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travsold
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ID request, NSW
#21688384 - 05/16/15 08:56 PM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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NSW 10km from coast. Urban woodchip garden bed with low shrubbery.
Bruising: as seen in Pic
Opinions and id if posible much appreciated
Thanks!
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subslayer420
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Re: ID request, NSW [Re: travsold]
#21688394 - 05/16/15 09:00 PM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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Congratulations you raped the patch. Those are pins.. Maybe subs.. but no.. you raped it..
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travsold
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If you are trying to say I did something wrong please explain. I am new to this and these were found at a VERY public thoroughfare.
Also, if these are just "pins" how soon would they grow fully? (It was quite dry and about a week after rain.)
Thanks.
Edited by travsold (05/16/15 09:14 PM)
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NeoSporen
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Re: ID request, NSW [Re: travsold]
#21688444 - 05/16/15 09:18 PM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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Those are psilocybe subaeruginosa, but they are very young ones You can tell by the white stems and blue bruising. When people pick young active fungi, other hunters call that raping. If you are new to this it's understandable, and if you stick with it, you will come to be frustrated by the action as well. Sometimes it happens... But try not to use bad etiquette when harvesting. "CUT" mature fruits, not pick, and leave some to spore and rot (IE. don't take them all).
Being new to the hunting game, make a mental note of the type of habitat they were found, and read up on ways others here harvest. scissors are basic, but a must...
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Re: ID request, NSW [Re: travsold]
#21688453 - 05/16/15 09:20 PM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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Quote:
travsold said: If you are trying to say I did something wrong please explain. I am new to this and these were found at a VERY public thoroughfare.
Also, if these are just "pins" how soon would they grow fully? (It was quite dry and about a week after rain.)
Thanks.
Picking pins is bad. They don't contain a huge about of psilocybin, and you aren't giving them an opportunity to release their spores and reproduce.
Looks like you have cut or torn the base rather than just plucked them out of the ground, which is good practice. So keep that bit up.
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travsold
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Re: ID request, NSW [Re: drunkboy]
#21688488 - 05/16/15 09:28 PM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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Awesome news and thanks for the advice. Do pins remain dormant until it rains again? What would you do if you found a little patch like this that hundreds of students pass everyday?
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NeoSporen
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Re: ID request, NSW [Re: travsold]
#21688504 - 05/16/15 09:32 PM (8 years, 8 months ago) |
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Pins are just very young mushrooms, that will take about a week or two to fully mature. Now that you know what to look for and where, just watch them grow up. Don't pick really small ones as they will eventually grow larger.
Example, but not the same species.
Pins: 
Mature: 
Edit: Answer to second question: I would learn from this find, watch them, maybe cover with some of the surrounding leaf litter, (and brown leafs, not green. Mushroom hunters know a patch of green leafs on the ground, plus they rot...) And walk around finding new spots that are not so populated using what you can learn from that spot. Ask yourself questions about the spot and find areas similar, research and read. a good fungi hunter adapts to moving situations and habitats.
Edited by NeoSporen (05/16/15 09:40 PM)
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