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TimmiT said:
They almost look like 'Psilocybe subsecotioides' but I think they're just abnormal P. subaerugniosa

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2Bob said:

The misses goes "Theres a guy at work selling some shrooms - I will buy you some"

I said "DONT BUY THEM!"

Most of the fun is the searching process and I would feel like I cheated If i bought them off someone. Shrooms aren't meant to be sold anyway they are meant to be shared. There's nothing better then having a few mates round for a session with the shrooms you have picked yourself.

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I agree with you 100%. I would never buy mushrooms because it is a cop out to buy something that the earth gives you for free, you are cheating yourself and cheating nature and allowing the whole cheating process to continue by giving someone money for them, therefore strengthening their likelihood of selling them. I don't feel this way about things such as fruits and vegetables for example, I'll gladly buy them cos it's convenient and it gives honest and hard working farmers some dough to live by, but mushrooms are sacred and should be treated with a great more deal of respect. A lot of the times I get hauls, my friends, and even friends of friends will ask to buy mushrooms off me - I never accept, I'll just give away for free what I can spare. Or I will help them find their own. Mushrooms that you have picked yourself, and shared with others, always give back to you the respect you put into them tenfold.

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gggaz said:
Question: I have tried several different methods of drying.

First, in front of a ducted heating vent for 2 hours, resting on cardboard with holes poked through. They shrivelled to about half the size, and were still somewhat soft when removed. Put them in a plastic bag, the next morning they were black, smelling foul. Probably could have eaten them, but threw them away.

My second find I tried the same method, but for much longer and with an upturned ice bucket to keep the air in. It wasn't overly hot, but steady air for 4-5 hours. These shrivelled to about 1/3rd of their original size.

Today I used a needle and threaded through the stems, hung them up over the vent (about 2 feet above) and left them there the whole day. These, like the last, shrivelled to 1/3rd of the size of when they were fresh.

I know a lot of the shroom is water to begin with, but I've never been able to find decent sized subs. The biggest one was no longer than my pointer finger. Now they are TINY and look nothing like the pictures of dried mushrooms I've seen. I hope they're still good, but my concern is really trying to get an accurate dose. I have about 35 dried subs weighing in at a grand total of 7 grams :/ I'd appreciate some guidance/critique of my methods here. I have read the tecs in this site, but some of them seem overly complicated, and I don't really have access to silica gel etc... also I'm trying to do this discreetly, ie. making use of whatever is in my room basically.

Figured I'd post this here as it's specifically about the subaeruginosa species, other psilocybes seem to be a bit bigger I think.

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Seriously, the best way to dry subs is this.

Fan dry for 24 hours. Then put them in a DampRid chamber (any sealed plastic box with no holes), fill up the bottom half with DampRid, put a plastic mesh on top and place sparingly subs on top, cover and leave for 3-4 days. They will be crisp dry after 3 days.

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shroomster80 said:
hey guys, how much do we guesstimate i have here in this jar, i put a table spoon next to it to give you a size comparison?

Also how roughly how many spoon fulls will i have to pack into a tea bag(s) to hit a lv4 trip?

Im just trying to see how much i will need to stock pile up to last through summer :P

And ive also noticed that im not having much luck finding subs in big reserves or bush land and much better luck in local parks or around footy fields, strange. Anyone else see it this way?

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As we know everyone is different, but I think 1 spoonful should probably be enough for a level 4.  I never weigh so I have NFI how much you have there.  Why don't you start consuming them, you'll work out soon enough how much you'll need to get through summer.

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josephzizys said:
went hunting again around the patch I found last time, mostly still on tanbark, around grasses with leaf litter.. Picked from 3 different patches, have taken photos, and am currently trying to make spore-prints.

check out the photos here;

http://imgur.com/a/bPKhI

The spot has at least a dozen different varieties of mushroom, I might post some photos later of the other types, some orange looking ones appear in one of the previous photos, but there where plenty of others.

Id's appreciated.

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josephzizys said:
went hunting again around the patch I found last time, mostly still on tanbark, around grasses with leaf litter.. Picked from 3 different patches, have taken photos, and am currently trying to make spore-prints.

check out the photos here;

http://imgur.com/a/bPKhI

The spot has at least a dozen different varieties of mushroom, I might post some photos later of the other types, some orange looking ones appear in one of the previous photos, but there where plenty of others.

Id's appreciated.

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josephzizys said:
went hunting again around the patch I found last time, mostly still on tanbark, around grasses with leaf litter.. Picked from 3 different patches, have taken photos, and am currently trying to make spore-prints.

check out the photos here;

http://imgur.com/a/bPKhI

The spot has at least a dozen different varieties of mushroom, I might post some photos later of the other types, some orange looking ones appear in one of the previous photos, but there where plenty of others.

Id's appreciated.

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Dude nice finds!
Defs subs, I picked almost one hundred of them today in my spot that'd been going for 4 years now, near identical

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josephzizys said:
here are some pics of about five other varieties found at the patch;

http://imgur.com/a/IfPc9#0

realise they arn't subs, but curious as to what they are!

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an0nymous said:
My find is now completely dry and sitting in a container with desiccants.
I'm just wondering, if I left them in a paper bag for about 7 hours before drying will they still be ok?

After first drying session (about 3 hours), they were left in a glass jar overnight without silica gel

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