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darcyjordan
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ID Request - Super excited, yet super nervous!
#26671986 - 05/15/20 05:27 AM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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Hello friends!
This being my second year going hunting with no luck I was ecstatic when I thought these could be a chance!
I picked these about 24 hours ago in the north west of Victoria, and they had much whiter stems, yet after a few hours on the drive home the blue bruising looked a lot darker, and the stems began to have a brown taint.
I guess I'm mostly concerned these are a type of galerina, If these aren't subaeruginosa, is there a reason they look as if they stain blue? the blue was much less dark when i picked them. I did see something on the internet about a specific galerina bruising blue?
I'm spewing i didn't take photos of the mushrooms before i picked them, as the stems were much more white, can the stems go darker once you pick them?
I took a spore print to help me out and I'm still not sure whether I'm looking at a rusty brown or a violet-purple/blackish print?
Also I had never planned this far ahead and don't have a dehydrator or any Desiccants so i just placed them on a drying rack with a fan blowing on them in the cupboard of my room, will this do anything or will they just go bad in a couple days without drying out?
As I have never found subs before I am completely okay with the idea that i may have to throw them, just looking for any advice possible!
Cheers!






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darcyjordan
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Re: ID Request - Super excited, yet super nervous! [Re: darcyjordan]
#26671989 - 05/15/20 05:28 AM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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Well I am not sure how to upload the photos the same resolution as my camera RIPPP
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OOISI
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Re: ID Request - Super excited, yet super nervous! [Re: darcyjordan]
#26671993 - 05/15/20 05:33 AM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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Welcome to the Shroomery. Those are Subaeruginosa. Enjoy your find.
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Painkiller
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Re: ID Request - Super excited, yet super nervous! [Re: darcyjordan]
#26671995 - 05/15/20 05:36 AM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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Fan drying is fine. Once the mushrooms are 100% dry, put them in an airtight glass jar (Kmart sells them for $1) and get desicant from a packet of dried Shittake mushrooms from Coles.
Enjoy
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The Mycologist
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Re: ID Request - Super excited, yet super nervous! [Re: Painkiller] 1
#26672027 - 05/15/20 06:27 AM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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Slow/incomplete drying can mess up potency
I would just eat them soon. Put them in the fridge for a few days if you have to.
If you want to wait then drying is the only option. But over in cultivation we highly recommend dehydrators.
They are cheap, so it may be a worthwhile investment if you plan to continue to forage.
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Re: ID Request - Super excited, yet super nervous! [Re: The Mycologist]
#26672035 - 05/15/20 06:34 AM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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Quote:
The Mycologist said: Slow/incomplete drying can mess up potency
How so? I thought the main risk with slow/incomplete drying was mold.
-------------------- Subaeruginosa Guide Bless the Lord, O my soul O my soul Worship His holy name.
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Re: ID Request - Super excited, yet super nervous! [Re: OOISI]
#26672043 - 05/15/20 06:42 AM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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Too slow drying will make them turn blue and black. Not much potency left.
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Re: ID Request - Super excited, yet super nervous! [Re: Psilosadhu]
#26672082 - 05/15/20 07:14 AM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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If there's a Harris Scarfe near you they have 2 dehydrators both on sale. One is $60 with no timer, the other is $80 with a timer. I have the $60 one and run it overnight at 58 degrees (they're dry after 6 hours but at 58 you're not going to roast them) or 4 hours at 68 degrees (don't run them too long at the higher temp).
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darcyjordan
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Re: ID Request - Super excited, yet super nervous! [Re: OOISI]
#26672139 - 05/15/20 08:00 AM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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Thankyou!! This feeling of finding a subaeruginosa for the first time is literally unparalleled. I think I'm hooked to the rewarding process of the forage
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darcyjordan
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Re: ID Request - Super excited, yet super nervous! [Re: Painkiller]
#26672142 - 05/15/20 08:02 AM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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Fewww thankyou sm!!
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Re: ID Request - Super excited, yet super nervous! [Re: darcyjordan]
#26672405 - 05/15/20 10:34 AM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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Mushrooms are losing potency every moment they come into contact with oxygen since psilocybin and psilocin readily oxidize
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Re: ID Request - Super excited, yet super nervous! [Re: Moria841]
#26682714 - 05/20/20 07:09 AM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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TBH with my subs I stick them in a flour sifter in front of the heater (it's winter anyway, conveniently). Just make sure there's some warm air flow over them and shift them around every half hour until they are cracker dry. I then grind them into powder and store them in a cool, dry, dark place in a glass jar. Voila. Extremely potent. 2g has given me open eye spider web/kaleidoscope visuals  A couple things I make sure to do to maintain as much potency as I can: 1. Make sure they arent directly in front of a very hot heater. Warm dry airflow is enough; 2. Make sure they are completely crispy dry. Sometimes I dry them over 2-3 sessions as some internal moisture is drawn to the surface after waiting say, overnight; 3. Store them in clean glass jar in a cool dark place. I recently had some of last years batch and they were still incredibly strong. Let's face it though - any drying process can remove some potency as it will remove pretty much all psylocin). But this is the way I go about it!
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