DoobieTime said:

Whatsup everyone. I've come across quite a few subs in recent days but I'm having heaps of trouble keeping them dry. I've been chucking them in the oven set to 50 degrees and taking them out when they're bone dry. I chuck them in a ziplock bag, chuck a silica pack in there make sure its airtight, then chuck that into an airtight jar with rice at the bottom of it and store that jar in the back of my closet. 10 minutes later I check on them and they're mushy again. Does anyone have any ideas on what to do? I don't have the money for a food dehydrator atm.

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Multiple hours on lowest oven setting with the door cracked open. Make sure when you try bend a cap or stem that it cracks clean without any bending.
If you have central heating, make a box with cutout and a tray inside the box, place box over vent. I went rather elaborate on this once, then just bought a damn dehydrator for $30

Don't re-use old silica packs. They could contain moisture.
Fridge can also work if frost free, as mentioned above.

Any.Mirrors said:

Spent the weekend out in the Otways and finally had my first taste of good fortune for the season. So many big clusters of big subs that, for the most part, were unfortunately a little bit too wet to pick.  Never seen anything like it before. So many pins too so Im definitely heading back out there next weekend.

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Such epic finds!! Prime examples. loooove the 3rd pic in. Envy 

Warrk said:

Rock1084 said:

I've experimented for the first time this year by putting fresh shrooms in an open container in the fridge. After about 4 days they are as dry as you'd get after leaving them in a food dehydrator. I was seriously surprised at how effective the fridge was. give it a shot.

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A lot of people rubbished my post ages ago talking about this but the proof is in the pudding, it works, well done Rock!

Note that the fridge has to be a frost-free sort to have this dehydrating effect on shrooms. I noticed quite a bit of blueing of my subs after they were dried in the fridge this way and felt that maybe psilocin was being oxidised through this slow drying technique so I stopped doing it this way and went the low temp oven route.

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DaveFred said:

After countless hours in countless parks, I have finally picked my first magic mushroom.
Excited but disappointed as it has been very dry lately and I came home with only two tiny subs. Better than nothing I suppose.

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ent said:

Separable pellicle, acute little umbo, textures and colours look right. Looks like Psilocye alutacea to me.

Great finds and photos all! Making me miss home!

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Gallusgallus229 said:

Also, I know this isn't an ID thread, a friend is going to put up a proper ID request with his better photos BUT
growing off poo
seperable pellicle

????? Maybe, I'm not totally confident but we will see

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Nice Alutacea dude, good eyes

Gallusgallus229 said:

any extra tips on differentiating it from those little lookalikes that grow all around? Found more but they got very similar looking to what I believe are stropharia of some sort

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Stropharia Semiglobata look a bit like Alutacea but Deconica Coprophila are the real Alutacea lookalikes, also growing from dung in the very same conditions.
The stem is a good indicator for Alutacea, like all Psilocybes it is quite tough and fibrous. Very similar to sub stems in colour and texture, your specimen is a great example. Deconica have a hint of orange to their stem.
Look for blueing, usually at the base of the stem, sometimes around the edge of the cap. Some specimens bruise heavily, some do not....
Gill colour of mature Alutacea is also more like mature subs, that purple grey colour. Spore print has a distinct purple red colour
I find Alutacea also grow bigger than Deconica in the right conditions.

Hope this helps

mistamonsta said:

Stropharia are the slimy ones
Deconica Coprophila and Psilocybe Alutacea are near identical macroscopically and were once thought to be the same mushroom, hence the confused reports of occasional psychoactivity.
Deconica are not active, Alutacea are the ones you want.
Check out this thread, it was a project I attempted to start and bobwastaken absolutely nailed and finished on Alutacea cultivation. Worth a read for the pics and potency reports if you are interested in this species
Also check out this thread by Heyowana, detailing the  re-identification of Ps. Alutacea & Ps. Tasmaniana (Tasmaniana were once thought to be simply another phenotype of Ps. Subaeruginosa) and also the confirmation of Ps. Papuana in Australia. It contains great pics, potency reports and valuable info for identification purposes.

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Gallusgallus229 said:

any tips on differentiating tasmaniana from subs?

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