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Prolific Mycognome
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Re: Official Central Valley Actives and Thread, winter 2013-2014 [Re: Ran-D]
#19164640 - 11/20/13 11:17 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Yes, of course! Just none from the Central Valley. I'm speaking of central Fresno area by the way, and the San Joaquin River Valley trails. The only places I can see anything growing is on the side of the highways under eucalyptus patches and hidden in wood chip mulch throughout parks and neighborhoods, but I haven't found a single active! Only the usual suspects and some honey mushrooms growing rampant in an apartment complex. :/
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Ran-D



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Re: Official Central Valley Actives and Thread, winter 2013-2014 [Re: Prolific Mycognome]
#19164671 - 11/20/13 11:22 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Prolific Mycognome said: Yes, of course! Just none from the Central Valley.
They're all from the central valley
Get out and hit those woodchip beds!
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Prolific Mycognome
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Re: Official Central Valley Actives and Thread, winter 2013-2014 [Re: Ran-D]
#19173085 - 11/21/13 11:33 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I have a lot more confidence after this rain we've had. A couple days of light showers here and there will greatly increase my chances of finding something! I'm getting a camera for Christmas so hopefully I'll have a bunch of pics up by next month.
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Re: Official Central Valley Actives and Thread, winter 2013-2014 [Re: Prolific Mycognome]
#19174885 - 11/22/13 01:33 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Im no professional when it comes to hunting, but im going to take a walk through river area and a lwhat not today, never have i found actives over there but i always come across cool finds. Anybody ever get lucky in river area or around there?
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Re: Official Central Valley Actives and Thread, winter 2013-2014 [Re: Prolific Mycognome]
#19175275 - 11/22/13 03:26 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Prolific Mycognome said: Last night it rained a little bit in the central valley,
Stop mentioning that four letter word!
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Prolific Mycognome said: I have a lot more confidence after this rain we've had. A couple days of light showers here and there will greatly increase my chances of finding something! I'm getting a camera for Christmas so hopefully I'll have a bunch of pics up by next month. 
5. Do not make threads or posts discussing or reporting the weather. This includes complaining about the weather, asking if the current weather is "good for shrooms", or how long to wait after rain fall to go hunting. As a general rule of thumb, if it has rained within the last 1-10 days, and the temperatures are correct for the type of mushroom you're looking for, and the time of year is correct then it is very likely that the mushroom you are looking for is growing.
From this thread. Mushroom Hunting and Identification Forum Rules
Nice photographs Ran-D.
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Re: Official Central Valley Actives and Thread, winter 2013-2014 [Re: 2bakednate]
#19175313 - 11/22/13 03:37 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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You won't find any actives in areas like that, along the rivers. But I have found lots of variety, usually a bit later in the season after more rain, among the groves of oak trees that are along the rivers in the area. Even if most of the mushrooms are relatively common, I still have fun getting out there and finding a bunch of different mushrooms within an hour.
I went out around my area yesterday looking for actives and to see what's poppin' up, found a few indicator species and that was it. I didn't see a whole lot of mushrooms in general. Checked my patch that was fruiting last year for the first time, it's an irrigated area, nothing going on there yet but noticed that entire area has been loaded with a new layer of wood chips.
About to head out for a bit to check another area.
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Re: Official Central Valley Actives and Thread, winter 2013-2014 [Re: openmind]
#19176122 - 11/22/13 07:09 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Sorry inski, I saw other people mention the weather and it never occurred to me I made an error, will review the rules a couple times.
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Ran-D



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Re: Official Central Valley Actives and Thread, winter 2013-2014 [Re: Prolific Mycognome]
#19186257 - 11/25/13 10:24 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Well I found hundreds (maybe thousands) of untouched woodlovers. Cluster after cluster, it was unreal. Check out the massive set in this first picture, you could literally lay something down on top of this solid bed of caps.
 Sorry the pictures really suck. I didn't want to spend too much time paying attention to one type of mushroom, too many people around. I want this patch to continue untouched like this so they can spread those spores far and wide for everyone else to enjoy
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Re: Official Central Valley Actives and Thread, winter 2013-2014 [Re: Ran-D]
#19186272 - 11/25/13 10:27 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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nice one RanD!
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Re: Official Central Valley Actives and Thread, winter 2013-2014 [Re: Ran-D]
#19186278 - 11/25/13 10:29 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Do allenii have hollow stems? I looked around and couldn't find anything on it, but I think I may have found my first patch. And Ran-D, I'd definitely be lying if I said I wasn't jelly.
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Re: Official Central Valley Actives and Thread, winter 2013-2014 [Re: Prolific Mycognome]
#19186375 - 11/25/13 10:53 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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If the stems are brittle and hollow you probably have a Psathyrella or something. The blue bruising should be pretty obvious if you found allenii or cyans. Anyway, just post some pictures and we can tell ya!
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Re: Official Central Valley Actives and Thread, winter 2013-2014 [Re: Ran-D]
#19187746 - 11/25/13 04:23 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Nice man!....Some motivation & encouragement right there .
I've covered a decent amount of area in the past few days. Have only seen a few indicator species (like literally only a few of what I'm assuming are dried up Leratiomyces ceres, here and there), other than that everything still seems way dry in every area I've "hunted".
I have found lots of prime areas that I'll be scoping out through the season though.
.....and not to go on about the weather, but if we were to get a cold snap before the moisture gets here, would that pretty much put an end to everything?
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Re: Official Central Valley Actives and Thread, winter 2013-2014 [Re: openmind] 2
#19187821 - 11/25/13 04:46 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Re: Official Central Valley Actives and Thread, winter 2013-2014 [Re: maynardjameskeenan]
#19188214 - 11/25/13 06:18 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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^ 
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Re: Official Central Valley Actives and Thread, winter 2013-2014 [Re: Lepkaun]
#19188284 - 11/25/13 06:31 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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okay okay I may or may not have taken a few from the first flush last week... But yea, yesterday was nuts. I had no idea how extensive the patches were in that area.
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Re: Official Central Valley Actives and Thread, winter 2013-2014 [Re: Ran-D]
#19188426 - 11/25/13 06:51 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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good god ran-d that's a shitnami of activity. my area is always dry, week after week hours of walking and nothing wild...i just want to find my first actual wild patch...
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Re: Official Central Valley Actives and Thread, winter 2013-2014 [Re: TheShroomNinja]
#19190913 - 11/26/13 08:46 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Nice one Randy!
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Re: Official Central Valley Actives and Thread, winter 2013-2014 [Re: canid]
#19191490 - 11/26/13 11:21 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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canid said: For me it's about the hunt, and despite my low level of skill, the photography.
I do eat some of the good edible species I hunt, but even then, it's mostly about getting out with my camera.
!!!!!!! I get this.
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Re: Official Central Valley Actives and Thread, winter 2013-2014 [Re: rev0kadavur]
#19200736 - 11/28/13 12:56 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Someone else post something!!!
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Re: Official Central Valley Actives and Thread, winter 2013-2014 [Re: Ran-D]
#19200795 - 11/28/13 01:08 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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Wonderful, how bout some taxon shots, gill shots, macro shots.. some of my collections are time, but i make them look big by photographing them a billion different ways! MOAR PICS WHILE THEY ARE STILL THERE< NOM
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