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 shponglecybin
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 Re: UK Mushroom thread [Re: Blow_in]
#9031927 - 10/05/08 10:20 AM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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had a total stinker of a day today.
to cut a long story short,i must have been to eager to get out the door that i forgot to take painkillers for my back,which is totally knackered at the moment.
got of a bus in the country and walked for about 50 Min's before i realized.the pain kicked in while i was trying to walk up a beast of a hill.
that 50mins getting their took me about 3 hours to get back to the bus stop.
total nightmare,even if i would have seen anything i wouldn't have been able to pick it up,lol,couldn't even look down the pain was that bad,i was walking blindly thru cow shit and allsorts,falling all over the place and grabbing jaggy nettles,lol,i was like something out of fecking Monty Python or something,lol.
i can laugh about it now but it wasn't funny at the time.
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It was a beautiful day today... I wish I had woken up earlier (I didn't wake up till 3pm  ).
Man I can't wait for next weekend  .
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Abuse
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shponglecybin said:
had a total stinker of a day today.
to cut a long story short,i must have been to eager to get out the door that i forgot to take painkillers for my back,which is totally knackered at the moment.
got of a bus in the country and walked for about 50 Min's before i realized.the pain kicked in while i was trying to walk up a beast of a hill.
that 50mins getting their took me about 3 hours to get back to the bus stop.
total nightmare,even if i would have seen anything i wouldn't have been able to pick it up,lol,couldn't even look down the pain was that bad,i was walking blindly thru cow shit and allsorts,falling all over the place and grabbing jaggy nettles,lol,i was like something out of fecking Monty Python or something,lol.
i can laugh about it now but it wasn't funny at the time.
Sounds like you could've done with a big fat spliff to aid you on your travels!  
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Abuse
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Re: UK Mushroom thread [Re: Abuse]
#9033393 - 10/05/08 03:50 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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Just found an old vial of 10x organic salvia I thought I'd lost! Haven't seen this for ages. Might try some again soon! Heavy, heavy stuff...
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Ego Death
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Re: UK Mushroom thread [Re: Abuse]
#9033888 - 10/05/08 05:27 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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Finally I've found infor for a good locatation less than 50 miles away! 
Fingers crossed for a rainy week and a sunny weekend. I'll def take my camera.
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Dr. uarewotueat
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Re: UK Mushroom thread [Re: Ego Death]
#9034012 - 10/05/08 05:58 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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lol not another wild goose chase i hope 
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Ego Death
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Hopefully not this person is way more truthful than the other gooses 
We will see though - rains on its way so hit up the field next week me thinks! Worst than can happen is a nice long soggy walk and a waste of fuel getting there.
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Re: UK Mushroom thread [Re: Ego Death]
#9036274 - 10/06/08 08:06 AM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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Re: UK Mushroom thread [Re: retox]
#9036418 - 10/06/08 08:53 AM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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Abuse
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Re: UK Mushroom thread [Re: beneath]
#9036457 - 10/06/08 09:06 AM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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Re: UK Mushroom thread [Re: Abuse]
#9037316 - 10/06/08 12:27 PM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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hello eveyone at the shroomery me and my mate just got back from a hunt and i think we did ok:) but as were knew to shroom picking i thought we'd ask the pros for there opinion + do any look a likes harm you if you eat them thank you for any advice   
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Dr. uarewotueat
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i'm having trouble getting pics to load in some posts, this one being one of them...
but just from the thumbnails i would say that all of those are ok 
EDIT: there are not any lookalikes that will do you any serious harm, pissing out of your ass is probably the worst that can happen 
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shroomarooma
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SUCCESS
Hello one and all, after many sporadic and fruitless missions over the last 10 years I finally found some mushrooms. 252 to be precise. Yesterday I went to the south peak district on a vague tip off and stumbled into four fields in a row that had mushrooms in them. Three of us picked for about 4 hours and got 252 shrooms so we're absolutely buzzinnnnnn!!!!! We found them on a fairly steep south facing slope that was cow pastures. We will be going back to these fields in the not to distant future I'm sure! We were a little worried as it was very cold on Sunday night but it was a beautiful monday morning. All the Libs we found seemed fairly old. I have some questions.
I am assuming that 250 libs by three people in 4 hours isn't that great a return but clearly these fields have potential. Can we expect many more from these fields throughout October or do you think the conditions were good enough last week and this is the sorts of numbers we should expect to find from this in future missions?
How significant is the South Facing slope? Is this more beneficial later in the season i.e. when it gets colder. I'm thinking frosts may not be as damaging on these fields that get the early morning sun bang on their face?
I'm tempted to look at other fields but it's a two and a half hour drive for us so tempted just to go back to these fields again and again!
Any way check out these photos
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Nice haul! I must say your hunting spot comes with a lovely view.
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Those are some fecking nice specimans nice and large. I'd say that frost didn't bother them much, congrats and have grand time with them.
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Dr. uarewotueat
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Re: UK Mushroom thread [Re: Blow_in]
#9040711 - 10/07/08 04:00 AM (3 years, 7 months ago) |
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I am assuming that 250 libs by three people in 4 hours isn't that great a return but clearly these fields have potential. Can we expect many more from these fields throughout October or do you think the conditions were good enough last week and this is the sorts of numbers we should expect to find from this in future missions?
1000's, i regularly come back from the peaks with hauls of 2000+ from a days picking during october, it is always the best month 
good work 
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turntablism
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thank you uarewotueat you of cours were right my mate is tripin after eating 40. going out again later today fingers cross could anyone tell me how long it takes baby mushrooms to get a good size for picking
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Dr. uarewotueat
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pins will grow to maturity in 24 hours, no problem... but it is always best to give your field at least a days break between picking, look after your field and it will look after you for years to come
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I think it's about time I posted a pic up of my current stash:
There's a little over 900 there
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shroomarooma
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With my new found fields I wanted to share some observations in relation to the hilly terrain. These four fields seemed to have more mushrooms at the top and bottom than in the middle and not so many on the steep bits. I could be reading too much into this but I was wondering if this was normal or if anyone could explain? Also one field was much better than the others. I guess this is normal. If we had gone to other similar fields a few miles away would we have found as many, given that the conditions were the same? Or were we just lucky. Also as to be expected there were many other varieties of mushrooms on this hill but I would say 70 - 80% were liberty caps. We were literally bouncing around finding them everywhere with not many other varieties is this what other people have experienced? Are they that common?. It was an amazing rush and I can't wait to trip off them in an equally beautiful spot!
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