Twiztidsage said:

On a similar note, I have always been curious about the picture below that one. It says it is:

"An unusual and unknown Psilocybe, similar to P. semilanceata except for its large size and unusual cap shape. Found in Washington State."

They look like Hershey Kisses!

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bchunter said:

I would never think to look around hot springs for psilocybe mushrooms lol

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Bobzimmer said:

Psylosymon, if I was you, I'd seek out the rarest, most unique habitat in my area and go mushroom hunting there...especially if there were tales of unnamed Psilocybes in the general area. That's what I try to do here, not that there's much unique about New York.

The fact that your hot springs are remote makes it even better!

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ya you know bob, thats exactly right. finding those unique microclimates and areas usually results un unique fungi. those are words to live by as a mushroom hunter.

there is only one commercial hotspring in my vicinity. the rest are are pretty remote. the whole province really has hot springs all over the place.

psylosymonreturns said:

haha get this, i looked for cyans for 6-7 years with no luck and ended up finding them in my friends back yard. not in wood chips like i was looking in for years, but under japanese knotwood. and then again the same year around the highschool i gradded from in a park ive been playing in my whole life in leaf litter, in blackberries under alder!! it was crazy. i didnt find woodchip cyans actually til this year!

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Ya you find stuff when your not looking lol like the people who never look for morels and they just so happen
to pop up in there front lawns... lucky bastards lol

So are you talking about the hot springs past Harrison lake? I went there last year and ya its a pretty rough
road until you get to the logging camp at the end of the lake and you gotta look out for the naked hippies
when you get there too
I saw a bit more ass then i wanted too

bchunter said:

psylosymonreturns said:

haha get this, i looked for cyans for 6-7 years with no luck and ended up finding them in my friends back yard. not in wood chips like i was looking in for years, but under japanese knotwood. and then again the same year around the highschool i gradded from in a park ive been playing in my whole life in leaf litter, in blackberries under alder!! it was crazy. i didnt find woodchip cyans actually til this year!

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Ya you find stuff when your not looking lol like the people who never look for morels and they just so happen
to pop up in there front lawns... lucky bastards lol

So are you talking about the hot springs past Harrison lake? I went there last year and ya its a pretty rough
road until you get to the logging camp at the end of the lake and you gotta look out for the naked hippies
when you get there too
I saw a bit more ass then i wanted too

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Bobzimmer said:

You have naked hippies in your woods? Sounds...hellish.

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If you find hot springs then you'll find naked hippies lol nothing like free hot water 

psylosymonreturns said:

did you see any fungi? what time of year?

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This was in the summer i dont remember seeing any mushrooms but i do remember getting pretty drunk in the hot springs

If i had looked hard when i was there im sure there were mushrooms to be found

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So this has been bugging me for years. on page 171 of psilcybin mushrooms of the world stamets has a picture of an unknown psilocybe.to quote the book:

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