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mobydickofdopeness
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Is non-coastal Oregon on the decline?
#23958301 - 12/26/16 12:59 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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When it comes to finding actives, that is.
I just moved to the Willamette Valley in OR a few months ago and just recently started paying attention to this forum. I've also been digging around in the archives noting where finds occur.
All in all, it seems like Portland/Salem/Eugene are barely producing anything, all the action is the azures along the coast. Meanwhile the Seattle area is constantly producing finds. And it seems like you can't throw a rock in a Bay Area park without coming across a cyan patch...jesus.
Is the Willamette Valley done? Should we stick a fork in it and head to the coast?
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Mr Piggy
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It has frozen hard a few times, the season is over. Some years are better than others, The Puget sound is always better than the valley. The bay area is still producing because their weather is warmer than up north.
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mobydickofdopeness
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Re: Is non-coastal Oregon on the decline? [Re: Mr Piggy]
#23958469 - 12/26/16 02:21 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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I'm not referring to the season being over, I'm referring to the area in general being very light on actives in these past few years, or at least, no one is talking about finds in these areas
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WhyDidiDoThis
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Lotta "hipsters" concentrated in the PNW.
Probably have more huters per capita then us in the Bay.
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burtonRebel


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mobydickofdopeness said: When it comes to finding actives, that is.
I just moved to the Willamette Valley in OR a few months ago and just recently started paying attention to this forum. I've also been digging around in the archives noting where finds occur.
All in all, it seems like Portland/Salem/Eugene are barely producing anything, all the action is the azures along the coast. Meanwhile the Seattle area is constantly producing finds. And it seems like you can't throw a rock in a Bay Area park without coming across a cyan patch...jesus.
Is the Willamette Valley done? Should we stick a fork in it and head to the coast?
I've never come close to finding the sizable fruitings people in the pnw do. They spend a lot of time practicing and looking(the people that find them that is). It can be frustrating spending all day looking and coming up empty handed. Believe me, I know and so does every successful hunter on this forum. Mushroom hunting isn't easy and it takes perseverance to make your own finds and not just go to the same dunes as everyone else. I would spend some more time looking during the right time of year. You're too late for the fall season up there. read up and look for P. ovoideocystidiata during the spring. I guarantee you won't have better luck in the bay area if you don't have the fundamentals in the pnw. The pnw is a hotbed for mushrooms. why else would paul stamets move there?! You mention that you can't throw a rock in a bay area park without hitting a p. cyanescens patch. I find them on accident these days because I've been hunting for over a decade, but I assure you it is not that easy. Im from the bay area and it took me 2 years and countless hours to make my first finds and that was with lots of help from people that post here. There are just as many hippie bums in the haight as there are in portland if not more. I'd be willing to bet if you spent time looking, and came up with nothing, you probably walked right by what you were looking for. They're not uncommon at all. They're saprophytic and grow like weeds. It takes a good eye to spot mushrooms, especially the psilocybin variety(small and practically the same color as the substrate and all the leaves on the ground). Give it some time. If you're just trying to get high, seek out a dealer because it will take less time and would be overall cheaper. not trying to be a dick, but a lot of people new to the hobby think it should be so easy, but thats not the case. Mushroom hunting is a challenge and thats what makes it so rewarding. It is easy, but only after lots of practice, dedication, and learning the "ropes". Good luck, and just remember-there are no shortcuts! short of poaching someones patch after you see them picking! Thats pretty common, and i think its unethical personally, but everyone has their own opinion.
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mobydickofdopeness
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Re: Is non-coastal Oregon on the decline? [Re: WhyDidiDoThis]
#23960240 - 12/27/16 11:05 AM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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WhyDidiDoThis said: Lotta "hipsters" concentrated in the PNW.
Probably have more huters per capita then us in the Bay.
Hmm..this brings up another question...is shroom hunting a "hipster" activity ?
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Byrain

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mobydickofdopeness said:
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WhyDidiDoThis said: Lotta "hipsters" concentrated in the PNW.
Probably have more huters per capita then us in the Bay.
Hmm..this brings up another question...is shroom hunting a "hipster" activity ?
No. People of all sorts do it. Its not really restricted to any one social group or culture.
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Mr Piggy
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mobydickofdopeness said: I'm not referring to the season being over, I'm referring to the area in general being very light on actives in these past few years, or at least, no one is talking about finds in these areas
I have no idea what you are talking about. 2015 was a bumper year, as was 2014. Last fall I couldn't walk the dog without coming across a large patch. Maybe you just weren't looking in the right spots?
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TheDuder
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Re: Is non-coastal Oregon on the decline? [Re: Mr Piggy]
#23960537 - 12/27/16 01:22 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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Agreed, they are definitely out there you just need to get out there and look. Once you start finding them more and more you will get an eye for there habitat and it will become much easier for you to find them in your area. Good luck with your hunting in 2017  
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Edited by TheDuder (12/27/16 01:24 PM)
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Re: Is non-coastal Oregon on the decline? [Re: Mr Piggy]
#23960565 - 12/27/16 01:35 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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Mr Piggy said:
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mobydickofdopeness said: I'm not referring to the season being over, I'm referring to the area in general being very light on actives in these past few years, or at least, no one is talking about finds in these areas
I have no idea what you are talking about. 2015 was a bumper year, as was 2014. Last fall I couldn't walk the dog without coming across a large patch. Maybe you just weren't looking in the right spots? 
Last year was amazing. That guy who found a faerie ring of cyans in Feb, that was cool. I was still cleaning up on the coast this time of year, now it is barren.
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Mr Piggy
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Re: Is non-coastal Oregon on the decline? [Re: Adden]
#23961024 - 12/27/16 05:29 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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I guess I should ask how long you have been hunting op? Every year varies.
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Mr Piggy
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Re: Is non-coastal Oregon on the decline? [Re: Mr Piggy]
#23965309 - 12/29/16 11:33 AM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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Moby, I'm curious why you made this post with no active hunting experience? I just saw in another thread that you made your first find today. Not a stab, I just want to know how you came to this conclusion with no experience.
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mobydickofdopeness
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Re: Is non-coastal Oregon on the decline? [Re: Mr Piggy]
#23965699 - 12/29/16 02:15 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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Mr Piggy said: Moby, I'm curious why you made this post with no active hunting experience? I just saw in another thread that you made your first find today. Not a stab, I just want to know how you came to this conclusion with no experience.
It was mainly from reading PNW threads from the last couple years. It just seemed that the people who were posting the pics of the best patches and finds were primarily in WA and coastal OR. Of course some people do not reveal their location, so they are unknowns. But to me the Willamette Valley seemed really under-represented.
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TheDuder
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Good thing you got out there, your find was quite nice keep it up.
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|--------------[Ps. Ovoideocystidiata]------------------------------------------[Ps. Stuntzii]--------------------------------------------[Ps. Baeocystis]----------------------|
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