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mind.at.large
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Re: California Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 Season Actives [Re: Metridium]
#27093740 - 12/17/20 09:09 AM (3 years, 1 month ago) |
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Metridium, that looks to be Hypholoma capnoides, which are actually one of the very few mushrooms that will grow on downed redwood logs. In fact they are usually pretty abundant, as I’m sure you’re noticing out in Prairie Creek. Why exactly does that species saprotrophically feed on redwoods while other fungi cannot, I have no idea. I’m trying to think of any other mushroom I’ve seen fruiting directly off a redwood log, and the only other one that I can think of is a Heterobasidion sp. (I cant remember off the top of my head which species it is) but there might be others but I’m pretty sure those are the only two I’ve seen.
Another interesting species with a connection with redwoods is the prince, Agaricus augustus, which sometimes fruits in redwood duff. Why the association with redwood duff? Once again I have no idea
But that’s a beautiful picture!!
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openmind
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Re: California Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 Season Actives [Re: mind.at.large]
#27094141 - 12/17/20 01:06 PM (3 years, 1 month ago) |
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Yesterday I went to collect some fruits from the only patch I've seen this season that had a somewhat decent flush of fruits to pick from and fruits that weren't past their prime/dried out/rotting.
I had stopped by that patch just two days before to take a look to see if it was actually producing anything at the moment. It's a small patch but I was surprised to see it fruiting in typical fashion. I was very tempted to pick some right then and there since I haven't seen anything worth picking yet this season and they were sitting there right at my feet, but I wasn't the first to find that patch so I wanted to ask the person who showed it to me if they mind if I collected some and I wanted to let the fruits grow a bit larger for 2 or 3 days.....
....but yesterday when I went by that spot to collect some I saw that someone else had cleared out that patch entirely . Nothing was there besides one little pin starting to emerge. Bummer.
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breeg89
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Re: California Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 Season Actives [Re: ZenZone]
#27094489 - 12/17/20 04:08 PM (3 years, 1 month ago) |
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ZenZone said: Well of course not, but he did not collect the black ones either ... see the last image as the actual collection...
I was talking to dandurn since he said he collected some that looked like the black ones lurker posted. Just don't want dandurn to spend his trip writhing in the bathroom of hell.
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ionsight
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Re: California Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 Season Actives [Re: breeg89]
#27094705 - 12/17/20 06:12 PM (3 years, 1 month ago) |
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Been awhile since I have posted here. I had luck in the past finding cyans in the east bay area but I now live in the Mountain View area and it has been a few seasons since I have had any luck.
Recently walking around Redwood City I had a lucky find here next to a sprinkler. So exciting to be out hunting again.
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ZenZone


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Re: California Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 Season Actives [Re: breeg89]
#27094804 - 12/17/20 07:07 PM (3 years, 1 month ago) |
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breeg89 said:
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ZenZone said: Well of course not, but he did not collect the black ones either ... see the last image as the actual collection...
I was talking to dandurn since he said he collected some that looked like the black ones lurker posted. Just don't want dandurn to spend his trip writhing in the bathroom of hell.
Oh, sorry, apparently I'm misunderstanding everything lately
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ZenZone


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Re: California Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 Season Actives [Re: openmind]
#27094807 - 12/17/20 07:13 PM (3 years, 1 month ago) |
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openmind said: Yesterday I went to collect some fruits from the only patch I've seen this season that had a somewhat decent flush of fruits to pick from and fruits that weren't past their prime/dried out/rotting.
I had stopped by that patch just two days before to take a look to see if it was actually producing anything at the moment. It's a small patch but I was surprised to see it fruiting in typical fashion. I was very tempted to pick some right then and there since I haven't seen anything worth picking yet this season and they were sitting there right at my feet, but I wasn't the first to find that patch so I wanted to ask the person who showed it to me if they mind if I collected some and I wanted to let the fruits grow a bit larger for 2 or 3 days.....
....but yesterday when I went by that spot to collect some I saw that someone else had cleared out that patch entirely . Nothing was there besides one little pin starting to emerge. Bummer.
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HAKR ELITE
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Re: California Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 Season Actives [Re: ZenZone] 1
#27094819 - 12/17/20 07:18 PM (3 years, 1 month ago) |
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They are wearing the same camo as the sprinkler thats dope 
Them: Hey what are you doing over there??
Me: Im adjusting these sprinkler heads I work for the city
Me: Silence!!
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bush-lurker
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Re: California Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 Season Actives [Re: ZenZone]
#27094909 - 12/17/20 08:25 PM (3 years, 1 month ago) |
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ZenZone said:
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breeg89 said:
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ZenZone said: Well of course not, but he did not collect the black ones either ... see the last image as the actual collection...
I was talking to dandurn since he said he collected some that looked like the black ones lurker posted. Just don't want dandurn to spend his trip writhing in the bathroom of hell.
Oh, sorry, apparently I'm misunderstanding everything lately 
I wonder too how to decide when its too far gone, definitely found some with fully black caps that were obviously fine and healthy, firm and robust, probably just black from a couple days of dry wind then pummeled by raindrops ..... But a bunch of the patch clusters were way past , flimsy and about to rot and fully blackened by dry wind rain and old age. Id say that if the stem or cap or gills are getting too soft or flimsy, best to forget it. Or if they start to smell off
Best thing i like to do with the past prime ones is pull them up along with their stem butts and put them under nearby woodchips to expand or start new patches
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wwolfe28
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Re: California Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 Season Actives [Re: bush-lurker]
#27094940 - 12/17/20 08:46 PM (3 years, 1 month ago) |
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Found these a few days ago in SF.
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TheMycoverse
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Re: California Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 Season Actives [Re: wwolfe28] 1
#27095116 - 12/17/20 11:22 PM (3 years, 1 month ago) |
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I took a little break from picking after our last dry spell in here the bay area, but I couldn't resist looking around after some recent rains. Seems as though a good portion of the existing fruits are battered, but the smaller microclimates are still going strong. It's pretty remarkable how adaptable our Psilocybes are. I was stoked to find 'em hiding out in places where they weren't fruiting during the larger flushes of November. Below is one of a few patches harvested on Wednesday. As far as judging edibility I mostly rely on the appearance of the gills. In my experience the gill structure begins to rot before the rest of the cap and stem. When in doubt do without. As bush-lurker said, rotten caps are still viable for spreading spores and creating new patches. I tend to keep a separate bag for past-prime specimens and disperse them as I search around new locations.
Looks like we're in for dry/frosty weather again, be sure to scope out those microclimates. Combinations of leaf coverings and low-laying plants are prime. Happy hunting!
 
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wwolfe28
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Re: California Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 Season Actives [Re: TheMycoverse]
#27096043 - 12/18/20 03:33 PM (3 years, 1 month ago) |
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Do you think those November patches will fruit again this season?
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Dandurn777


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Re: California Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 Season Actives [Re: breeg89]
#27096167 - 12/18/20 04:47 PM (3 years, 1 month ago) |
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I found a grouping with about half black, but not rotten, p. Alenii mixed in with some you get fruits, a couple definitely rotting ones. I put the rotting ones in a water bottle and poured it into some oak wood chips, and dried the rest. I wasn’t sure if the black ones were good still or not. I know for sure though that they’re p. Allenii though so it sounds da like they’re good to go.
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qws
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Re: California Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 Season Actives [Re: wwolfe28]
#27096168 - 12/18/20 04:47 PM (3 years, 1 month ago) |
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With no luck on finding Entheogens in the Eastbay this past few days. I was was wondering if I went to San Francisco this weekend that I will still be able to find some actives roaming around Golden Gate Park? It seemed that the weather wouldn’t be considered the ‘best’ conditions for hunting, but since it rained this past weekend and a little on Thursday, that maybe there will be some sprouting out?
Edited by qws (12/18/20 04:55 PM)
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bush-lurker
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Re: California Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 Season Actives [Re: qws]
#27096274 - 12/18/20 05:40 PM (3 years, 1 month ago) |
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You can go to GG park, there are definitely actives somewhere there now but that doesnt mean you will definitely find them. There are definitely actives to be found in the east bay, north bay, south bay, and the city right now too, but they can be elusive... They grow all over, no need to travel far. Just keep looking and you will find them. Well maintained woodchip landscaping
One TIP- because we are in the northern hemisphere, the winter sun traverses the celestial meridian at a lower angle. In other words, look on the northern side of buildings, the northern side of bushes, the northern side of fences, on the northern side of slopes, stay on the northern side because it gets less sun, and these guys are more abundant where the sun don’t shine....
except for this patch from today that was growing in full sun :
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ItsCowman
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Re: California Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 Season Actives [Re: bush-lurker]
#27096363 - 12/18/20 06:23 PM (3 years, 1 month ago) |
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So excited it’s finally hunting season in California! I’ve been hunting for a couple seasons now but I still haven’t had the luck of finding some fresh actives in the wild. I’ve been hunting in the Chico area but I was wondering if that is too far inland from the coast for actives to even be growing?
I’ve done a few grows, but I feel like the experience of actually finding them in the wild would be even more rewarding!
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Re: California Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 Season Actives [Re: bush-lurker]
#27096398 - 12/18/20 06:46 PM (3 years, 1 month ago) |
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ItsCowman said: So excited it’s finally hunting season in California! I’ve been hunting for a couple seasons now but I still haven’t had the luck of finding some fresh actives in the wild. I’ve been hunting in the Chico area but I was wondering if that is too far inland from the coast for actives to even be growing?
I’ve done a few grows, but I feel like the experience of actually finding them in the wild would be even more rewarding!
Allenii has been found in Chico before: link
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bush-lurker said:
One TIP- because we are in the northern hemisphere, the winter sun traverses the celestial meridian at a lower angle. In other words, look on the northern side of buildings, the northern side of bushes, the northern side of fences, on the northern side of slopes, stay on the northern side because it gets less sun, and these guys are more abundant where the sun don’t shine....
except for this patch from today that was growing in full sun :

Lol isn't it funny sometimes? But yeah. I agree with what you said 99%!
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openmind
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Re: California Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 Season Actives [Re: wwolfe28]
#27097849 - 12/19/20 02:12 PM (3 years, 1 month ago) |
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ionsight said:

The few patches & fruits I've seen so far this season, most of them look like that^^^ .
Already past their prime.
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wwolfe28 said: Do you think those November patches will fruit again this season?
This is something I've been wondering about.
I don't think there are any "OG" mushroom hunters in this thread this time around, as in folks that have been on the hunt in this region for years and/or are quite familiar with these species we're after....It would be nice to get some input from some ""OG" hunters about this topic.
....but since we just received our first "real" rains of the season over the last week or so I've been wondering if patches that pushed up a small flush back in November will push up some new ones now that there's more moisture in the substrate and humidity in the air.
From what I've seen over the years it seems like allenii in particular only fruits once a year and after it pushed up a flush of fruits that's it for the season....but several years ago we had a lot of early season soaking rains and I kinda recall some patches continuing to push up new flushes of fruits as the rains kept coming.
I know chit chat about the weather is kinda taboo in these threads lol, but I feel it's relevant.
Yesterday I went by the patch that I found in east bay a few weeks ago, which was already drying/rotting when I found it a few weeks ago....It rained since the last time I was there so I was hoping it had pushed up some new fruits and it did! I managed to collect somewhere around 15g to 20g dry. It was nice to be able to collect a little something and have a "supply" on hand to last me through the year.
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qws
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Re: California Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 Season Actives [Re: bush-lurker]
#27098593 - 12/20/20 12:19 AM (3 years, 1 month ago) |
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Although my wife and I didn't find anything today from our little excursion to GGP we still had an awesome day just walking around and getting some sun. Makes sense now that every time I was finding mushrooms, they were always spawning around the north side of bushes and trees. Thanks for the tip!
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CHUCK.HNTR
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Re: California Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 Season Actives [Re: qws] 2
#27101051 - 12/21/20 02:52 PM (3 years, 1 month ago) |
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Hello CA actives hope y’all are doing good! How’s everyone’s patches doing? I posted some of these pics on the ID forum but after confirmation wanted to throw on this thread too. First Psilocybe pelliculosa find! Got inspired to keep an eye out for them after seeing all of NOTmush’s finds on the PNW active thread. These were found in Jackson Demonstration Forest in Mendocino county.




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ZenZone


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Re: California Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 Season Actives [Re: CHUCK.HNTR]
#27101071 - 12/21/20 03:04 PM (3 years, 1 month ago) |
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Very cool CHUCK.HNTR! Only those who seek can find
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