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samfonzoesq said:
pppffttt keep looking, ive found a few in the city and a massive patch in castle hill, with these rains mushrooms everywhere..

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i hope your right, i have been looking around a bit north of sydney with no luck finding a single active as of yet

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mushmoon said:
Nobitte.. i've been looking around Sydney and cant find a single sub. i think you got it better being a bit further south.

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mushmoon said:
i hope he is right aswell scraps. going to have another look tomorrow and hopefully prove myself wrong

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Canberra said:
I went for a hunt today in some wood chips and gum trees around the lake looking for good patches (I usually hunt in the mountains and was looking for places closer to home).

My god I found so many damn Stopharias! Hundreds of all shapes and sizes in huge patches (we haven't even had any rain for two weeks). In one patch I found you couldn't even walk without stepping on a whole bunch.

I have never even seen a Stropharia Aurantiaca and here they are by the thousands. I thought maybe since they apparently grow in the same kind of areas as subs there would be some nearby, but no dice.

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Dr. Sub said:
First thing to do is find the habitat, which you have done, they do grow on leaflitter etc as this is what they naturally grew on before we made perfect little mulch beds for them. Secondly, check UNDER the leaf litter etc for mycelium, this indicates the presence of fungus, not necessarily subs, but it narrows it down and stops you looking in sterile areas.
When you do find a patch, SPREAD THAT SHIT, pick a shroom with mycelium attached, cut the mycelium off, place on wet cardboard and place in a cool damp place, the mycelium will colonize the cardboard and you put that shit in the mulch bed nearest your residence, hopefully the fungus will take off and you will no longer be traipsing around the countryside looking for patches

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thankyou one of the best replies i have had from this site thus far

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ChaosOne said:
Bliss n Eso new song, Down by the River, has some interesting lyrics in relation to Syd City Shroom hunting -

"Eso
Yeah, fun house is open,
and now the sundowns approachin',
the boat shed is where I live it up all day
and magic mushrooms litter the walkway,":D

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MushroomMillionair said:
Found these in a garden bed near by. This is my first hunting season and I want to make sure they're subs before I eat them with some mates. Could anyone help me confirm?

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looks like subs to me, the apparent blue bruising  and the white stems and brown wavy caps seems like u got urself sum good mushies
if ur still in doubt i would wait for a trusted I.D
but if i was you i would already be quite confident enough to injest them beautys
nice work
also if i was you i would do a spore print just to confirm ur suspicions or not
should be purple-black, purple-brown if my memory serves me right (which it normally doesnt, so dont quote me on that)

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MushroomMillionair said:
Found these in a garden bed near by. This is my first hunting season and I want to make sure they're subs before I eat them with some mates. Could anyone help me confirm?

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definately subs, spore print them tho, and observe them lots before you eat them. So you can assure yourself next time. Just make sure they all bruise blue. Therez one in the pic that i cant see any bluing on but i think its just the angle of photography. Congrats and enjoy!!

edit: just checked again there all definately subs