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Re: Psilocybe Caerulipes 2020 [Re: herbtaylor]
#26896657 - 08/24/20 09:11 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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God took a little piss on us yesterday but it was one of those old man pisses where it stops and goes and then drips down for the last 30 seconds. Sun baked us back to bone dry in a few hours
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Re: Psilocybe Caerulipes 2020 [Re: tak18]
#26898791 - 08/25/20 01:16 PM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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tak18 said: Been so dry this August but we finally have some pins in one of my spots from last year!
 
Drove an hour to my other spot only to find nothing after about 3 hours of hiking. It wasn't until on my way home that I decided to test the hemlock theory. Instead of searching in hemlock-hardwood-pine forests, I went off a hiking trail in a Northern hardwood-conifer forest with 2 hours left of daylight. Went in not expecting anything and bam, a patch of 20 that I almost overlooked! No hemlock around but a mix of pine and harwoods.
       
Everything I knew about the Bluefoot habitat has changed today. Instead of focusing on areas with dominant hemlock, I'm going to test a wider variety of deciduous/conifer forests. The theory is that this species grows in forests of mixed hardwood with any type of coniferous tree. I believe pine/hemlock needles affect the pH of the forest floor making it an acidic environment in which these little decomposers can thrive in. I don't believe it needs hemlock. I was only finding them with hemlock because that's the only place I was searching due to confirmation bias.
Beech n Birch Biggest fruiting clusters I've found(some were over an oz dried easy) were on black birch trees that were mulched by squirrels or chipmunks(I think.) I did a lot of research in my area about forestry management, and found amazingly detailed analysis on public forests, some even had mapped out on satellite maps listing what type of forests. I found some that were labeled old growth beech + black birch. If you can find that for your area it's almost too easy. I found about 20 parts of forests within mine and the next county over(I searched by county.) I'll probably make myself go check one of the most promising spots this week--old growth forest with beech and black birch(many had just beech or just birch as the predominant but a few had beech and black birch as the main species.)
I think the hemlock stuff is just because they love damp and shady areas, which is great for forest mushrooms. I only look for them if I'm brook trout hunting tho. happy hunting and good luck all
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Re: Psilocybe Caerulipes 2020 [Re: Mead] 3
#26900043 - 08/26/20 07:35 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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What a great day I had yesterday the 25/08 folks...
Spring and early summer were very hot and extremely dry here in Quebec. Last year I was finding blond morel mushrooms everywhere, this year not even one specimen. So for those not having the rain now, I feel you.
For maybe a month now it's been raining every week or every few days here, and it shows.
I went to the usual spot and found tons of blue foot. Some beefy douche bags specimens. Some past their prime and some pins too. When you hunt don't ever forget to check around these "still standing dead maples with bark fallen on the ground". Big clusters found. But most of them were either in leaf litter or on decaying logs. Last year it was more dry and I didn't found them directly on logs, only in leaf litter. Yesterday was so wet that they didn't show their hygrophaneous cap feature, they pretty much were dark color.
At the beginning of my hunt I ate a medium sized one. I'm kind of sensitive and I can say I felt it in just a couple minutes. Heavy body, watery eyes, taking big deep breaths, thinking about the forest spirit and laughing for no obvious reasons. Mushroom stuff 
                      
Dont lose hope..!! A day in nature is always a good day anyway! Keep looking in wet spots if it's dry in your spot. Best wishes!
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Mead

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Re: Psilocybe Caerulipes 2020 [Re: Quebecybin]
#26900775 - 08/26/20 02:58 PM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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Jealous of that wet ass forest. Good stuff, thanks for sharing, and I've found them quite potent in my experience(at least compared to the cubensis and subbalteatus.)
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Re: Psilocybe Caerulipes 2020 [Re: Mead]
#26901077 - 08/26/20 05:58 PM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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Holyyyyyyyyyyyyy
 Great stuff man  What dreams are made of!
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Re: Psilocybe Caerulipes 2020 [Re: herbtaylor] 1
#26908389 - 08/30/20 05:05 PM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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Finally been wet enough to find a few in one of my old habitats.

  There were at least 40 of them scattered underneath an extremely large beech that was knocked over about 10 years ago. Most were in poor condition.
Barely any other mushrooms along the trail and around the forest (super dry this summer), but in this one spot under the tree debris I could see at least 15 different species.
Today was cold and windy and the first few leaves are about to starting to change colors. Glad I could find a few before our season is over.
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Found my first ones today! Been reading a lot of stuff on here and following this thread led me straight to them. Thanks everyone! Found them in an area that I normally hunt for Reishiโs and Hericiums. Hemlock dominated hillside with lots of dead beach and birch.. Actually found a small bears head tooth growing on a piece of the same tree that these little guys were around that had fallen, but I left it to grow bigger. Also found a Cordycep about 2 feet away.. A lot of cool things going on in that one little section of Woods..

PS how do you all determine dosage on these? Iโve looked everywhere and the only thing I can find stated is 1 to 3 fresh? For a level 1? Level 10? The ones I found are tiny.. What about dried? I understand active content will obviously very but anybody have ball park ideas of what would be the equivalent of say ~1-2g of cubes? Or ~5-7g of cubes?
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Re: Psilocybe Caerulipes 2020 [Re: Icyurmt]
#26911214 - 09/01/20 05:41 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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Very impressive find. What part the world you in? As far as dosage goes maybe 15g wet for baseline
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Re: Psilocybe Caerulipes 2020 [Re: Shroomhunts]
#26911243 - 09/01/20 06:32 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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Went out to a new spot after it had rained there on 2 days, but it's still crispy in the woods. Found a few in 2 1/2 hours of slow moseying, place looks great. None were on big logs, only little stray pieces; the best days, in my experience, are when they are growing out of the mossy logs.
Another tip; when you see birch bark stripping off on logs, peek inside those cavities they create. I've found the largest specimens(that I've seen) inside those hollowed out spots behind the stripping bark.
  
  

Look at how old some of these beech trees are(should have put my hand up for scale):
 1966, 72, 76, and the tree was big enough back then to carve into. This was a ways away from any trail too.
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Re: Psilocybe Caerulipes 2020 [Re: Mead]
#26911335 - 09/01/20 07:45 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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Re: Psilocybe Caerulipes 2020 [Re: Shroomhunts]
#26911577 - 09/01/20 10:06 AM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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Thanks for the info, thatโs a lot more then 1-3 fresh mushrooms then.
Anyone in the ny area know how late/cold these can typically still be found?
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Re: Psilocybe Caerulipes 2020 [Re: Icyurmt]
#26912254 - 09/01/20 03:52 PM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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Amazing beech, Mead! I believe that many beeches (Fagus grandifolia) died in 1933-34 or sometime around then due to a fiercely cold winter. Finding a beech that size unaffected by Neonectria sp. is very rare, at least in my experience (I've covered central vermont up and down and back and forth and a little diagonal ), although that fungal infection seems more apt to attack younger trees. Finding them that size alone is rare.
Found some more P. caerulipes today! About a couple dozen specimens of varying age scattered about the base of a yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis). First birch finds, and I've been looking. Will have to peek under the bark curls!
No luck on paper birch (Betula papyrifera). Anyone else have luck with that species? I've had the most luck with beeches, found a few on maple. They definitely seem to enjoy shade and wet, although the surrounding area can be relatively dry.
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Re: Psilocybe Caerulipes 2020 [Re: raffib128] 1
#26915921 - 09/03/20 04:17 PM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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Re: Psilocybe Caerulipes 2020 [Re: Moria841]
#26916309 - 09/03/20 08:04 PM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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Went back out and found 50+ more today! This was my third time hunting/third area Iโve checked. Iโve been curious how rare they actually are once you locate the habitat they prefer by following advice from everyone here on shroomery especially Subfinders โhow toโ write up. Quebecybins videos were also extremely helpful. Thank you both!! I have had really good luck finding Hericium species in the same kind of habitat over the years so I already have a few areas that I know about. So just for shits and giggles I spent six hours alone in the woods today. I counted as I went along and closely looked around 96 dead or fallen beech trees, all in a shady/damp pine dominated area approximately 200yards X ~quarter mile. Out of those 96, I found nine patches, most on leaf litter and small debris. I checked out any dead birch (paper/yellow/silver) I came across along the way as well, but didnโt count them, go much out of my way, or find any Caerulipes around them. I left all the blue feet, but walked away with a couple lbs of Hericium and some Gymnopilus, so it was a really good day, though exhausting. I know that this wasnโt a very scientific survey but rough as it may be, at least for that area they were far more prevalent than I would have guessed. 1 out of 10. Perhaps itโs just confirmation bias and Iโm having beginners luck?
Congrats Moria and jersey, those look beautiful! ๐คค
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Re: Psilocybe Caerulipes 2020 [Re: Icyurmt]
#26917716 - 09/04/20 04:03 PM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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Thanks Icyurmt, excited about my first finds! I was about to give up and then 5 minutes later I found them. Only one patch of them-- it was almost too wet out to hunt them, if that makes sense? The caps were so dark brown from the water that they were barely distinguishable from the forest floor, rather than the reddish-tan colour that would stick out more easily.
Also, tons of giant amanitas around
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Re: Psilocybe Caerulipes 2020 [Re: Icyurmt] 3
#26918152 - 09/04/20 08:11 PM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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You are probably on to something there, Mead. I may be overcomplicating things and it could be as simple as better shade! And I can't imagine how many of these make an ounce. That would be a dream season.
I believe I may have been successful in spreading these since last season. Last year I went around like a maniac blowing spores and it has paid off!
                                       
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Re: Psilocybe Caerulipes 2020 [Re: tak18]
#26918257 - 09/04/20 09:21 PM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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^ Love the mycelium on those logs. Also, it looks like you're hunting at night. Are those known spots? Just wondering how you're spotting them in the woods at night with just a flashlight lol
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Re: Psilocybe Caerulipes 2020 [Re: tak18]
#26918330 - 09/04/20 10:19 PM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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Went out looking, maybe it ain't time yet here. Just gonna keep at it till I find some, maybe try to chip some beech and make a little patch if I can get some good mycelium.
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Re: Psilocybe Caerulipes 2020 [Re: tak18]
#26918355 - 09/04/20 10:44 PM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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Wow tak, stellar finds and great photos! Killing it! Some of those are huge! Canโt wait to get back out when we finally get some more rain.
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Re: Psilocybe Caerulipes 2020 [Re: breeg89]
#26919475 - 09/05/20 02:30 PM (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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breeg89 said: ^ Love the mycelium on those logs. Also, it looks like you're hunting at night. Are those known spots? Just wondering how you're spotting them in the woods at night with just a flashlight lol
No, I'm not hunting at night lol I believe the dark background is a result of the flash and short exposure time when focused on a close object. I use the flash because you can see the blue on the stipes more clearly.
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