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Stopwhispering
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Gymnopilus junonius?
#14106141 - 03/11/11 09:30 PM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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Habitat:
Growing in back yard from tree/plant matter. growing at the base of a Kangaroo paw in a reasonably tight clump.
Gills: Attached to stem, yellow in colour with some rusty coloured spores on them.
Stem: Reasonably thick, very smooth outer texture and rather rubbery. 7-10cm tall, 1-2cm diameter
Cap: Yellow to orange also kind of sringy/rubbery. Veil still present on most specimens. 3.5-5.5cm
Spore print color: Still printing showing rust coloured atm will post when done.
Bruising: No noticeble bruising is present.
Other information: strong smell mushroomy and also a little astringent not unpleasently so though.

Thanks in advance.
Edited by Stopwhispering (03/11/11 09:31 PM)
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Cerebral Hitman
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Sounds like it to me
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avidpicker
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Looks like Gymnopilus to me.I also like the gill shot in pic 3,nice!
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TimmiT


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I'd call it G. junonius
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Re: Gymnopilus junonius? [Re: TimmiT]
#14106801 - 03/11/11 11:59 PM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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Stopwhispering
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Goodo thanks all
Interesting little fellas especially the texture of them.
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Tangich


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Very nice find! Will you perhaps be bioassaying them? I'd be very interested to see if the specimens that don't obviously show signs of standard alkaloids contain any other compounds, and if they produce any effects, and what those effects are.
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Re: Gymnopilus junonius? [Re: Tangich]
#14107181 - 03/12/11 02:12 AM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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Its pretty much summer here still, didn't know any mushrooms grew here in this heat.. Nice find
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Stopwhispering
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Re: Gymnopilus junonius? [Re: Tangich]
#14107183 - 03/12/11 02:13 AM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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Still deciding on this.
From my limited understanding they are generally inactive in Aus, although it might just be worthwile going through the excercise if for nothing else then to add some information on the subject.
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Stopwhispering
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Quote:
lucas_southoz said: Its pretty much summer here still, didn't know any mushrooms grew here in this heat.. Nice find:)
You should have a fair few popping up around the traps, probably some tasty edibles too. It's still too early for the cold loving species though.
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Ahh cool next rains ill go have a squiz in the hills
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Tangich


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Inactive usually meaning no psiloc(yb)in. That is exactly what I'm interested in, G. junonius is often reported to contain some other compounds, and if there is no psychedelic alkaloids to get in the way, it may be easier to notice them. You could make tea from fresh mushrooms, there is very little reliable information on this species and every experience is very welcome!
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Stopwhispering
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Re: Gymnopilus junonius? [Re: Tangich]
#14107208 - 03/12/11 02:26 AM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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Quote:
Tangich said: Inactive usually meaning no psiloc(yb)in. That is exactly what I'm interested in, G. junonius is often reported to contain some other compounds, and if there is no psychedelic alkaloids to get in the way, it may be easier to notice them. You could make tea from fresh mushrooms, there is very little reliable information on this species and every experience is very welcome!
Ah cool, might be a plan for tomorrow after my first proper hunt for 2011.
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Tangich


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Awesome! Please report back if you try them!
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Stopwhispering
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Re: Gymnopilus junonius? [Re: Tangich]
#14118087 - 03/14/11 04:06 AM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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Righto so I went for the Wisco special and made myself a nice tea:
Original material (100g wet approx):

Brewed for approx 20 mins with some honey and a cinnamon stick thrown in towards the end.

Although I went into the process expecting no result whatsoever, I actually noticed a slight change in both mood and auditory/occular perception. I definately felt a level of relaxation come over me, ontop of this I also noticed things becoming a little more vivid.
These effects were barely noticible, however they were definately present. I will be keeping my eyes peeled on future hunts, to hopefully repeat the process with a bit more material.
Cheers all.
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Cool, thanks for the TR!
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Re: Gymnopilus junonius? [Re: Chaos_ultt]
#14120214 - 03/14/11 04:27 PM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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Awesome man!!! at least ya got a quick introduction to the gyms pleasant feelings Thanks for the report back man!!! Next time brew that up with 150wet grams - i bet you'll be on 150 Happy Hunting
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Re: Gymnopilus junonius? [Re: sporeRider]
#14120464 - 03/14/11 05:07 PM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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Ahh the ole Wisco Spesh, gotta try me one o these one day 
Great finds by the way!
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vjp
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I dont think the Australian Gymnopilus junonius have psilocybin or psilocin they do have bis-noryangonin and hispidine, which are structurally related to alpha-pyrones found in kava.
edit: read the whole thread and this was already mentioned.
Edited by vjp (03/14/11 07:19 PM)
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Re: Gymnopilus junonius? [Re: vjp]
#14124023 - 03/15/11 08:04 AM (12 years, 11 months ago) |
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this thread made me go look in the freezer
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