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 sounds good...... now i just need some cyan spores lol
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 Re: UK Mushroom thread [Re: Mike_yy]
#11524714 - 11/25/09 07:05 AM (2 years, 6 months ago) |
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Actually I don't have the time, but as for anything in my life, I just take it
But seriously, it shouldn't be a problem to do a tutorial, so don't worry.
And to the drying methods...
Depending on the amounts of fruits you've picked, several "styles" of storing disqualify, because of the factor work (and therefore time) and because of the factor space.
I doubt that too many people have these kind of problems, but since I do, I had to chose a simple method, that does it's job very well.
I've never used any kinds of dehydration support except for a low level heater and a dry room. This, as you can imagine, results in a rather warm and dry room (no way! Yes: Way!).
A room (of maybe 6 m²) with a temp of 25 C° and a relative humidity of below 30% is able to bone-dry several KG of fresh Cyans in less then two days.
Since Cyans are a lot bigger and therefore heavier than Libs are, this would work with Libs even faster.
Anyway, after the fruits are completely dry, they can easily be put into big Zip-Lock bags, air pressed out of the bags, then put into another big Zip-Lock bag and then be stored in a dry place.
For smaller amounts, it's advised to store them in a freezer. This -again- is not possible, when handling bigger amounts.
I do this for years now, and never had any mold problems, nor problems with the loss of active compounds.
Sure, the fruits lose a part of their potency, but even three years after they were picked, they contain enough "guud stuff" to keep people from complaining.
Everyone's happy this way.
So in my experience, it's not explicitly necessary to use such a difficult and time consuming procedure.
To make yourself a "Mushie-Jar" with several single bags, containing a certain amount of fruits, is a good idea anyway, because this way you don't have to open the bigger bags every time you want to trip and prevent the mushrooms from getting in contact with "new" oxygen.
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Re: UK Mushroom thread [Re: Fahkface]
#11524820 - 11/25/09 07:40 AM (2 years, 6 months ago) |
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Taken from a shop that sells spawnbags:
(1) Find a good place in your garden, in the woods or a forest near you, a park or somewhere else. The place should be in the shade and nobody should interfere with your little guerilla garden.
(2) Buy a large bag with wooden chips from your garden shop.
(3) Soak the wooden chips in water and let dry a bit.
(4) Carefully mix the chips from the spawn bag with the purchased wooden chips (inoculate).
(5) In the ideal place (see 1) you make a bed of about 60 to 60 cm and about 15 cm deep
(6) Fill the bed with the inoculated wooden chips.
Remarks
The larger the bed of woodchips that you have available outdoors is, the better. The spawn can be multiplied by taking a handful of chips from your outdoor-patch to start new ones. The outdoor beds should be about 10-15 cm deep to provide good growth of the mycelium. Leaves and twigs can be placed on top to prevent that the spawn chips become to dry. In summer or dry periods you can water 1-2 times a day (do not drown!!). The mushrooms should appear in late autumn when temperature drops below 10°C. Harvests will expand every year.
Simples! 
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Edited by UK Explorer (11/25/09 08:12 AM)
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Re: UK Mushroom thread [Re: Fahkface]
#11524824 - 11/25/09 07:41 AM (2 years, 6 months ago) |
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Quote:
To make yourself a "Mushie-Jar" with several single bags, containing a certain amount of fruits, is a good idea anyway, because this way you don't have to open the bigger bags every time you want to trip and prevent the mushrooms from getting in contact with "new" oxygen.
That is a good idea, i usually use bags and tinfoil. My hauls don't last too long so i don't have much to worry about..
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Nice !
We like expanding hauls.
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so i went into the corner with my rizla and my ganja
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Re: UK Mushroom thread [Re: Mike_yy]
#11524910 - 11/25/09 08:02 AM (2 years, 6 months ago) |
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im really considering the wood chip cyan guerrilla thing
Although it will probably just be in my garden lolz..... still need spores first. Can you get them online ?
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Re: UK Mushroom thread [Re: dicky21]
#11524956 - 11/25/09 08:14 AM (2 years, 6 months ago) |
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Quote:
dicky21 said:
im really considering the wood chip cyan guerrilla thing
Although it will probably just be in my garden lolz..... still need spores first. Can you get them online ?
Used to be able to, not sure since the new laws however.
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It shouldn't be such a big problem to get your hands on some Cyan spawn. In the end it's easily self made, when you have some spores. This shouldn't be a big problem either.
Helpful, wasn't it
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Re: UK Mushroom thread [Re: dicky21]
#11525143 - 11/25/09 08:54 AM (2 years, 6 months ago) |
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Quote:
dicky21 said:
im really considering the wood chip cyan guerrilla thing
Although it will probably just be in my garden lolz..... still need spores first. Can you get them online ?
Yeah afaik, i'm looking through the sponsors but i can't find anywhere that sends them out of the US or isn't out of stock.
I've seen cubensis spores for sale in a head shop after the shroom laws changed, don't know if anything changed after that though law wise..
Edit - Just pulled this off a reputable vendor site,
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Psilocybe spores including syringes and prints are legal to posses and distribute in Canada, The United Kingdom and most of Europe.
Cyans might be harder to find than cubensis but i'm sure it's not impossible. Someone here might even trade if you go in the marketplace..
Edited by Mike_yy (11/25/09 09:05 AM)
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Re: UK Mushroom thread [Re: Mike_yy]
#11525230 - 11/25/09 09:10 AM (2 years, 6 months ago) |
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Had a look and you can buy spore syringes here but they advise that it is illegal to grow them in UK.
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dicky21
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Ohhh we dont want to break any laws do we...
Give us a shout if anyone finds any cyan spores for sale UK or abroad.... not fussed.
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Re: UK Mushroom thread [Re: dicky21]
#11525402 - 11/25/09 09:40 AM (2 years, 6 months ago) |
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Quote:
dicky21 said:
Ohhh we dont want to break any laws do we...
Give us a shout if anyone finds any cyan spores for sale UK or abroad.... not fussed.
http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/446493
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dicky21
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wicked.. thanks UK_E
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Re: UK Mushroom thread [Re: dicky21]
#11526216 - 11/25/09 12:05 PM (2 years, 6 months ago) |
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whats the chances of buying woodchips with cyan spaws already on them?
like can you get imported pnw hardwood chips? lol
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Re: UK Mushroom thread [Re: libs]
#11526305 - 11/25/09 12:22 PM (2 years, 6 months ago) |
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Just in case anyone tries, under UK law importing anything other than spores would be classed as smuggling a class A substance. Spores are fine for research purposes. lol
Cubes are easy to grow indoors all year round when our beloved season ends. I'm on my last hunt this weekend, then out come the jars for my cakes.
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Re: UK Mushroom thread [Re: dicky21]
#11526526 - 11/25/09 01:02 PM (2 years, 6 months ago) |
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Hi all, you probably get this all the time so sorry in advance for posting a newbie question. I'm hoping for help with identification.
I found these out in a lightly-wooded, grassy area today in Surrey. Some were poking out periodically between the grasses as you'd expect of p. semilanceata, but some others I found densely clustered around an old stump (not on the wood itself, but not particularly grassy there either - more mossy perhaps). In some ways they look more like pelliculosa or silvatica in their cap shapes:
As you can see they don't have a distinct nipple (though many have a slight one, and have darker colouring there) and they don't obviously bruise blue. But, they do have smooth, light-coloured, hollow, fibrous stems, and dark gills with dark edging on the caps. Spore print is very dark -- looks almost black to me but could be very dark brown or a bit purplish; I'm slightly colour-blind.
Thanks in advance for any help!
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Re: UK Mushroom thread [Re: andymc]
#11526536 - 11/25/09 01:04 PM (2 years, 6 months ago) |
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are the stems a slimey texture?
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Re: UK Mushroom thread [Re: libs]
#11526596 - 11/25/09 01:14 PM (2 years, 6 months ago) |
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It's a Corpinus sp.
Not active!
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Re: UK Mushroom thread [Re: libs]
#11526613 - 11/25/09 01:17 PM (2 years, 6 months ago) |
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Thanks for the reply. No, the stems don't seem slimy. I also forgot to mention that there doesn't seem to be an easily-seperable pellicle, though that might just be my noob showing 
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Re: UK Mushroom thread [Re: andymc]
#11527499 - 11/25/09 03:50 PM (2 years, 6 months ago) |
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haha ... i got my cubes growing as we speak
Really up for a guerrilla cyan patch.
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