CaptainZero said:

This is my first season hunting for actives.  I just moved to the Portland area a few months ago.  Up to this point I've only ever cultivated cubensis in my closet.

So far, after hunting around town and a couple trips to the coast, I have only discovered many patches of Amanita.  But I'm trying to find Cyans.

I gather that their prime habitat is Alder mulch.  My question is: can you find them under Alder trees where twigs and branches have been decaying for years or are you better off just looking for mulch that someone may have used to landscape their property? (I have yet to find any Alder mulch within a mile radius of where I live)

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otherwhitemeat said:

CaptainZero said:

This is my first season hunting for actives.  I just moved to the Portland area a few months ago.  Up to this point I've only ever cultivated cubensis in my closet.

So far, after hunting around town and a couple trips to the coast, I have only discovered many patches of Amanita.  But I'm trying to find Cyans.

I gather that their prime habitat is Alder mulch.  My question is: can you find them under Alder trees where twigs and branches have been decaying for years or are you better off just looking for mulch that someone may have used to landscape their property? (I have yet to find any Alder mulch within a mile radius of where I live)

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Welcome to Portland. Reading this thread you might get the idea than cyans are everywhere in the PNW. There are cyans in Portland, but it took me ~20 hours of searching and another poster ~30 to find our first in the city. First season looking I found nothing at all. During the off-seasons I made a mental catalog of habitats all over the city, and visited them systematically the next season: ding ding ding. All of my finds have been on chips, hardwood but not necessarily alder. Most chip beds here are fir, not good.

#1 tip: walk slow, look slow. i'm still amazed at how i can look straight at cyans amid wet leaves and so on and just not see them until i *really* look. they sure don't jump like amanitas!

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otherwhitemeat said:

#1 tip: walk slow, look slow. i'm still amazed at how i can look straight at cyans amid wet leaves and so on and just not see them until i *really* look. they sure don't jump like amanitas!

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otherwhitemeat said:

CaptainZero said:

This is my first season hunting for actives.  I just moved to the Portland area a few months ago.  Up to this point I've only ever cultivated cubensis in my closet.

So far, after hunting around town and a couple trips to the coast, I have only discovered many patches of Amanita.  But I'm trying to find Cyans.

I gather that their prime habitat is Alder mulch.  My question is: can you find them under Alder trees where twigs and branches have been decaying for years or are you better off just looking for mulch that someone may have used to landscape their property? (I have yet to find any Alder mulch within a mile radius of where I live)

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Welcome to Portland. Reading this thread you might get the idea than cyans are everywhere in the PNW. There are cyans in Portland, but it took me ~20 hours of searching and another poster ~30 to find our first in the city. First season looking I found nothing at all. During the off-seasons I made a mental catalog of habitats all over the city, and visited them systematically the next season: ding ding ding. All of my finds have been on chips, hardwood but not necessarily alder. Most chip beds here are fir, not good.

#1 tip: walk slow, look slow. i'm still amazed at how i can look straight at cyans amid wet leaves and so on and just not see them until i *really* look. they sure don't jump like amanitas!

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Nick998 said:

I have tons of alder forests growing pretty much in my back yard. Do cyans not really grow in the forest though?

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ehtdaedlufetarg said:

My best producing patch has generally small fruits. Similar to those. And speaking of which this is this mornings visit to  my spot. The tupperware is full of the 1/6 of so of the patch that was mature. I do many visits often so i can nab em a little after the veil breaks for potency

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Any bluing on the Panaeolus castaneifolius?

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None visible;  however, the specie is of a dark complexion to begin and would lead me to believe there is an opportunity for a low active content.  I plan on creating a substantial collection and conducting a "test" experience.  We shall see!

jet li said:

Nick998 said:

I have tons of alder forests growing pretty much in my back yard. Do cyans not really grow in the forest though?

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Nick998 said:

jet li said:

Nick998 said:

I have tons of alder forests growing pretty much in my back yard. Do cyans not really grow in the forest though?

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hmmm i see they must be hiding under all the leaves on the ground I do see a lot of what I believe to be Galerinas growing off of rotten alder.

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Brown stems =

FondaCox said:

ehtdaedlufetarg said:

My best producing patch has generally small fruits. Similar to those. And speaking of which this is this mornings visit to  my spot. The tupperware is full of the 1/6 of so of the patch that was mature. I do many visits often so i can nab em a little after the veil breaks for potency

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if you pick them just after the veil breaks you are picking it before it has had a chance to drop it's spores...
and I don't believe that crap about potency...

they are your patches, it's up to you to make sure they come back next year.

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what-ok said:

Size has been a question. I have found a few different patches. One has large mushrooms 4" or larger and the other has small 1". You think this is dependent on the amount of nutrients found in the duff? Here is an example of the small mushrooms.

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