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Anglerfish said:
How long stretch of winter do you have in your region?

I am thinking that maybe the mycelium gets the chance to mature
earlier there, as opposed to Scandinavia where spring probably
comes a bit later.

I was out quite recently, only dung lovers, especially Panaeolus sp.
and a few Stropharia. And of course the parks and lawns are starting
to get crowded with Panaeolina. I will probably try 500+ meters later
this week when I get the time.

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this year we just had a month of massive frost that was all, nearly no snow. this could be a reason, also the weather here got muddy very early,
we did´nt got a real summer here except of the rest of germany i think xD

and i find nearly not another panaeolus or something like that, mostly libs xD but not a lot.


BIG thanks for all your congrats!

I was a bit lazy with the updates so here are the pictures of my hunt from
the past week, first just the same cluster where i left some pins produced some more shrooms,
so i could go there 3 times and got enough for a trip.





then, yesterday, we found the first pins in a different location,

and today in another more far away. sure not much but definitely something.

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Jefke said:
hey, your posts are very inspiring!
I live in Germany too, and I just came back from a walk, but couldn't find any libs.
I live near the Sauerland, and I think it's still a tad too warm (and dry) over here. Maybe I have to go up to the higher Sauerland and check there...
Are you're spots mainly pastures, or do you prefer wild spots grazed by wild animals?
This is my first season of hunting, so I'm an absolute noob. But I did do my homework and read a lot
Keep posting your results man!

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nice to hear that i inspired you, as you live in the sauerland it should be no problem to find some nice libs, its not far away and it rained much if iam not totally wrong you just have to get in the right habitat i think. I got spots which are just grazed by farm animals but i also got some completely wild spots. Animals are on nearly every field so its not the main factor, its more about finding those old sedge grass fields which are not fertilized.
keep up hunting iam sure you will find some soon

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CryptZPF said:
I was hunting today but found just some Stropharia Semiglobata, very jung fruitbodys, I don't think the season started here, I'll have to wait one or two weeks till they grow hopefully, the found fruitbodys of the S.S. give me hope that this is the right spot to look at.

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stropharia semiglobata are good indicators, i think if you find a few pins of them you also should find some libs soon the season is on i would say.

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Went out yesterday to the same spot, as we left so many pins i knew it must have been well but it was just wonderful, mushrooms everywhere, young pins coming in loads

here some pics :



Happy hunting to ya all!

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Jefke said:
Say, could this be a liberty pin? The pic sucks cause of the flash...

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Jawoll! Thats looking good Crypt !

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Jefke said:
I learned something yesterday:
hunting on a Sunday + clear blue sky = frustrating!

The massive amount of hitchhikers and tourists (the sauerland is a pretty touristic area) made me feel unconfortable while inspecting the pastures. There were people EVERYWHERE!!

On top of that the sun just annoyed me. I couldn't see shit and I feel like the sun helped the little ones to hide behide grass bushes.

But don't think I will give up that easy

The search must go on!

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yeah its always better to get out when there are clouds, and it is dry, in my opinion you can spot them the best then

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Jefke said:
hey CryptZPF, are those Psilocybe strictipes? They don't look like libs to my untrained eye..?
please forgive my ignorance

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Anglerfish said:
I guess you'd need a microscope to safely separate P. strictipes from P. semilanceata.
The variety of shapes among liberty caps is quite astonishing, and some specimens
will lack one or more of the typical features.

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Thanks Anglerfish!

I've got another question (and please tell me if I should post this elsewhere):

There is a beautiful narrow valley where I live, and to me it looks perfect for finding liberty caps.
The only possible downside is that it is a limestone area.
Does someone know if this could scare away the libs(due to the lime raising ph)?
Mind that there are cows and horses grazing here, so lots of natural fertilization.
Here are some pics:

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purplemushroom said:
I'm gonna fight you when I see you bro..lol..I'm so jealous..I'm gonna do a flying elbow into your scrotum..look that up in your English Deutsche dictionary..elbow=scrotum..lol...I'm gonna do a flying elbow into you from the top of the poop house in eldorado..lol..see you soon.

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I wanna see that, just a few days, than the hunting session will begin,so don´t be jealous

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Anglerfish said:
I guess you'd need a microscope to safely separate P. strictipes from P. semilanceata.
The variety of shapes among liberty caps is quite astonishing, and some specimens
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Thanks Anglerfish!

I've got another question (and please tell me if I should post this elsewhere):

There is a beautiful narrow valley where I live, and to me it looks perfect for finding liberty caps.
The only possible downside is that it is a limestone area.
Does someone know if this could scare away the libs(due to the lime raising ph)?
Mind that there are cows and horses grazing here, so lots of natural fertilization.
Here are some pics:

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purplemushroom said:
geez, I wish I could find some areas in Bavaria

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purplemushroom said:
geez, I wish I could find some areas in Bavaria

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Be aware that you probably have some woodlovers growing in your area, like
P. serbica/P. arcana and P. cyanescens. I'd definitely be on the lookout for
those species if I was in Bavaria.

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kaal-kopje said:
I've driven many kilometres on my hunt for silly simon but always ended up near my home finding them.

I'm pretty sure there is a fat  patch of semi's fruiting right now within a couple of kilometres of most people reading this topic

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jap i have to agree a bit with you but as the most fields here are fertilized you really have to drive a bit around, but hey no problem, iam a biker and i know my area better than anyone else :P
so purplemushroom is right, i think they have to much fertilization on their fields so he can´t finde some, here it was no problem for him.
But i also would say he should search after some woodlovers, he might have luck ^^

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monkeyguts5 said:
Where would you guys recommend searching for woodlovers in germany? I've read to search parks and gardens, but the ones here in germany don't seem to have wood chips, just flowers with dirt around them.

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at first- congrats to your nice finds!

i can say you go to the Schwarzwald if you look for woodlovers, the area near Stuttgart is very good and also they are growing near the coast (Hamburg ect.)
And if you wanna cultivate them: its a wonderfull thing, check my(not so well updated) thread about my expermiments with WL´s maybe you get some good infos and inspirations ^^


And now i have to show you what i´ve done the last week, our fields are sooooo full i can´t belive it, check the best pics of my last 4 hunts and the loot, hope it makes your mouth watery :

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monkeyguts5 said:
Thanks fux, idk if i want to travel tht far for woodlovers when theyre so many liberty caps here.

one weird thing i've noticed is the type of p. semilanceata that are most abundant in my field have an almost plane cap shape. but i am 100% sure these are liberty caps. i'll upload pictures later but i'm just wondering if anyone else has seen them like this

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yeah i got the same opinion, i just think a few woodlovers here would be perfect too i think the libs you got are ok but post pics if you aren´t sure, its always better to get a second opinion. in my experience the size and shape of the libs is affected from where they grow (high gras,flat gras,moss ect) and i mostly find them wide opened ones in fields with high grass, could be also maybe the difference between p. semilanceata and p. strictipes but thats speculation

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Jefke said:
Yeah Fux! 

Seems like you know some perfect spots. And the shrooms look pretty big and juicy, and a whole fucking lot of them!

I didn't find any new fields till now, and the few caps I found this weekend are pretty small. But I'm happy that at least I found some, ok for my first hunting season, and it's not over yet!

peace

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thanks yeah its a lot growing up in here but i also make this since 3 years so i had much time to get experience and find fields which are also a bit more far away from my home ^^

hope you both also find some more fine spots

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masspan said:
nice patches, some nice place to hunt there

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Infected Mushroom said:
I didn't get any habitat shots but here is my haul



I hunted for a long time and I finally got lucky. I had checked one field and was walking off thinking that it was yet another disappointment, but out of the corner of my eye I saw one little cap and thought "this could be it!" and sure enough it was It was only a tiny area that produced anything, and the ground was soaking wet, but I pulled over 100 from the small area!

I think the biggest surprise for me was the amount of water there. I definitely think all the other fields I've been checking have been just too dry. The grass they were in was far greener than any other I'd been checking. So definitely look for the parts of the field where the water collects.

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nice so you found them all in nearly one cluster? maybe the field is fertilized except some edges ^^ try to give the field a closer look maybe you´ll find some more just can imagine hard that it is to dry anywhere atm.
good luck for your next hunts !