Karuna said:

Nityananda said:

I been out a couple of times last few days trying to find some places.. how does everyone do it? I drive to a area which looks good on good maps but then once I'm there it's like ok where do I go now .. I find like one or 2 fields but when I go and look they just dont seem like the right kind of grass.. I dont know

This kind of grass.. it seems kind of like straw an also lots of other little plants among the grass

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There’s nothing necessarily wrong with the grass in your pictures, they can grow on manicured sports pitches to rough mountain grassland so it’s at least a possibility. That being said, in pastures where I’ve found them the fields with mixed types of grasses which provide some break from the elements have been the most fruitful.

Ideally I like to head out to a national park where there’s acre upon acre of grazing land and beautiful views, if that’s not possible you may still be able to pick a few in a local park. Another tip if there’s not much pasture land around you is using technology - check satellite maps for sheep fields, back to back with footpath maps to see which ones you have access to.

I’m looking forward to you finding some!

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if you put in enough miles you will find them, you just need a little luck.

i've heard it suggested to try anicient/historical sites because they're left alone. i had a little luck with this theory last year by chance on little holibobs daytrip but haven't had chance to test it further this year yet.

SummerSquish said:

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Anglerfish said:

Stone Dippy said:

I heard that washing them with water significantly reduces potency since the psilocybin/psilocin is water soluable. Might be wrong though.

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Ehh... nope. This would mean that the mushrooms would lose potency in rainy weather - which they clearly don't.

The best argument against washing them in water is that adding moisture will speed up decay and make them dry more slowly.
If they're soiled or in otherwise dirty, you can try gently rubbing it off with some kitchen paper or similar.

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ShroomAnon said:

Karuna said:

Nityananda said:

I been out a couple of times last few days trying to find some places.. how does everyone do it? I drive to a area which looks good on good maps but then once I'm there it's like ok where do I go now .. I find like one or 2 fields but when I go and look they just dont seem like the right kind of grass.. I dont know

This kind of grass.. it seems kind of like straw an also lots of other little plants among the grass

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There’s nothing necessarily wrong with the grass in your pictures, they can grow on manicured sports pitches to rough mountain grassland so it’s at least a possibility. That being said, in pastures where I’ve found them the fields with mixed types of grasses which provide some break from the elements have been the most fruitful.

Ideally I like to head out to a national park where there’s acre upon acre of grazing land and beautiful views, if that’s not possible you may still be able to pick a few in a local park. Another tip if there’s not much pasture land around you is using technology - check satellite maps for sheep fields, back to back with footpath maps to see which ones you have access to.

I’m looking forward to you finding some!

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if you put in enough miles you will find them, you just need a little luck.

i've heard it suggested to try anicient/historical sites because they're left alone. i had a little luck with this theory last year by chance on little holibobs daytrip but haven't had chance to test it further this year yet.

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On Dartmoor there are some walled off, greener fields which I presume are more fertile and owned by farmers. I've never found any libs on these fields, but on the grazed moorland literally the other side of the wall you will find them. maybe the farmers put something on the fields?
In this pic from an OS map, the white fields won’t have libs but the yellow ones very probably will!

SummerSquish said:

12g dry weight for the first haul of the season, also been finding suspected ps fimetaria in the location I pick at, really cool finds!

4 suspected Fimetaria found growing on very old dung next to 2 semi's for comparison



Suspected Fimetaria dried with visible blueing



First haul dried



Happy hunting folks!

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