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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: enlightenment] 16
#23949301 - 12/22/16 02:17 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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I can say that one long term effect that cultivation has had on me personally is that in learning how to identify good growth, healthy mushrooms, and ideal conditions, I slowly turned that kind of observational focus on my self and realized a lot of things that were making me unhealthy (food, environment, mental thought patterns etc). I'd say that I'm a healthier person because of growing and that I'm much more aware of how conditions and environments have effects on large and small levels, physically and mentally.
I think in a way that idea is very cliche, but I don't necessarily think it's one that is really embraced to the extent it could be in people's lives. But...what do I kno...I smoke weed all day and play with mycelium, so my worldview might not be the most common
-------------------- A few thoughts on cultivation MICROBIAL HUSBANDRY!!!! The whole is greater than the sum of its parts
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(YOUR) TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist: Semi Random Expressions of Gratitude for Awesome Confessions :} 12
#23949183 - 12/22/16 01:35 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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Scroll to the bottom of this first post for contest themes
Hi Folks This is meant to be a fun thread for all to post in - and read through when you're bored. The idea is pretty simple. We amateur mycologists get really passionate about our hobby and our brains get focussed in weird ways and we do weird things that normal non mushroom obsessed people don't do and wouldn't understand.
Please use this thread to confess your peculiar Mushroom Cultivation RELATED thoughts and behaviors. Don't worry about posting something that other people have already posted - part of the fun will be seeing how many people do that same weird things.
MYCO SINS: ... In addition to your myco peculiarities you can also confess your MYCO SINS here... things like the time you blew off sterile technique and did agar work in dirty clothes on the kitchen table, the time you forgot that mono for months and found it looking all disgusting and sporulated (post photos please), that trade you never completed and still feel guilty about, telling your boyfriend or girlfriend you can't go out (because you have to harvest or rather do agar work), etc.
EPIC NOOB FAILS: Confess your most embarrassing noob failures here.
Although all are welcome I will moderate - if things get trolly or way off topic - the confessions area about mush cult related things OK?
(Scroll to Bottom FOR NEW CONTEST UPDATES)
UPDATE: To Celebrate Turning 100 (pages) there will be a contest in this thread. Here are the guidelines:
From May 10 2017 to May 17 2017:
Post a True Confession (be honest) that fits in one of the following Dream Themes -
1) Myco Dreams - I woke up and had this dream about mushrooms / mushroom cultivation Examples: I dreamt that I was miniaturized and walking around in my monotub in a forest of giant cube fruits I dreamt my girlfriend / boyfriend was a mushroom and we were making sweet mush love on a blanket of jiffy mix casing I dreamt that just as I was loading up my third dehydrator, law enforcement knocked on my lab door (yes nightmares count too) OR
2) Myco Dream / Scheme - as in I plan to do this X, Y, or Z big / difficult thing with mush cultivation. Examples: I dream that I will someday hybridize shiitakes and cows and make "shiitstakees" I dream I will some day have a successful monotub I dream I will corner the market on shrooms in my state and drive a Porsche and be called "Shroom King" by all my homies
At the end of the contest week I will pick a winner in both categories and send you a print for sharing your awesome true confession. To qualify for an active print the selected winner must meet the residency requirements for the market place and have a decent trade rating.
UPDATE: Photo Only Contest June 1st - June 7th
This contest will be for confessing without words... What I'm looking for are photo entries that say it all. NO CAPTIONS , No explanation, Just a Photo that confesses something myco related.
Some examples, might be:
A photo of that tub you should have harvested.... but you waited a day or two and is sporeloaded / sporesplosion all over
A bacterial jar or other contaminated jar that you should have thrown out a LONG time ago
A tub that you let get way too dry and there is just one or a few struggling fruits / pins trying to survive...
or maybe it is a positive moment?
You confess that after a long time you finally got that killer full canopy flush (maybe a before and after sequence your first mono and your best mono)
use your imagination, photos, before and after... hell maybe you even have an animation. Tell a secret story about some aspect of your myco world.
At the end of the week I'll pick a winner and send out a Texas Orange Cap spore print.
Update... I'm thinking up a contest theme for July ... in the mean time confess away randomly : JULY CONTEST - From JULY 1st to JULY 14:
Post your Myco Relationship Confessions. At the start of your entry add the following heading: "CONTEST ENTRY: Myco Relationship Confession"
Some examples: CONTEST ENTRY: Myco Relationship Confession I've always wanted to try having sex with my partner while tripping"
CONTEST ENTRY: Myco Relationship Confession My partner has threatened to turn me in / trash all my myco stuff / leave me because of my myco habit...
CONTEST ENTRY: Myco Relationship Confession My partner is jealous of the time I spend on the shroomery / myco work... etc.
CONTEST ENTRY: Myco Relationship Confession I can't seem to find a parter / start a LTR because of my myco obsession... etc.
Winner will receive a spoor print. Maybe Amazonian or Tasmanian
UPDATE September Contest
"Don't Hide Your Pride" SEPTEMBER 1-10th - START YOUR ENTRY WITH "MY SECRET PRIDE"
What I'm looking for is something that you have been quietly proud of in your myco world. Something you feel really proud about but have been inhibited about bragging or even mentioning it.
Maybe it is a great accomplishment and it just isn't your style to brag. Example - I got my first full canopy monotub! Whooot! Example - I grew my first exotics (non cubensis).
Maybe it is a significant accomplishment for you but when you look at all the cool stuff on the shroomery it seems like no big thang. Example - I got pins on my (10th) PF tek at last! Example - I managed to do a grow without any contaminants for the first time!
Maybe you are proud of something you'v recently learned or cleared up, or a technique that you have become pretty good at or mastered even... Example - I finally got it that there are varieties of cubes... not "strains" or "species" Example - I can do agar transfers now without dropping wedges all over the f@#kin SAB.
Give us a bit of context so we understand what you are proud of and maybe why you have kept it more or less a secret. ********************************************************************************************************
update NOVEMBER CONTEST (post entry between November 1st and 10th)
THEME: My Mystical Experience
To make it clear you are making a contest entry please begin your post with:
"I confess My Mystical Experience"
THEME details / examples. Confess something mystical, spiritual, or just plain difficult to conceive from a normal perspective that has happened to you or your life since you started your association with magic mushrooms. Dig deep, be bold, lets not anyone judge these deep confessions - make a safe space to share these deeply intimate experiences.
While partaking in magic mushrooms many of us have had experiences that are difficult to explain from a normal every day consciousness perspective.
Maybe you have had an insight, maybe you have experienced psychological or physical healing that seemed difficult or impossible to obtain through other means.
Maybe you have experienced feelings like you have at no other time in your life.
Maybe you have seen something or someone that just seems inconceivable from any ordinary state of consciousness.
Maybe your experience didn't happen while on mushrooms, maybe it is something that is happening in your life in general since you started tripping or cultivating.
Doc's example of tripping and being visited by the spirit of a good friend who just passed is a good example. (page 413 of this thread).
Your confession doesn't need to be this "out there" a person could even just say something like: "I confess my Mystical Experience is that since I starting doing mushrooms I have a better appreciation of nature than I have ever had in my life"
****** UPDATE JANUARY CONTEST *******
The Theme of the January Contest Confession is "I WONT DO THAT AGAIN!!!".
The idea is we want to hear you confess some mushroom cultivation related 'experiment' you tried that turned out pretty badly and you said to yourself... "I wont do that again... ever!".
Maybe you decided that you would cut some corners in following a tek... and rather than the great results shown in the tek you ended up with some disaster ... or even just far short of what you hoped for.
Maybe you decided to get creative .... and in hindsight wish you had not been. Perhaps the non sterile cat food tek just didn't turn out the way you'd hoped and you were going to keep it as your dirty little secret.
Maybe you decided it would be a good idea to sample fresh fruits while you were harvesting and ... yeah that got a bit intense.
So for your entry please submit in the following form (see three headings below) between January 12 and January 20th:
Subject Line: "I Wont Do THAT Again!!!" Description of your regrettable experiment: Short description of what you Learned:
Contest winners will most likely be sent some Jar Lid Hardware... Plastic Lid, Synthetic Filter Disks, Injection Port, something like that. If I have some spore prints and you'd prefer that I may send out spore prints.
************** MARCH CONTEST THEME ****************
Ok folks I know March is 2/3 gone, but I just got the awards for the last contest in the mail yesterday so I thought I didn't want to get ahead of my self.
MARCH THEME: "THINGS I REGRET DOING ON THE SHROOMERY"
So the idea here is that we all from time to time do things on the Shroomery we regret later. Examples include:
Trolling, Asking dumb questions that we could easily find the answer too if were were not too lazy, Giving bad advise (when we didn't know better but later feel bad about) Drunk / Stoned posting Forgetting your side of a trade or taking forever to get it in the mail Taking way too long to send contest winner's prizes ... =) Becoming some noob's go to guy (or gal) ... especially when they don't even listen to you... etc.
Make your contest entry by starting with the phrase "I regret ... " and then your thing.
Make your contest entry between March 21st and 31st.
I've got some LGT (Leucistic Golden Teacher) prints around so that is likely to be the prize. I might have some other varieties of prints around so if you have and LGT we could maybe work out an alternative if you are a lucky winner.
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APRIL 2020
CoronaVirus Confession Theme and contest parameters.
1) Contest duration. This contest runs from April 10 to April 12th. 2) Contestant eligibility: Contestants must be a) Marketplace eligible, and b) must have posted in the confessions thread at least 10 times before April 10th. 3) How will winners be selected? On Monday voting will open and by Wednesday voting will close. Confession thread posters can post their vote for first, second, and third place CoronaVirus Confessions. Psilo will tally results Thursday and post the winners on Friday. 4) What do winners get? Accolades, respect, appreciation, and possibly a card from PsiloPsychIn. 5) CoronaVirus Confession theme: make your confession about how your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors around your mushroom cultivation hobby has been affected by the CoronaVirus.
For example: “I confess that since the pandemic started I can’t find any rubbing alcohol for my sterile work!” Or “I confess that since I’ve had to start being locked up in my house I’ve been doing mush cult double time to keep from going stir crazy” Or “I confess I’ve broken quarantine to get supplies for my hobby. (Essential shopping)”
*********February 2021*********
EARLY Spring Spore Confession Appreciation!
Period of Appreciation:: Thursday February 25th to Friday March 5th
Confession Theme:: Confess what you like (or hate) most about how spring affects your mush cult experiences.
Start Your entry with the heading:: "EARLY Spring Spore Appreciation Confession"
So old Psilo can find the confessions that fit the theme and want to be appreciated.
Examples:
Depending upon where people are in the world I see all sorts of season related comments like: It is so damn cold, finally my grow room is getting warm enough to grow some proper shrooms, or Damn now it is going to get so hot in my grow room that I'm going to have to shut down for a few months... or Damn it is mold city this time of year I can just see a tidal wave of green coming my way... etc.
Just share a reflection or observation on how the shift to spring effects your mushroom cultivation good or bad.
April 2022 Confession Theme
Confess the Most Ridiculous CoverStory You've Told Someone to Hide or Disguise your MushCult Hobby
Rules: 1) MAKE YOUR CONFESSION BEFORE APRIL 30TH 2) Start Your Post with the Words: "My Cover Story" so I know it is an entry.
Appreciation: The top 3 cover story confessions will get a gift bag from PsiloPsychin... may include scalpel blades, inoculation wires, stickers, synthetic filter disks... who knows?
Edited by PsiloPsychIn (10/13/23 01:17 PM)
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: PsiloPsychIn] 12
#23949186 - 12/22/16 01:36 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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I'll get this party started...
Whenever I buy groceries I check to see if the containers are PP5 and think about if they would make good cultivation containers.
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: thebug76] 11
#23950279 - 12/22/16 09:40 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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last year i was walking down the street and this blonde lady was laying her yard out with woodchips bent over...under my breathe i said"dam i'd ove to knock that shit up" speaking about the chips....the gf thought otherwise and i spent the night on the couch but it is all i see everywhere is potential
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ShroomerInTheRye
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: rck7] 10
#23949601 - 12/22/16 04:25 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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Quote:
rck7 said: Spending a shit ton of time looking at damn plastic bins for monotubs lol 
My local Wal-Mart takes out all the guesswork...
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: PinPornProducer] 7
#23949255 - 12/22/16 01:58 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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Every time I see one of these I wanna...
 Steal it Mount a PSI regulator on it Start a big ass bonfire under it Make the worlds largest LC and let it colonize for a month Filter the 10,000 gallons of LC through a cheese cloth Curious to see the yield of dry mycelium aha
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: PsiloPsychIn] 7
#23949329 - 12/22/16 02:31 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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When I walk outside and smell mushrooms after a storm, I hunt them down like a dog.
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist *DELETED* [Re: PsiloPsychIn] 7
#23949592 - 12/22/16 04:20 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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SirPsycho
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: The_Dude_Abides] 7
#28002114 - 10/16/22 05:26 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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Ok here's a confession. I hand out eights of cubensis to the guys that pan handle at intersections.
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Ask me about free Ps tampanesis, Ps subtropicalis and Ps cubensis (ESS) prints Balance in life is like running on ice.
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I'm a torso!


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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist *DELETED* [Re: WithePsyliness] 7
#28404312 - 07/22/23 06:52 PM (6 months, 3 days ago) |
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Any landing you walk away from is a good one.
-------------------- “Better to be deprived of food for three days, than tea for one.”
Freedom is not the right to do as you please, but the liberty to do as you should. ~Emerson
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist *DELETED* [Re: PsiloPsychIn] 6
#25213107 - 05/18/18 04:58 PM (5 years, 8 months ago) |
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I confess,
My wife rocks, she made me this mushroom mug!
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PsiloPsychIn
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist *DELETED* [Re: Failboat] 6
#27632141 - 01/25/22 12:38 PM (2 years, 2 days ago) |
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I confess I can relate to a lot of the confessions on this page. =)
Adrenochrome - be kind to yourself. It is important to have the goal of doing things well and being methodical, but if the concerns with that translate into anxiety and distraction while you are doing the work - disaster can ensue. Rather than beat yourself up about it, commit to being mindful in the next sterile session - breath and focus and don't let yourself be distracted by self judgment or worry about what might happen next. Just be in the moment and trust yourself to get it right (or mostly right) and it will flow and each time you will get incrementally better. When my son does something like what you described in his craft I remind him to be kind to himself and to remember that he is learning - and to treat himself with the same patience and understanding he would have for a person he was teaching to do his craft.
One of my bigger failings is that I do not create enough space for my hobby and so trying to do it inconsistently around the margins I end up cutting corners or skipping steps or making compromises that I know are not ideal, yet as a lower priority that is what the hobby gets. One thing I know is that our myco friends are very patient and resilient and try their best even under some of the worst conditions we create for them. We can commit to trying to make things a bit nicer for them with each new attempt and eventually everyone will be shining with the energy of a near perfectly set up grow.
(and yes I will be spawning months old spawn soon... I know it is ideal that I spawn it at the peak of metabolic energy rather than when it has gone into hibernation but I also know fungus is patient and resilient and will meet me where I am.
Happy Grows Folks
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist *DELETED* [Re: Tweeq] 6
#28401879 - 07/20/23 03:18 PM (6 months, 5 days ago) |
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Thank you I don’t feel that horrible now lol . I just dove into this in April . So far so good I’ll be getting more stuff to help me improve
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: Mtez44] 5
#23956471 - 12/25/16 01:21 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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I got a scope
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist *DELETED* [Re: TheBlackCat] 5
#24688013 - 10/06/17 10:25 AM (6 years, 3 months ago) |
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I confess, mycology has given me my life back. I have had 2 strokes and had pretty much given up on life until I rediscovered my love of the mushroom. I now spend my good days hunting for mushrooms of all types.
Psilocybe species have made the biggest difference. I was scared to trip again after my last stroke (it's the one that took my right side), but I'm so glad I did. Psilocybe Cubensis has helped me come to terms with my situation way more than any physical therapy or counseling has ever done.
I feel alive again, excited about life, not just existing. I went through about 15 years of just hating life, praying for death. Mushrooms have removed all the negative energy and given me back the will to live.
When you get really sick or severely injured, you find out who are your real friends, like with divorce or a break up.
Out of all the people who used to come around, I found out I only had one real friend, after the last stroke, he's the only one who still comes around. Funny thing is that he's my old shroomin buddy.
Well, that's my confession of the day. I just wanted to share how much mushrooms have improved my life. I also have to give the people that make up the shroomery some credit. You guys are the best. You all have been a big influence on me for several months now and I appreciate everyone of y'all. Best of luck to everyone.
Those of us in the path of this storm, y'all stay safe, see ya on the flipside. Hopefully my outdoor beds wont blow away.
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  Psilocybe cubensis data collection thread. please help with this project if you hunt wild cubensis. https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=26513593&page=0&vc=1#26513593
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Re: TRUE CONFESSlONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: Doc9151] 5
#26877034 - 08/12/20 02:53 PM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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Facebook in general is complete trash fuck that website
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: Wall.E] 5
#27007915 - 10/28/20 09:06 AM (3 years, 2 months ago) |
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I confess, 3 years ago today, my ego fractured and Caps McGee was born... I love you all,and I miss this place, but KNOW I'm still out here, enforcing Gregg's will upon a sickness running rampid across our globe: THE EGO... may peace find all while read this, and mush provide for you and yours the way it has me and mine
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist *DELETED* [Re: m0n0id] 5
#27624346 - 01/19/22 09:07 AM (2 years, 8 days ago) |
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I confess that in my real life I’m often taken advantage of due to my nature of being a giving and caring person. Despite this I’m still blind to shitty character and have pretty poor judgement when it comes to helping people out.
But that’s why I love this community so much. It’s not uncommon to receive larger benefits than the effort I put in. Send someone a print and get three back in return kind of deals. Give some advice and learn twice as much. That kind of shit
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: fiddle_head] 5
#27968823 - 09/26/22 11:50 AM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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Congratulations! You are the 100,000th person to do this!
Here's your prize:

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Edited by Guerrilla (09/26/22 11:56 AM)
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Re: TRUE CONFESSIONS - of an amateur mycologist [Re: Eugene Gesuale] 5
#28144071 - 01/17/23 07:41 AM (1 year, 10 days ago) |
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I confess that for some reason, I decided to purchase a lab coat, many many years ago.
I haven't even worn it because it's stupid.
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