junchieve said:

Alder is the main tree that gets chipped up in the pwn. If it's a hardwood then it's a go.

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ambc said:

junchieve said:

Alder is the main tree that gets chipped up in the pwn. If it's a hardwood then it's a go.

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Not true this is a misconception. Trees are usually chipped up in mixed batches, you think those crews have a different trailer to throw alder, maple, ash, pine, red cedar(a false cypress actually), douglas fir, hemlock, locust, and every other tree they come across into? Usually chip beds are a mix of several species, most of the time when you see someone say they found a mushroom in "alder,pine,fir,maple,etc... chips" they really don't know and are making assumptions with little or even no evidence to back it up. The exception to this is beds of high dollar commercial wood mulch made of chemically treated douglas fir or red wood which are about the worst for any mushrooms but relatively easy to spot due to unique colors and consistency.
Most woods will support woodloving Psilocybes. P. azurescens and P. cyanescens(etc...) growing in forests along the coast of Oregon and Washington are usually growing on mostly Pinus contorta (shore pine) under the grasses with Sitka spruce as the next most prominent wood in the mix. Also woody remains of scotch broom are a heavy supplier to this substrate mix. These aren't the only wood in the mix, just the largest masses in most places.

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You know your shit, ambc. I will give you +5 for coastal woodlover habitat knowledge.

thetonebone72 said:

ambc said:

junchieve said:

Alder is the main tree that gets chipped up in the pwn. If it's a hardwood then it's a go.

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Not true this is a misconception. Trees are usually chipped up in mixed batches, you think those crews have a different trailer to throw alder, maple, ash, pine, red cedar(a false cypress actually), douglas fir, hemlock, locust, and every other tree they come across into? Usually chip beds are a mix of several species, most of the time when you see someone say they found a mushroom in "alder,pine,fir,maple,etc... chips" they really don't know and are making assumptions with little or even no evidence to back it up. The exception to this is beds of high dollar commercial wood mulch made of chemically treated douglas fir or red wood which are about the worst for any mushrooms but relatively easy to spot due to unique colors and consistency.
Most woods will support woodloving Psilocybes. P. azurescens and P. cyanescens(etc...) growing in forests along the coast of Oregon and Washington are usually growing on mostly Pinus contorta (shore pine) under the grasses with Sitka spruce as the next most prominent wood in the mix. Also woody remains of scotch broom are a heavy supplier to this substrate mix. These aren't the only wood in the mix, just the largest masses in most places.

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You know your shit, ambc. I will give you +5 for coastal woodlover habitat knowledge.

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Joust said:

thetonebone72 said:

ambc said:

junchieve said:

Alder is the main tree that gets chipped up in the pwn. If it's a hardwood then it's a go.

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Not true this is a misconception. Trees are usually chipped up in mixed batches, you think those crews have a different trailer to throw alder, maple, ash, pine, red cedar(a false cypress actually), douglas fir, hemlock, locust, and every other tree they come across into? Usually chip beds are a mix of several species, most of the time when you see someone say they found a mushroom in "alder,pine,fir,maple,etc... chips" they really don't know and are making assumptions with little or even no evidence to back it up. The exception to this is beds of high dollar commercial wood mulch made of chemically treated douglas fir or red wood which are about the worst for any mushrooms but relatively easy to spot due to unique colors and consistency.
Most woods will support woodloving Psilocybes. P. azurescens and P. cyanescens(etc...) growing in forests along the coast of Oregon and Washington are usually growing on mostly Pinus contorta (shore pine) under the grasses with Sitka spruce as the next most prominent wood in the mix. Also woody remains of scotch broom are a heavy supplier to this substrate mix. These aren't the only wood in the mix, just the largest masses in most places.

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You know your shit, ambc. I will give you +5 for coastal woodlover habitat knowledge.

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now lets see some pics!

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Here's some pics of coastal P. cyanescens growing directly off woody debris. Most likely suspects for wood are as ambc said scotch broom, shore pine or sitka spruce. Anything else would have been deposited by big storms as this is 1/4 mile inland.

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You know your shit, ambc. I will give you +5 for coastal woodlover habitat knowledge.

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