMMER. PERSONS LIVING NEAR THESE AREAS SHOULD PAY
CLOSE ATTENTION TO UPDATED FORECASTS.
* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING AND PONDING ON ROADWAYS AND
UNDERPASSES.
* HIGH WINDS THAT CAN DOWN TREES AND THUS POWER LINES PRODUCING POWER
OUTAGES.
* HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO VERY SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS
FROM A BUILDUP OF OIL OVER THE SUMMER AND DEBRIS SUCH AS LEAVES
ACCUMULATING ON THE ROADS.

THIS IS A POTENTIALLY SERIOUS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. LOOK
FOR MORE DETAILED STATEMENTS TO BE ISSUED AS THE STORM GETS
CLOSER. CONTINUOUS WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE FROM THE
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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: cacharstar]
    #11221513 - 10/10/09 03:42 PM (1 month, 11 days ago)

from today



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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: quadracer]
    #11221581 - 10/10/09 03:55 PM (1 month, 11 days ago)

Quote:

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first decent patch of the season, and some were a little old. making the San Francisco Bay area ahead of the PNW this year.  yay.





It is not a competition, but what makes the Bay Area ahead of PNW? A couple of old specimen?

Shockvalue posted mature stuntzii more than a month ago.

I posted mature Psilocybe baeocystis exactly one month ago, and a hundred Psilocybe cyanescen pins recently.

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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: Twiztidsage]
    #11221674 - 10/10/09 04:11 PM (1 month, 11 days ago)

that was just a courtesy call...I'm not even interested in posting here, just like last year, I won't be posting anything till next summer...maybe


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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: Twiztidsage]
    #11221758 - 10/10/09 04:28 PM (1 month, 11 days ago)

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Bring it on Bay Area!!!:headbanger:




the earliest cyanescens have been found in the bay I believe is August 16th, im pretty sure that beats the PNW.

also, the season can last well into april or may, which bends the PNW over with a pineapple.


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    #11221777 - 10/10/09 04:30 PM (1 month, 11 days ago)

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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: cyanophilus]
    #11221797 - 10/10/09 04:33 PM (1 month, 11 days ago)

Not in this thread, or this year.

Sounds like hearsay.

I'm not sure "which area beats which", but I have to support mine, of course. :wink:

Anyway I love healty competition. You guy's certainly have a much longer season, but let's see whose thread contains more pictures, or some other good form of telling which area "wins".

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    #11221875 - 10/10/09 04:47 PM (1 month, 11 days ago)

they both beat the central valley. there, i said it.


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    #11221886 - 10/10/09 04:49 PM (1 month, 11 days ago)

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Sounds like hearsay.




Yes, I heard my eyes say it when I was the one to find them August 16th, 2005, in the Bay Area, month(s) before the PNW season.


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Pray :yesnod:


:rofl: hope you know im kidding as far as the hostility of this competition.


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    #11221907 - 10/10/09 04:53 PM (1 month, 11 days ago)

Can't wait for the rain! Hopefully some mycelium has crept into my abode in the North Bay. Nice finds so far you guys!


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    #11223066 - 10/10/09 08:17 PM (1 month, 11 days ago)

edit: off topic.


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    #11238586 - 10/13/09 10:18 AM (1 month, 8 days ago)

There will definitely be some mushrooms popping up after this rain. Whew.


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    #11238624 - 10/13/09 10:28 AM (1 month, 8 days ago)

Rain? dont you mean Flood? :lol:
just found some A. augustus yesterday, I hope this rain brings more!


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    #11238647 - 10/13/09 10:32 AM (1 month, 8 days ago)

Nice find!  When does A. augustus go out of season?

Hopefully it will be light enough as to not cause mudslides.  I've heard that morels can fruit during the fall, if it rains followed by some heat, has anyone come across this?


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    #11238675 - 10/13/09 10:37 AM (1 month, 8 days ago)

I usually find morels in the spring and summer, very rarely during the cold.

ive seen Agaricus augustus fruiting year round except the coldest and wettest of winter.
usually starts mid spring to late spring and goes through to early winter, with the peak being in july/august..

they are one of my favorites! much larger and tastier than the store-bought agaricus.
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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: cyanophilus]
    #11246137 - 10/14/09 01:43 PM (1 month, 7 days ago)

Finally did some microscopy on some of the Panaeolopsis I found:

The Original Specimens!

Spore/Gill Microscopy @ 640x:


Looks like little brown kidney beans. :tongue:


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    #11247664 - 10/14/09 05:50 PM (1 month, 7 days ago)

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Looks like little brown kidney beans. :tongue:





I don't see why they would look like that.  I would expect the spores to either look like Panaeolina foenisecii spores or Panaeolus subbalteatus spores.  But it doesn't look like either to me.  These spores look collapsed, though some spores are just shaped like that.  I am reading through Gerhardt 1996 to see if they describe cinctulus spores like that but my lack of comprehension of German is hindering my progress.


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    #11247716 - 10/14/09 05:58 PM (1 month, 7 days ago)

strange, I soaked the samples in 70% isopropyl for ten minutes, then added water and put the slips on.

maybe ill try butyl alcohol to rehydrate them next time.


More Agaricus augustus from today:

made a slurry and threw it into the woods, grow bastards grow!


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    #11247765 - 10/14/09 06:05 PM (1 month, 7 days ago)

Have you tried cooking the stems or do you discard them?


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    #11247831 - 10/14/09 06:14 PM (1 month, 7 days ago)

I haven't used the stems in the past, but I will probably use them soon, I keep finding specimens near roads so I don't eat any part of them at all, and instead use them for spawn to make new patches.

I will be sure to update the wanna eat some thread when I try them though...
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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: Twiztidsage]
    #11249048 - 10/14/09 09:05 PM (1 month, 7 days ago)

The bay Area will always have an over all better mushroom season than the PNW because of the simple fact that your season is shorter, and it snows, even on the coast, as early as November...and that's when it's usually over

but here in the Bay Area, our season doesn't usually 'peak' until Christmas

Yes, it rains much more in the PNW than the San Francisco Bay Area, but it rarely freezes here on the coast, therefore many mushrooms have adjusted to sprout all the way from October to April of next year

When your season is ending due to 3 feet of snow on the ground, Seattle, in December, ours in San Francisco is just picking up steam.

it takes longer here, so this climate is more geared toward people with plenty of patience, as opposed to everything happening in 1 month in many countries

it NEVER comes up all at once in the SF Bay Area like it does in more northern climates, but it does comes up, eventually

this sort of thing is really impossible to associate with 'competition' because it's far beyond the control of any humans

The early photo of the first good patch of cyans I posted a few days ago, the 'courtesy call' was only intended to show that Cyans have come up far earlier than expected around San Francisco, about a month earlier than usual

this is really ONLY because of the temperature drop from the last couple weeks BEFORE this last major storm yesterday

Basically, the temperature drop during the last couple of weeks, which in itself is unusual for this early in the season, allowed some pinning in some places, and even fewer places were well watered/irrigated enough to allow fruiting

the clues are really in the photo itself

7 days ago, and even today, all natural grass growing around San Francisco and most of California is brown. The fact that there is a tiny portion of green thick, lush grass in the corner of that photo means that it is well watered

it's going to take a few more weeks of rain to make all the grass green like that around San Francisco, and thus the 'real' mushroom season begins, full throttle

all of this so far is just early, unusual stuff...a clarion call, to the beginning of the 2009-2010 season

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    #11249194 - 10/14/09 09:29 PM (1 month, 7 days ago)

oh yeah, I forgot to add this...we have at least 10 times the wood chip landscaping in the SF Bay Area than you do in Seattle, or anywhere in Puget Sound (I grew up there)

and Scotts is on the increase, yet again around SF..This year I see double from last year :smile:

it's fucking amazing all the new landscaping/transplant areas for next year...sheesh


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    #11249206 - 10/14/09 09:31 PM (1 month, 7 days ago)

yeah, I lived in washington for a while too, did lots of cyan hunting up there all over the puget.
I still say the bay is the best season.

and I agree about the Scotts, its everywhere now, every landscaping bed in town has it, they are replacing pine chips by the truckload.


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    #11249309 - 10/14/09 09:51 PM (1 month, 7 days ago)

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edit:  Off topic.


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    #11249781 - 10/14/09 10:58 PM (1 month, 7 days ago)



more on the Panaeolopsis sp
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    #11249975 - 10/14/09 11:31 PM (1 month, 7 days ago)

What technique per se do you use to get that good of a shot inside your microscope?!


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    #11252713 - 10/15/09 12:14 PM (1 month, 6 days ago)

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more on the Panaeolopsis sp




I can't tell for sure but it appears that the spores are truncate, similar to Bolbitius vitellinus.  Color matches too.

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butyl alcohol sure works good for rehydrating, but damn it makes some nasty oily blotches on the slide




I don't think there was anything wrong with your isopropyl rehydrations.  I put a bit of 70% on the dried material, blow on it for a few seconds until its almost dry, then add a drop of water and a cover slip.

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What technique per se do you use to get that good of a shot inside your microscope?!




A small camera, held up to the eyepiece.

Its important to use a camera with a small lens, similar in size or smaller than the eyepeice of the scope.

Its also important to set the white balance on the camera to tungsten.

One thing that really helps is to use manual focus.  It doesn't really matter where the camera is focused, but on manual focus they give you a little window in the center which is more zoomed in, so you can adjust the fine focus on the microscope more accurately.

Another thing that works well is to set the shooting mode to continuous, so you can adjust the fine focus on the microscope while holding down the shutter taking lots of pictures, so some have the perfect focus.


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    #11257799 - 10/16/09 03:29 AM (1 month, 6 days ago)

Is anyone going hunting this weekend to hopefully take advantage of the rain earlier this week? I'm planning on a hike Saturday, but not sure what area to head to - Santa Cruz, south bay, east bay, SF, Marin county... What do you guys think? What area or park would you head to if you were looking this weekend?--or where will you be looking? :mushroom2:


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    #11259534 - 10/16/09 12:01 PM (1 month, 5 days ago)

Found a few yesterday, Russula subnigricans, which Arora says is a good indicator for Chanterelles, which I also found.

Also found Lactarius torminosus growing at the edge of someone's lawn.  Can't wait for more mushrooms to start popping up.


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    #11259791 - 10/16/09 12:47 PM (1 month, 5 days ago)

http://www.mykoweb.com/CAF/species/Russula_eccentrica.html

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Russula eccentrica often fruits close to yellow chanterelles, and is used by some collectors as an indicator species, much like Amanita muscaria is with Boletus edulis.




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good shit man, didnt know that, ive seen those before and not seen chanterelles nearby.
then again, they like to hide!

you found some chants? really? alright thats it im going on a fat hunt right now :lol:
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    #11259829 - 10/16/09 12:54 PM (1 month, 5 days ago)

Yeah they were tiny and they were provoked from the previous rain from last month.  I found about 3 fruit bodies.  All the Russula's were really old, definitely from the last rain, but there was a fresh one that popped up.

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    #11259903 - 10/16/09 01:07 PM (1 month, 5 days ago)

HAHAHAHA! Im getting the psilocin molecule tatted today!:mushroomgrow:


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    #11262050 - 10/16/09 07:09 PM (1 month, 5 days ago)

where did you go hunting, quad? in town?

I just spent a few hours tromping through miles of chant habitat and only saw some Marasmius quercophilus, Lycogala epidendrum, Yellow Slime Mold, Ganoderma applanatum, and a few nasty puffballs growing in sand.



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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: cyanophilus]
    #11262190 - 10/16/09 07:42 PM (1 month, 5 days ago)

rare stuff



This is in the same area I share with Urbanism, near the p subaeruginascens patch, but it's not p subaeruginascens, and it's not cyan, friscosa, or stuntzii

these are smaller than subaer's and the potency is merely OK, and it's probably a psilocybe species (if not now, probably someday). I've tried them, they're OK, but they're so tiny. The ones in this photo, this stage, are only maybe the size of a penny

it's possible Urbanism could have seen these during one of those threads referenced on MushroomObserver, but there's also stropharias nearby (a few photos he took looked like these when they mature)

these definately aren't the same as the main p subaeruginascen patch 30 feet away, but I wouldn't be surprised if spores show they are also in section stuntzae

kinda look like mini azures

anyway, this is only the 2nd time I've seen these, last year about 10 feet away, and they don't get really big
either. Unless they start popping up all over, it's almost one of those rare things that are nice to look at but hardly worth it for 6 of these

if they ever become common like panaeolus, then yep, that would be worth it

Oh , if you blow it up and look close, there's two tiny pins, also dark like p subaeruginascens. cyan pins don't look like that, but subaeruginascens do

maybe it's one of those sub species people are trying to get a handle on that family..who knows


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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: auweia]
    #11262219 - 10/16/09 07:49 PM (1 month, 5 days ago)

crazy, awesome find man, good to see you around!

look at my new good luck charm:grin:



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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: suimush]
    #11262233 - 10/16/09 07:52 PM (1 month, 5 days ago)

the small dark blue on the small pins is probobly from a drop in humidity.


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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: suimush]
    #11262332 - 10/16/09 08:19 PM (1 month, 5 days ago)

Suimush, nice to see you're still around ( and be sure there's not many with a tat like that..hehe)

I'm not sure exactly where the photos are here on the shroomery, but you can see photos of the pins on the actual p subaeruginascens patch here

http://mushroomobserver.org/17626?search_seq=871016

that happens with p subaeruginascens in all weather conditions, and is one of the outstanding characteristics I've noticed to really separate this from most of the other actives in the Bay Area

that p subaeriginascens patch on MushroomObserver is only 30 feet away from this one just posted here, which doesn't necessarily mean much except that over the years, I've noticed some kind of 'satellite' function with related species, like cyans and friscosas

if you find friscosas, you might well find cyans nearby and visa-versa, and it's like that with this

but nobody really knows for sure until you can get this under a microscope, map it out, add it to the database, and so on

BTW, the p subaeruginascens patch nearby has NOT even started pinning yet...that will probably take another month, or two

here's another angle




very very specific underlying basic colors associated with all of the actives, nearly around the world (in fact, when I hunt on my bike, that's what I'm tuned into, is the color - a blinding second of that color will make me hit the brakes) ( I don't want to be so arrogant to say that color is the entire ID process, but it's a big part of it...the problem is that many people have different eyes, and color visions, and that can never be really corrected, so the 'color, is but one part of it, as it should be)

I tried these last year. They're allright, but nothing spectacular like p subaeruginascens nearby (but those get a lot bigger too). This in the photo is barely enough for one person

The pins however, are always dark, at least with p subaeruginascens, and that's the first time I've ever seen anything remotely suggesting anything other than this 'basic underlying color'. But this all changes within a few days, and nobody except the extremely desperate picks pins anyway..haha

actually, more specific, for pins that dark, it actually masks the underlying color, but it only takes a couple of days to turn the right 'psilocybe family' color, and then the rest of the entire life cycle is good and proper



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the small dark blue on the small pins is probobly from a drop in humidity.




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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: auweia]
    #11263271 - 10/16/09 11:26 PM (1 month, 5 days ago)

you guys have some varity down in the Bay,Up here humboldt,we are limited


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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: auweia]
    #11264136 - 10/17/09 05:47 AM (1 month, 4 days ago)

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rare stuff



This is in the same area I share with Urbanism, near the p subaeruginascens patch, but it's not p subaeruginascens, and it's not cyan, friscosa, or stuntzii

these are smaller than subaer's and the potency is merely OK, and it's probably a psilocybe species (if not now, probably someday). I've tried them, they're OK, but they're so tiny. The ones in this photo, this stage, are only maybe the size of a penny

it's possible Urbanism could have seen these during one of those threads referenced on MushroomObserver, but there's also stropharias nearby (a few photos he took looked like these when they mature)

these definately aren't the same as the main p subaeruginascen patch 30 feet away, but I wouldn't be surprised if spores show they are also in section stuntzae

kinda look like mini azures

anyway, this is only the 2nd time I've seen these, last year about 10 feet away, and they don't get really big
either. Unless they start popping up all over, it's almost one of those rare things that are nice to look at but hardly worth it for 6 of these

if they ever become common like panaeolus, then yep, that would be worth it

Oh , if you blow it up and look close, there's two tiny pins, also dark like p subaeruginascens. cyan pins don't look like that, but subaeruginascens do

maybe it's one of those sub species people are trying to get a handle on that family..who knows



indeep aztecorum in mexico share a commond traid with this mushrooms you find  around there pnw , i wonder if i live in nevado  what would happend ....maybe i should
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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: cactu]
    #11266830 - 10/17/09 05:07 PM (1 month, 4 days ago)

10/17/09 east bay find;


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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: auweia]
    #11267377 - 10/17/09 06:53 PM (1 month, 4 days ago)

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The bay Area will always have an over all better mushroom season than the PNW because of the simple fact that your season is shorter, and it snows, even on the coast, as early as November...and that's when it's usually over





Yeah man but the area that active mushrooms cover in PNW is far more massive than our cute little bay area.

Eitherway, I will be out there this wednesday, that storm was freakin' awesome.  If anyone wants to meet up, drop me a PM.


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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: Civ]
    #11267877 - 10/17/09 08:29 PM (1 month, 4 days ago)

i think both PNW and Bay seasons are equally awesome and this is a stupid argument!
peace everyone!!!
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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: dummy]
    #11268851 - 10/17/09 11:34 PM (1 month, 4 days ago)


Cantharellus californicus



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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: cyanophilus]
    #11271991 - 10/18/09 03:34 PM (1 month, 3 days ago)

Too early for many cyan's? Not cold enough, wet enough yet? Have not seen anything from usual patch's. Do they follow amanita's favorable temperature?


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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: notquitewhite1]
    #11272026 - 10/18/09 03:41 PM (1 month, 3 days ago)

Too early, Not cold enough, Not wet enough

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Do they follow amanita's favorable temperature?




they pop up around the same time as each other


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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: cyanophilus]
    #11272371 - 10/18/09 04:47 PM (1 month, 3 days ago)

I was worried for a lilllll sec. but WOOPWOOP!!!!!!!!:tongue2:

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    #11272381 - 10/18/09 04:49 PM (1 month, 3 days ago)

Im at the Oregon/California border near the ocean and cant find a damn thing yet but everyone below and above me is having a blast :blush:


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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: cyanophilus]
    #11272440 - 10/18/09 05:02 PM (1 month, 3 days ago)

In the North North Bay its never a blast, unless maybe the coast. :frown:


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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: ShibaSpeak]
    #11272477 - 10/18/09 05:10 PM (1 month, 3 days ago)

near crescent city should be going bOOM right about now, look for mushrumps

check this out
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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: cyanophilus]
    #11272492 - 10/18/09 05:13 PM (1 month, 3 days ago)

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near crescent city should be going bOOM right about now, look for mushrumps

check this out
http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/11031441



Thats where Im at. Ive been told it hasnt quite gotten cold enough. So far Ive checked, horse pastures, horse trails and cemetery/churches

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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: ShibaSpeak]
    #11272519 - 10/18/09 05:17 PM (1 month, 3 days ago)

Wow that thread makes me jealous :frown:


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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: ShibaSpeak]
    #11273274 - 10/18/09 07:38 PM (1 month, 3 days ago)

Went and checked my Chanterelle spot today since they seem to be popping up.  Only one chanterelle, nice and mature.  Plenty of Death Caps though.

Cantharellus californicus:


Amanita phalloides



Omphalotus olivascens:



Also found Boletus Dryophilus, and an antler, followed by a deer skull with full antlers.


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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: quadracer]
    #11273432 - 10/18/09 08:12 PM (1 month, 3 days ago)

congrats man, beats our finds from yesterday.

good to see some other mushrooms out there as well.

im so anxious for a good mushroom dinner that I cracked into some dried stash and made a huge pasta

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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: cyanophilus]
    #11273492 - 10/18/09 08:24 PM (1 month, 3 days ago)

yeah for sure.  The smell of chanterelle is permeating my house.  It was a bad year for chanterelles, this makes up for it a bit.

I went and checked some other Oak spots, spots that I know have a bunch of death caps, and there wasn't anything. 

There was a bit of rain though, and it is supposed to rain tomorrow, so hopefully this will push some mycelium to start fruiting.  I miss the taste of edulis!


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    #11273600 - 10/18/09 08:39 PM (1 month, 3 days ago)

I have heard that the Walnut Creek/Mt. Diablo area is a good place to go a huntin' in the East Bay, which I happen to live close to. Can some one confirm this?


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    #11273706 - 10/18/09 08:50 PM (1 month, 3 days ago)

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Yes.  There are many edibles there.

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    #11273733 - 10/18/09 08:54 PM (1 month, 3 days ago)

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    #11273751 - 10/18/09 08:56 PM (1 month, 3 days ago)

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I have heard that the Walnut Creek/Mt. Diablo area is a good place to go a huntin' in the East Bay, which I happen to live close to. Can some one confirm this?




Yes.  There are many edibles there.

Psilocybe cyanofriscosa

Sunnyvale, CA 10/18/09






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    #11275787 - 10/19/09 06:39 AM (1 month, 2 days ago)

wow way to go alan!!!!


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    #11275974 - 10/19/09 07:56 AM (1 month, 2 days ago)

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i think both PNW and Bay seasons are equally awesome and this is a stupid argument!
peace everyone!!!
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Quote:

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The bay Area will always have an over all better mushroom season than the PNW because of the simple fact that your season is shorter, and it snows, even on the coast, as early as November...and that's when it's usually over





Yeah man but the area that active mushrooms cover in PNW is far more massive than our cute little bay area.

Eitherway, I will be out there this wednesday, that storm was freakin' awesome.




Hey Civ! Hey auweia!

I'm back to hunting, gonna start biking around again, seeing what turns up. Had a little bit of luck 3 seasons ago, this one looks like it could be pretty promising.

edit: also, Alan, beautiful friscosas =^D


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    #11275978 - 10/19/09 07:58 AM (1 month, 2 days ago)

hey guys. Im throwing a gathering on halloween in SF if any of you guys wanna come.

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    #11280063 - 10/19/09 08:12 PM (1 month, 2 days ago)

Thanks I might mountain bike around Diablo this weekend and see what I can find.


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    #11280221 - 10/19/09 08:26 PM (1 month, 2 days ago)

Beautiful porn Alan.

mod edit:  Asking for hunting partners is not allowed.



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    #11281368 - 10/19/09 11:37 PM (1 month, 2 days ago)

looked for hours today, found nothing exciting.

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    #11282755 - 10/20/09 09:10 AM (1 month, 1 day ago)

West coast season is on!!  You are killin it out there Alan:thumbup:

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    #11287191 - 10/20/09 08:13 PM (1 month, 1 day ago)

Wow Alan.  The amazing photos keep on rolling in... Nice cultures too!

I had some great success today around the yard.  Some nice Cantharellus californicus, nice and mature, have got a few pounds over the last few days.

Panaeolus antillarum is popping up with some nice flushes, moreso than the waterings over summer.

Saw some more Amanita phalloides, and some more Russula that was huge from the rain.

There was a nice mushrump right next to the chanterelles, and underneath I believe was a Boletus aereus.  Way too old to tell.  The cap was similar in size and color to edulis, the underside was completely decomposed.  The stem was nice and firm still, and did not stain blue with cutting.

I was able to cut the base which was starting to grow fresh mycelium.  The butt went into some of the Oaklings I dug up recently, along with some chanterelle butts.  My plan is to beat 8 years fruiting time by starting with younger oaks in containers rather than old oaks in the ground.









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    #11288258 - 10/20/09 09:52 PM (1 month, 1 day ago)

http://files.shroomery.org/files/09-43/602427284-IMG_5156.jpg

Is this caused by sprinkling spores by hand? It doesn't look like other images I've seen or the norm.


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    #11288314 - 10/20/09 09:59 PM (1 month, 1 day ago)

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Is this caused by sprinkling spores by hand? It doesn't look like other images I've seen or the norm.




Those are gill fragments.

Here are a few more P. cyanofriscosa pics from a few hours ago.  Sunnyvale, CA.









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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: Alan Rockefeller]
    #11288384 - 10/20/09 10:08 PM (1 month, 1 day ago)

Awesome. :awesome:

Are these new spots or ones you found before?


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    #11288581 - 10/20/09 10:27 PM (1 month, 1 day ago)

amazing finds so far Alan.
My mouth my open for both pages of this thread and i just closed it as im typing this. Can't wait for my first finds this season.


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    #11288852 - 10/20/09 10:58 PM (1 month, 1 day ago)

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http://files.shroomery.org/files/09-43/602427284-IMG_5156.jpg

Is this caused by sprinkling spores by hand? It doesn't look like other images I've seen or the norm.




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    #11288864 - 10/20/09 11:00 PM (1 month, 1 day ago)

I had a change in philosophy and I didn't want to have those old associations a part of my "virtual" identity.

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    #11289204 - 10/20/09 11:48 PM (1 month, 1 day ago)

those dont look like antilarum, more like subs man



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    #11289240 - 10/20/09 11:54 PM (1 month, 1 day ago)

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those dont look like antilarum, more like subs man




They are even meatier than subbs.

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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: Alan Rockefeller]
    #11289790 - 10/21/09 01:36 AM (1 month, 1 day ago)

Alan, again, you're really excellent at photography and hunting! Props.

I'm going for a bike ride this Friday. Some strange weather lately... it's cold right now but it was humid a few days ago, really weird. In any case it seems like overall it's a good climate for mushrooms. Hopefully I'll find something worth sharing, I'll definitely post pics if that happens.


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    #11295571 - 10/21/09 09:15 PM (1 month, 6 hours ago)


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    #11300022 - 10/22/09 02:25 PM (30 days, 13 hours ago)

found two spots with pins yesterday. ill get pics in a few. :thumbup:


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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: suimush]
    #11301342 - 10/22/09 05:43 PM (30 days, 10 hours ago)

Some edibles from the last 2 days. 


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Wish is very sweet, obviously, but curecat is roughly as sweet as an unripe lemon.

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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: CureCat]
    #11302514 - 10/22/09 08:34 PM (30 days, 7 hours ago)

just a gentle reminder, and it's hard to explain why, because there's many reasons for it. But sooo many people won't or can't let p cyanescens mature to their full size

kind of sad to see on so many threads, for so many years, so many cyans picked when people think it's mature...and it just takes maybe 5 more days, and they double in size

can't let them mature, cause maybe somebody else will get them. Unfortunately, that is the cyan condition, pretty much everywhere

soooooooo, here's a rare one from today, October 22, 2009, San Francisco Bay Area. This is what they look like fully mature...believe it or not, it's true...hehe



let them mature, if you dare

(edit - actually, it's good to do that if you possibly can, because it let's them drop more spores, increasing the gene pool)

the two on the bottom of the photo is the size I see most pictured here, on other threads..I guess mostly this is just in case there's a ton of beginners who really don't know what psilocybe cyanescens is supposed to look like 'at the prime time'

I see it as a waste, if people could let them grow out, and don't, even if they could, just because they think it's ready, when it isn't


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    #11302731 - 10/22/09 09:06 PM (30 days, 7 hours ago)



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    #11302928 - 10/22/09 09:34 PM (30 days, 6 hours ago)

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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: scout24]
    #11302992 - 10/22/09 09:44 PM (30 days, 6 hours ago)

Thank you Scout.

Auweia, nice wavies.  They sure are cool when they are mature.


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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: CureCat]
    #11303288 - 10/22/09 10:22 PM (30 days, 5 hours ago)

Thanks Curecat.....I think it's important for people to know, if they didn't know before. > they get far more wavy (and bigger) than many people think

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I don't post much lately, but this can save a lot of......un-edumacatation?
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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: auweia]
    #11303427 - 10/22/09 10:46 PM (30 days, 5 hours ago)

You are very right.  I think people get too eager.  Or they know they won't be back to get them before they are rotten.  Either way, point well taken.  The hunter and the mushroom get a lot more out of it if you are patient.


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    #11304115 - 10/23/09 01:52 AM (30 days, 2 hours ago)

wow great thread im really fired up to spend my first season hunting gonahave to get me a mtn bike and some exercise sure am glad ifound some folks to share my newhobby with good hunting every one!!!!!!:mushroom2:


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    #11307909 - 10/23/09 06:20 PM (29 days, 9 hours ago)

Found a steep grassy hillside full of what at first guess is  giant puffball mushrooms near Salinas up about 1000 ft. also was tricked by a large group of galerina in Carmel Village.
Anyone know what to do with some rather dry puffballs?  What should I look for? Perhaps I will start an Id thread if I can find my dam cable. Are they good still? They seem a little dried out.


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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: cacharstar]
    #11307992 - 10/23/09 06:35 PM (29 days, 9 hours ago)

Well if you're lucky enough to know patches that can be considered "unknown to others", I too think it's our duty as mycophiles to let the mushroom do it's job.
But even if you know the patch you're dealing with is an item of picking-competition, you should contain yourself. If you rip out every single fruit, in the end neither nature nor you will have any advantage of your action. I've seen plenty of beautiful patches vanishing because of people that are just too greedy...

Personally I mostly pick them at that age, but do pick earlier as well (though not much and not much earlier). Not because of impatience, but because of the effect they'll have on me.

On the other hand, I leave about half of the fruits behind anyway, due to respect and my personal hypothesis of the biomass spending nutrients for upcoming generations.


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    #11308673 - 10/23/09 08:44 PM (29 days, 7 hours ago)

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Well if you're lucky enough to know patches that can be considered "unknown to others", I too think it's our duty as mycophiles to let the mushroom do it's job.
But even if you know the patch you're dealing with is an item of picking-competition, you should contain yourself. If you rip out every single fruit, in the end neither nature nor you will have any advantage of your action. I've seen plenty of beautiful patches vanishing because of people that are just too greedy...

Personally I mostly pick them at that age, but do pick earlier as well (though not much and not much earlier). Not because of impatience, but because of the effect they'll have on me.

On the other hand, I leave about half of the fruits behind anyway, due to respect and my personal hypothesis of the biomass spending nutrients for upcoming generations.




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    #11313915 - 10/24/09 06:21 PM (28 days, 9 hours ago)

Wahoo! Just found my first patch of Cyanofriscosas in Berkeley! A nice little harvest of about 20 mushrooms with nickel to quarter sized caps and about 1" stems. I'd post pics if I had a camera with me...


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    #11315181 - 10/24/09 10:02 PM (28 days, 6 hours ago)

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    #11319534 - 10/25/09 04:27 PM (27 days, 11 hours ago)

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    #11323830 - 10/26/09 11:48 AM (26 days, 16 hours ago)

A friend just showed me some Edulis he found today!  He said there were many more that were rotted.  Check your early spots.


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    #11324576 - 10/26/09 01:42 PM (26 days, 14 hours ago)

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    #11326447 - 10/26/09 06:03 PM (26 days, 10 hours ago)

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Some edibles from the last 2 days. 






Nice haul there CC.  Had soom good luck out there last week myself.  I'll be out there this next week again for sure.


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    #11327398 - 10/26/09 08:23 PM (26 days, 7 hours ago)

this could possibly be a major discovery of a new patch of psilocybe subaeruginascens in San Francisco..the biggest one yet, 3 times the size of my original Richmond find 4 years ago



this is not quite the same subaeruginascens as my shared spot with Urbanism, nor the Richmond spot.; I've always felt there was two different sub species of this, and I think this is closer to what Curecat posted on Wiki here >>>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Psilocybe.subaeruginascens.6.jpg

identifying features. Although this is likely in section stuntzae, it probably isn't actual psilocybe stuntzii.

There is no annulus, or most of them lack an annulus, or very little veil remnant as compared to stuntzii

The smell is EXACTLY like the subaeruginascens I'm used to. neither cyans nor stuntzii have this strong smell. Cyans have a more bitter smell, but these (and subaeruginascens) are more like some kind of flower/pollen/honeysuckle...indescribable , just like the specific color

I ate one single specimen, the one in the photo, 2 hours ago...I'm feelin it, man.........(no way you'd feel it with a single stuntzii...not like that)

Bifurcated gill structure. As you can see from the single specimen, pictured, the one I ate, the gill structure is bifurcated (split, forked). This is not common in the previous subaeruginascens finds so far, but it is with this patch. Curecat also mentioned this in her description of previous finds. Also not common in actual stuntzii

Bifurcated gill structure on previous discovery by Curecat here  >>>

http://mushroomobserver.org/6772?_js=on&_new=true&id=6772

Bluing > the problem here, today, is exactly the same as the Richmond spot 4 years ago...By the time I discovered it, it was already halfway dried by the dry winds, therefore little bluing. Although there is some bluing with these..It's not prevalent like Cyans, although they are potent or more potent than cyans

also note the white stem, which most stuntzii also lack..or rather the stem on most stuntzii is darker. Basically, I've seen stuntzii in the Bay Area before, and they are also rare, but these are a little different

I'd be very suprised if they were ID as stuntzii

on a side note, the landscaping area is black woodchips, not quite the Scotts either (fine shred), which in itself is unusual for any active species. The location is one of the most diabolical ever. famous landmark in san francisco, right in the damn driveway

couldn't fucking believe it...I passed by it for years and thought , no way, not in there...that's too obvious...too many people around..I mean, might as well put it on the front steps of city hall....but there ya go

edit > if this location ever...became known to more than a few trusted people, it would very quickly make the local SF news, and quite possibly the national news...that's how famous the landmark is

right now, some parts of it are fully fruited, but there's tons of pins scattered all over...absolutely one of the most amazing things I've seen in a looong time, both type and location

if it turns out to really be in the subaeruginascens family...I think it is

if it isn't, it's one hell of s stuntzii

also, didn't have much time today to really take photos, but Alan and Curecat just came by for a couple of freshies to put under a scope, and we'll get some more photos shortly.....or better when it starts raining again

also looking for people in the PNW to say why they think this might be stuntzii...if it looks that way


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    #11328108 - 10/26/09 09:56 PM (26 days, 6 hours ago)

they look like really dried out friscosas :shrug:


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    #11328286 - 10/26/09 10:22 PM (26 days, 5 hours ago)

nope...there is a difference

psilocybe friscosa (and this is basically a 'morph' of psilocybe cyanescens, san francisco style) because nobody really knows for sure, the complete morphology of what is being recently discovered

psilocybe cyanofriscosa, yesterday, near Youtube HQ, believe it or not, in San Bruno, CA  (that's not close enough - it's still in another HQ and in front of >heavy< security, haha)



pictured >>> psilocybe friscosa (cyanescens family), San Bruno, CA, October 24, 2009

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they look like really dried out friscosas :shrug:





sort of...they do look like friscosas in a way, but they are not...I've been picking friscosas for a long time...since 2001...these are not the same as anything in the psilocybe cyanescens family, friscosas or otherwise

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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: auweia]
    #11328797 - 10/26/09 11:49 PM (26 days, 4 hours ago)

It was nice to meet you, Auweia.

Like I said as you were leaving, they can't be P. stuntzii, not with that kind of potency or a white stem (as you mentioned).  They do look a lot like the  Psilocybe sp. aff. subaruginascens from the Bay Area (and Oregon and Washington), especially similar macroscopically to the two collections that you linked to.  So you know, both of those collections were grown from patches about 20 miles apart from one another, but which were transplanted from the same original patch, thus they are the same biological organism.

There is no definitive identification for the P. subaeruginascens type on the West Coast, we just refer to them as that species because it is the best match, macro and microscopically.  Of course, I am comparing to the Japanese type, not the Javanese type (P. subaeruginascens var. septentrionalis).  In all likelihood, this could be a similar species, subspecies, or variety, from Section Stuntzae.

Also, the youngest of the three specimens that I looked at had a faint, blue annulus.  The other two did not have any noticeable annulus.

Very nice find!  Thank you for documenting these.


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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: CureCat]
    #11328840 - 10/26/09 11:56 PM (26 days, 4 hours ago)

We went out looking for Kings this evening and found a few.





On the way home I spotted this patch out the car window.  They were growing alongside some clusters of Hypholoma fasciculare which caught my eye. 




Unfortunately, the location was not good for taking pictures.  I pulled up this single cluster for photographic purposes only.




Hopefully, these early finds signal a productive season.

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    #11328893 - 10/27/09 12:04 AM (26 days, 4 hours ago)

Nice kings!


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    #11328939 - 10/27/09 12:12 AM (26 days, 3 hours ago)

Interesting find, auweia. 

Mushrooms pop up in the damndest places.  Last season I saw some actives growing on the grounds of a famous museum.  :lol:


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    #11329463 - 10/27/09 02:00 AM (26 days, 2 hours ago)

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if it turns out to really be in the subaeruginascens family...I think it is




Microscopically, they are a good match for Psilocybe subaeruginascens.  Spore size, shape, cheilocystidia and pleurocystidia all match pretty well with the other samples Workman has photographed.


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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: Alan Rockefeller]
    #11330959 - 10/27/09 11:19 AM (25 days, 16 hours ago)

update on the p subaeruginascens



yeah, I understand it's not an exact match but it's the closest thing we have so far. This paeticular type sort of reminds me of the consistency of oysters, or maybe Reishii. Went back this morning and got a bunch more. There is some bluing on some of them, but you can see many are really drying out

Right now I have a nice bag of mycelium for the next time Alan/Curecat is in the area, to help spread it around. Here's the problem with the location. The landscaped area is maybe 100 feet by 50 feet. It's entirely encased in concrete, so it has nowhere to go after it eventually eats the whole thing. So far it's overtaken about 1/3 of the entire area, so unless they replenish the woodchips, this spot has maybe 3-5 years, maybe longer, who knows. If it ever gets to the point where it starts running out of food, I'll give up the location and let people have at it

but where it's sitting is maybe the most diabolical of all. Think of it from the mushrooms perspective. If I was a mushroom and I wanted to contaminate 250,000 people every day, 24/7, where would I go?

right here, to this place. I couldn't possibly spread spores better if I rode BART all day with open bags. The location is THAT shocking. Kind of like climbing to the top of the Pyramid building and tossing spores. By golly, this one out aced us all....sheesh

so yeah, the new psilocybe subaeruginascens is here to stay, and it's spreading, in a big way

In the meantime, I have mycelium ready to go, and when it starts raining again, more freshies for Alan and Curecat to hold out the car window while spreading it some more...haha

this stuff is nice..stonier than cyans


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    #11331024 - 10/27/09 11:30 AM (25 days, 16 hours ago)

Hey there Auweia. Good find! That's a great looking, well established patch. I wonder how many years it's been fruiting and gone unnoticed. Amazing! I love seeing subaeruginascens flourishing around the the bay.


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    #11331067 - 10/27/09 11:39 AM (25 days, 16 hours ago)

the landscaping has only been there two years, which makes it amazing how far it's already spread, and here we thought the mycelium grew slower than cyans.

er maybe it was already contaminated when they first put it in..who knows..

it's certainly there now, and it's really the only species there, so it has the place all to itself


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    #11333614 - 10/27/09 06:24 PM (25 days, 9 hours ago)

nice porcini! found some myself in Aptos...



Left 30 pins to mature.

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    #11333836 - 10/27/09 06:52 PM (25 days, 9 hours ago)

Nice little buttons!  Cooked one up today and the taste/smell is completely intoxicating.


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    #11335024 - 10/27/09 09:42 PM (25 days, 6 hours ago)

also found Agaricus semotus, and Suillus pungens...



call me crazy, but im going to try eating the pungens lol
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    #11335389 - 10/27/09 10:35 PM (25 days, 5 hours ago)

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    #11339500 - 10/28/09 03:27 PM (24 days, 12 hours ago)

Why has this thread fallen to page four,Come on guys weres the finds,I know I'm trying


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    #11339543 - 10/28/09 03:33 PM (24 days, 12 hours ago)

I could throw in some German finds, but I guess I'd play against the sense of this thread then...


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    #11339563 - 10/28/09 03:35 PM (24 days, 12 hours ago)

:dancingshroom:


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    #11339622 - 10/28/09 03:44 PM (24 days, 12 hours ago)

it's drying out severely right now...dry east and north winds....most of my patches have stopped cold, even pins, seem like frozen in time

but you know what?  It's still very early in the season. Most years it's tough to find much before Halloween in the Bay Area anyway, so it could still be smashing bang up year

the fact that we've had two heavy rains helps wake up the mycelium.....so it's still sitting there, waiting for the right time

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    #11339810 - 10/28/09 04:10 PM (24 days, 12 hours ago)

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    #11339868 - 10/28/09 04:17 PM (24 days, 11 hours ago)

Nice!  Are they leaning towards sunlight?


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    #11340129 - 10/28/09 04:47 PM (24 days, 11 hours ago)

I've been finding them, for sure.  No photos though...  sorry about that. 

Yes, everything is drying up just as quick as it came up.  Bummer.  I've got my fingers crossed for more rain soon.


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    #11340233 - 10/28/09 05:03 PM (24 days, 11 hours ago)

hey guys this is my first year at shroomery but i am in the SF bay area! when does the season around here typically end?


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    #11341137 - 10/28/09 07:25 PM (24 days, 8 hours ago)

in a normal year in the Bay Area, the season usually starts about now, peaks around Christmas, and winds down around March

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    #11341707 - 10/28/09 08:59 PM (24 days, 7 hours ago)

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in a normal year in the Bay Area, the season usually starts about now, peaks around Christmas, and winds down around March

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hey guys this is my first year at shroomery but i am in the SF bay area! when does the season around here typically end?








Funny how that works out.  I found B. edulis in March, while finding Cantharellus californicus now, which is usually backwards (they can pop up whenever they want as far as I'm concerned).  But in between a lot of patience.


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    #11343010 - 10/29/09 12:22 AM (24 days, 3 hours ago)

A couple quick videos I made:





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    #11343081 - 10/29/09 12:42 AM (24 days, 3 hours ago)

The video is a nice compliment to the photos.  Awesome find.


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    #11345847 - 10/29/09 02:53 PM (23 days, 13 hours ago)

Aren't you glad we didn't stop hunting the South Bay last season?

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    #11347960 - 10/29/09 08:13 PM (23 days, 7 hours ago)

tough to explain with so many factors, but congrats on that patch...not many that big in one place.

had it stayed wet recently those would have gotten bigger and touched each other, probably. But I think at this point those are beyond the point of no return. I can see them starting to shrivel, and enough of that and the plant gives up on it's fruits

nothing will happen and they'll just continue to dry out, but the next time it rains is critical, cause those will turn pretty quickly. Within a day or two they'll start getting darker and that's bacteria because the plant is no longer defending it and growing it

it's hard to tell without some experience really when the plant gives up on it..sometimes they will leap back after a rain, but I think Alan and Curecat know enough already..this is mostly for others

the mycelium growing it underneath the ground is sensing all this dry air (via the fruits), and it's just making it go back into it's cave for awhile

from what I can see of this patch, I don't think they'll get any bigger unless there's a sprinkler near by..they would if it kept raining tho. I know Alan and Curecat knows they'll get nearly 4 inches across given the right conditions.

but I kinda don't think it's going to happen this time around

that's one of those cases where you can't pick at optimal maturity...not much anybody can do about it in the wild

I know of hundreds of pins right now in the same situation, but the beauty of mushrooms, is they can really recover nicely and start all over again, multiple times during a season

on a side note, there was one statement Alan made recently, and I don't know where , forgot which thread about some species, if they fruit at the same time. Alan said something to the effect of 'they fruit at the same time'

not these, and quite a few others as well. Actives around the SF Bay Area definitely do NOT fruit at the same time. They might in some other areas like the PNW where you get a more consistent temp/season/rainfall, but not in the SF BAY AREA

in fact, come to think of it, the SF Bay Area is one of the few areas where I couldn't imagine a more wide distributed fruiting season than anywhere on earth, because San Francisco is right in the middle of the PNW and the desert southwest and because of the topography has multiple microclimates during all seasons

you can get situations where 5 meters can make the difference between fruiting and not fruiting with the same  mycelium. We probably have more strains or sub species than many places, compounding the problem (of trying to figure out when it fruits)

I've seen some strains of straight up p cyanescens fruit for the first time in March, some strains have fruited already this year...twice. For Alan and his patch in the south bay, this is the first major fruting, but for me and another spot of p cyanescens, this is already the second fruiting this year

October 10, 2009



two weeks later, october 24, 2009 (and the even larger areas nearby have barely started pinning)



the exact same place as october 10th (I bet you're asking - how do you tweak it so it does that 2 weeks later)..>>>  by leaving as many baby/immature ones as possible, only picking the ones beyond maturity, covering up exposed mycelium with more chips nearby, making it happy (basically respecting the plant, and it's surroundings, not abusing it, keeping it a secret from others who would abuse it)

all three of these photos are in a public place, really accessible to anyone, if they knew where it was

but they don't, and I ain't talking...  :smile:



but that place is watered by a certain city in the Bay Area, and is in a colder, more shady microclimate

many of my spots haven't even started yet, but they will, later, next month...even more in December, given enough rainfall

it's tempting to say with Alans magnificent find, that 'OK, that was San Francisco big event for the year, seasons over, you can all go home now"...LOL

nobody here has any idea how far it's gone.....hehe...including me...and I just have a short clue...lol

it ain't so, not even close....

It's just beginning...has barely even started yet


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    #11348013 - 10/29/09 08:21 PM (23 days, 7 hours ago)

Got skunked on Porcinis today, but did well with Chanterelles:



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    #11348187 - 10/29/09 08:46 PM (23 days, 7 hours ago)

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At random I ran across these vids on you tube like a month ago. Check the comments. lol


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    #11348270 - 10/29/09 08:54 PM (23 days, 7 hours ago)

AWESOME! :thumbup:

few suillus and honeys for me, still waitin on the chanties!


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    #11349203 - 10/29/09 10:47 PM (23 days, 5 hours ago)

A few porcinis from this evening:







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    #11349236 - 10/29/09 10:53 PM (23 days, 5 hours ago)

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    #11349260 - 10/29/09 10:57 PM (23 days, 5 hours ago)

yeah, those look great, what city/area you finding those in?

all the porcini ive seen are still pins


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    #11349299 - 10/29/09 11:05 PM (23 days, 5 hours ago)

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nothing will happen and they'll just continue to dry out, but the next time it rains is critical, cause those will turn pretty quickly. Within a day or two they'll start getting darker and that's bacteria because the plant is no longer defending it and growing it



Yes.  Or if your patch is irrigated, then once those fruiting bodies reach maturity, they are not going to dry out, they will continue to get drenched, causing bacterial infection and accelerated decay.

So there is an up and a down side to sprinklers!


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    #11349319 - 10/29/09 11:08 PM (23 days, 5 hours ago)

Thanks, snorkler.

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    #11350964 - 10/30/09 10:20 AM (22 days, 17 hours ago)

In a way there is, because nobody really leaves them on all the time. It's just an hour or two a week maybe in most places, and in between then you're still getting the dry air, and the recent dry winds will bang them up a little.

I have one spot that last year, they just couldn't make it past barely opening up, then we would get the dry east winds again and they never got bigger and just got a dark ring around the cap. Kind of funny tho because that made it try to fruit maybe 5 times during the season cause it could never figure out...a little sprinkle every day, dry air, more sprinkle, more dry air

all I could ever get was a bunch of halfway mature ones. I think maybe it learned it's lesson this time..it hasn't fruited at all yet in the larger exposed place, but only nearby in the ivy, and that's my current icon

the weather can really wreck havoc on these things unless it's really protected. these dry east winds

all we can hope for this season is that when it rains again, it stays cloudy for awhile after that..When that happens, it'll get good

so to answer the below post, that really depends on how much it's sprinkled..I mean, if they leave it on all the time, then there's no problem and it will go all the way, but if they turn it off, and they usually do, then it's exposed to the dry air again, and it shrivels..If it shrivels too much, it's gotta be picked, because it's stopped growing

don't feel bad tho..plenty of us have seen the same thing for the last 3 years at least

and yes, if those on Alans video are sprinkled, they'll probably turn even before the next rain...Well he'll see it anyway if he's able to go back there every day...They'll start getting darker...there's a window of a few days where you can still save it by drying it out, but eventually they'll get too dark

that's basically how me and Urbanism did it last year with the p subaeruginascens patch...we waited until they just started turning darker...picked them that very day

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nothing will happen and they'll just continue to dry out, but the next time it rains is critical, cause those will turn pretty quickly. Within a day or two they'll start getting darker and that's bacteria because the plant is no longer defending it and growing it



Yes.  Or if your patch is irrigated, then once those fruiting bodies reach maturity, they are not going to dry out, they will continue to get drenched, causing bacterial infection and accelerated decay.

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    #11354446 - 10/30/09 08:30 PM (22 days, 7 hours ago)

update on the new p subaeruginascens patch

from 4 days ago and today, the 3 in the closeup



they're not doing to well, getting darker...some new pins have grown a little..the place is being watered..the ones today were wet, but darker

but dangit, more forked gills...also noticed when wet on this variety, there's more of a pellicle than cyans or the other p subaeruginascens...you can see it a little when splitting the cap apart...you can see some remnants of tiny debris on the cap todays pickings, which is sticking to the cap because it is a little sticky when wet, due to the pellicle...another clue that puts it in 'section stuntzae', but it is not p stuntzii...it is far more potent than that...probably the most potent in the entire section ( I ate the two smaller ones in the right photo...I still can't believe it 4 hours later)...just amazing

this place is so jammed packed with these it hardly matters...problem is, it's a famous place with famous people, so can't really spend more than a few minutes.

you would absolutely laugh your ass off if you found out where this was. I couldn't think of a bigger joke in terms of location


..actually found out the landscape architects and they did another famous place in SF with the exact same type of black wood chips, and that one is 100 times bigger..you never know..this could be a really big one coming soon....the landscape architect is based in Sausalito, but they have only done one project in Marin, not in Sausalito...they've done other famous places in China as well, but this particular location isn't even listed on their website....dunno why..the building itself is famous but the landscaping is only 100 feet..relatively small...howver looking through their website, I noticed they are indeed heavy on the woodchips, as a new and emerging 'green technology' for helping plants in low water situations.
maybe Stamets has caught their ear...who knows

..and it's true....I actually had to go to the San Francisco city hall website and RFQ/RFP proposals (contracts) to find this out with the current new p subaeruginascens site

do shroomers look this stuff up and trace the origins of woodchips and how they ended up there?...they do...yep



hey btw, it's not really unusual to have indian summer this late either...so it's sort of like were getting 2 seasons this year

consider this a prelude..to the main season that is up and coming

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    #11355601 - 10/31/09 01:31 AM (22 days, 2 hours ago)

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update on the new p subaeruginascens patch

but dangit, more forked gills...also noticed when wet on this variety, there's more of a pellicle than cyans or the other p subaeruginascens...






Hi Auweia

Some influx from the other side of the planet...:wink:

To me, this variety looks quite similar like that species
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    #11356500 - 10/31/09 09:27 AM (21 days, 18 hours ago)

yeah, I think it probably is the same type as the one found in southern california. we definitely have something new on our hands here in California...and Oregon

the beauty of it it that it's not as easily recognizable as p cyanescens and could easily be passed over by people experienced with cyans. I still had a hard time with it despite finding it twice before. it still has the underlying psilocybe color, but much less obvious than cyans

the really difficult thing is, we still can't figure out what causes fruiting..It doesn't adhere to anything remotely like the normal cyan fruiting cycle..You can't just drop the temps and water it and expect it to fruit

it's just going to fruit when and where it wants to regardless of human intervention...it's just there.....right smack in the middle of downtown San Francisco......lol...cracks me up

it would be similar to the doorman at the downtown Hilton saying 'never mind that mushroom bush sticking in your face' as you get out of the car. It could only get more central a location if it leaped into your lap like a puppy dog and said 'HI'

there is one trusted friend who doesn't hunt, that I showed a wide angle of where it is...I didn't even have to tell him....just showed the photo, and he said 'holy shit'...

he agrees...if the wrong people found out where it is, it would make the news...pandamonium..they'd shut it down, spray it...it's too famous a place


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    #11363049 - 11/01/09 02:27 PM (20 days, 12 hours ago)



more Gymnopilus luteofolius.
Besides that, Suillus caerulescens, and a few pissed off colonies of yellow jackets - I haven't found anything exciting.

much more ground needs to be covered.

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    #11363064 - 11/01/09 02:29 PM (20 days, 12 hours ago)

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    #11363420 - 11/01/09 03:26 PM (20 days, 11 hours ago)

our place to stay was in oakland and the bridge was effed - we didnt wanna go around at 3am, and our original plans to be up there in the first place were canceled. I also didnt see the update after you said it was canceled. so I woke up yesterday and did homework all day and ended up so crapped I fell asleep at 7pm with it in my lap.

I still have to study for two midterms, write a Philosophy paper, and an Anthropology paper.

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    #11363500 - 11/01/09 03:39 PM (20 days, 11 hours ago)

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    #11373122 - 11/02/09 09:52 PM (19 days, 5 hours ago)

shit im tired, my whole heel is a blister



someone was ahead of me, he must have picked like 5 times this amount, I think I spooked him a few times :lol: I got a good haul though in 2 hours time, I even found some hidden patches of about 60 buttons per tree, ill be heading back again soon, your free to come along Alan or quad, theres enough for a few and then some!

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    #11373753 - 11/02/09 11:10 PM (19 days, 4 hours ago)

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shit im tired, my whole heel is a blister



someone was ahead of me, he must have picked like 5 times this amount, I think I spooked him a few times :lol: I got a good haul though in 2 hours time, I even found some hidden patches of about 60 buttons per tree, ill be heading back again soon, your free to come along Alan or quad, theres enough for a few and then some!

my dehydrator is out of room :frown:



Saw the obs on MO first. 

http://www.mushroomobserver.org/27680

Nicely done. 

As Sui said, you were missed at the Gathering.  Especially since the majority of those who showed up must have been from The Pub or OTD, as I did not recognize any of their names.  And oh man, they were obnoxious... 
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    #11374396 - 11/03/09 01:55 AM (19 days, 1 hour ago)

I missed that gathering too, was doing something else and totally forgot about it. :/

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    #11375101 - 11/03/09 07:23 AM (18 days, 19 hours ago)

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Wow these are beautiful...but, what are they?? I can tell they must be a psilocybe, but I've been focusing all my attention lately on P cyanescens, so am definitely ignorant about others. Are these P cyanofriscosa by chance?

I'm glad to see your season is starting to pick up, all you people by the bay.

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    #11375338 - 11/03/09 08:45 AM (18 days, 18 hours ago)

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They look more like placeholders for photos that once could be seen. :rolleyes:

But considering Alan's video posts, it probably were Ps. cyanofriscosas...


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    #11376503 - 11/03/09 12:05 PM (18 days, 15 hours ago)

They are cyanofriscosa.

I used all the bandwidth on my photobucket account so it will be a couple days before it resets and shows the pictures again.

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    #11377520 - 11/03/09 02:39 PM (18 days, 12 hours ago)

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    #11379260 - 11/03/09 07:00 PM (18 days, 8 hours ago)

What a sexy mushroom. Do they grow naturally like that (in such high numbers), or did this patch have a little human help?


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    #11379272 - 11/03/09 07:03 PM (18 days, 8 hours ago)

with as many large photos as you have and post, i wonder if you shouldn't create an account for each species or section :P


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    #11379306 - 11/03/09 07:08 PM (18 days, 8 hours ago)



some of the smaller ones were found already cut and cleaned, dropped in a fumble by some lazy/greedy hunters.


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    #11379385 - 11/03/09 07:21 PM (18 days, 7 hours ago)

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some of the smaller ones were found already cut and cleaned, dropped in a fumble by some lazy/greedy hunters.





I hate that.  You inspired me to check some of my spots today, and someone already beat me to them!!!  They left big stinking holes in the ground, those boletes must have been HUGE.

At any rate, found some nice grisettes as well as some boletes.  Uploading pictures is almost too much for my internet connection, so they may have to wait til tomorrow.


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    #11379401 - 11/03/09 07:24 PM (18 days, 7 hours ago)

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    #11380064 - 11/03/09 09:01 PM (18 days, 6 hours ago)

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Weird.

You should cut off the yellow spots, they tend to spread throughout the mushroom flesh quickly if you don't remove it all.  It seems like bacteria.


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    #11380769 - 11/03/09 10:55 PM (18 days, 4 hours ago)

indeed, the brown is bugrot as well, this was how it looked right after I walked through the door, some of those needed serious hackjobs, especially that giant cap, I already ditched the stem in the field.

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    #11386458 - 11/04/09 06:36 PM (17 days, 8 hours ago)

well I stepped on another yellow jacket nest, my face is all swollen, but the haul was worth it! 1 hours time:



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    #11387479 - 11/04/09 08:36 PM (17 days, 6 hours ago)

I saw this pair of pins last week:




Here they are not quite six days later:



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    #11387927 - 11/04/09 09:44 PM (17 days, 5 hours ago)

Damn time to go out tomorrow morning!

A friend told me he  approached some restaurants with boletes, only to hear "Should have called an hour ago, we just bought 12 pounds" from every one.


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    #11388031 - 11/04/09 10:05 PM (17 days, 5 hours ago)

Here's some fungi from the past week


Blewit(Lepista nuda)











King(Boletus edulis)

Plums abd custard(Tricholomopsis rutilans)



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    #11389659 - 11/05/09 09:00 AM (16 days, 18 hours ago)

Nice pics wyattb.

Here are some from the other day:

Amanita pachycolea:



Boletus Edulis:


The last one was peeling at the stalk.

Unknown Amanita (Amanita calyptrata?):



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    #11390373 - 11/05/09 11:33 AM (16 days, 15 hours ago)

Nice pics Scout24, and Wyattb, and Everyone. I wish the edibles were poppin quite this good here in Seattle....

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    #11395697 - 11/06/09 02:54 AM (16 days, 17 minutes ago)

Just returned from a one and a half day foray along the northern California Coast....  Boletus edulis var. grandedulis is EVERYWHERE.  More than we could pick, much less carry or fit in the car.  We saw other hunters all along the side of the road in Salt Point.  And that was just a Thursday, in the rain.  I can not imagine how many harvesters will be out during the weekend!


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Re: Official Fall 2009 Winter 2010 San Francisco, Bay Area Thread. Post your finds here! [Re: CureCat]
    #11395702 - 11/06/09 02:58 AM (16 days, 13 minutes ago)

i wanted to go to this, but laska had work and thus needed the car, glad it was so fruitful! sounds like fun.:tongue2:


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