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Re: **official UK liberty cap season 2021** (NO ID REQUESTS!) [Re: ragu] 2
#27505864 - 10/16/21 03:48 AM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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Had a great day on Dartmoor with my Dad and Brother on another edible mushroom hunt.
We got away from our Dad for an hour to our secret spot to pick this lot!

Awesome looking wax cap (I think) I thought I'd share. It even has that classic liberty cap shape

I hope everybody is having a great season!
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Re: **official UK liberty cap season 2021** (NO ID REQUESTS!) [Re: Liberte]
#27506109 - 10/16/21 09:18 AM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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Liberte said: I've been mostly finding sun dried and small fresh ones in Wales. I think there's a lot of small ones at the moment as there hasn't been much rain the last week and it's been warm again. It looks like rain is coming next week and the temps are dropping which should bring out a big flush, then I suppose it'll start tapering off as we'll be heading into November. I think it's been a great season so far, I've never seen so many! 
Whereabouts in wales ? Have you found any in the previous week's up until.now ?
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Re: **official UK liberty cap season 2021** (NO ID REQUESTS!) [Re: 108] 1
#27506117 - 10/16/21 09:36 AM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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People saying they've been finding mainly small ones , I found a place the other day which was amazing , they were just everywhere andi found some real big ones there too. It seemed like nobody knew about this field although just a few seconds drive up the road people were walking around picking them quite obviously, one guy was just walking around with a bag and filling the bag lol but this place I found was amazing I couldn't believe it.
The place I found was public land but No1 was there at all, only saw 1 person walking their dog the whole time.
Here's some pics






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Re: **official UK liberty cap season 2021** (NO ID REQUESTS!) [Re: 108]
#27506126 - 10/16/21 09:55 AM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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Nice find, roughly whereabouts in the country is this?
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Re: **official UK liberty cap season 2021** (NO ID REQUESTS!) [Re: Shroomsimo]
#27506169 - 10/16/21 10:53 AM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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Shroomsimo said: Nice find, roughly whereabouts in the country is this?
It was in peak District
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Re: **official UK liberty cap season 2021** (NO ID REQUESTS!) [Re: 108] 1
#27506179 - 10/16/21 11:17 AM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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Second trip and another good day I can't believe how many are out. I got bored and gave up counting at 2800 but still carried on picking. Then got bored of picking and walked passed hundreds on the way back to the car. Total over 3000 shrooms and over 1kg in weight.

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Re: **official UK liberty cap season 2021** (NO ID REQUESTS!) [Re: TheForrager]
#27506185 - 10/16/21 11:23 AM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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TheForrager said: Second trip and another good day I can't believe how many are out. I got bored and gave up counting at 2800 but still carried on picking. Then got bored of picking and walked passed hundreds on the way back to the car. Total over 3000 shrooms and over 1kg in weight.


Wow man , I had quite the same experience the other day got tired of picking and left knowing there are so many more there.
Whereabouts you find yours ? Also how the hell did you count them lol
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Re: **official UK liberty cap season 2021** (NO ID REQUESTS!) [Re: 108]
#27506193 - 10/16/21 11:31 AM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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108 said: People saying they've been finding mainly small ones , I found a place the other day which was amazing , they were just everywhere andi found some real big ones there too. It seemed like nobody knew about this field although just a few seconds drive up the road people were walking around picking them quite obviously, one guy was just walking around with a bag and filling the bag lol but this place I found was amazing I couldn't believe it.
The place I found was public land but No1 was there at all, only saw 1 person walking their dog the whole time.
Here's some pics







I get the same thing, strolling around on my own, then driving home past furtive looking characters on the roadside lol! Well done for finding it!
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Re: **official UK liberty cap season 2021** (NO ID REQUESTS!) [Re: TheForrager]
#27506195 - 10/16/21 11:34 AM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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TheForrager said: Second trip and another good day I can't believe how many are out. I got bored and gave up counting at 2800 but still carried on picking. Then got bored of picking and walked passed hundreds on the way back to the car. Total over 3000 shrooms and over 1kg in weight.


Mate thatโs unreal! Letโs hope we get similar down South soon ๐ค
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Re: **official UK liberty cap season 2021** (NO ID REQUESTS!) [Re: 108]
#27506197 - 10/16/21 11:37 AM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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Hi I just count as I pick them, i count to hundred and put one in a different pocket every hundred then count them at the end of the walk. I deffinately Wouldn't be counting up to 2800 one at a time hahaha. I'm in Lancashire only covered about a 1/4 of the field and only been to one of my fields, there are literally thousands out and about. Not bad for 3hours picking. Where abouts are you?
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Re: **official UK liberty cap season 2021** (NO ID REQUESTS!) [Re: TheForrager]
#27506203 - 10/16/21 11:52 AM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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TheForrager said: Hi I just count as I pick them, i count to hundred and put one in a different pocket every hundred then count them at the end of the walk. I deffinately Wouldn't be counting up to 2800 one at a time hahaha. I'm in Lancashire only covered about a 1/4 of the field and only been to one of my fields, there are literally thousands out and about. Not bad for 3hours picking. Where abouts are you?
Lol I was thinking you sitting at home and counting them 1 by one haha.
I live just outside norht London but I took a trip to peak District a couple days ago that's where I found mine
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Re: **official UK liberty cap season 2021** (NO ID REQUESTS!) [Re: 108]
#27506311 - 10/16/21 04:19 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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So far I've found 8 in a field that I found 3 in a couple of years ago, so I think I need to find some new hunting grounds!
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Re: **official UK liberty cap season 2021** (NO ID REQUESTS!) [Re: TheForrager]
#27506338 - 10/16/21 04:48 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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TheForrager said: Second trip and another good day I can't believe how many are out. I got bored and gave up counting at 2800 but still carried on picking. Then got bored of picking and walked passed hundreds on the way back to the car. Total over 3000 shrooms and over 1kg in weight.


Epic haul.
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Re: **official UK liberty cap season 2021** (NO ID REQUESTS!) [Re: Reticulated]
#27506367 - 10/16/21 05:14 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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Jeez!!!! ๐๐๐๐๐๐ต what a haul... well done. I'm in West Yorkshire, and so far have only been finding small numbers and mainly smaller in size too!! I do hope it picks up soon.. Some brilliant photos this year guys.. well impressed!
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Re: **official UK liberty cap season 2021** (NO ID REQUESTS!) [Re: 108] 1
#27506563 - 10/16/21 08:36 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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108 said:
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TheForrager said: Hi I just count as I pick them, i count to hundred and put one in a different pocket every hundred then count them at the end of the walk. I deffinately Wouldn't be counting up to 2800 one at a time hahaha. I'm in Lancashire only covered about a 1/4 of the field and only been to one of my fields, there are literally thousands out and about. Not bad for 3hours picking. Where abouts are you?
Lol I was thinking you sitting at home and counting them 1 by one haha.
I live just outside norht London but I took a trip to peak District a couple days ago that's where I found mine
โโฆtwo thousand three hundred and twenty two, ooh thatโs a nice bird, damn! One, two, threeโฆโ ๐๐
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Re: **official UK liberty cap season 2021** (NO ID REQUESTS!) [Re: 108]
#27506666 - 10/16/21 10:03 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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108 said:
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Liberte said: I've been mostly finding sun dried and small fresh ones in Wales. I think there's a lot of small ones at the moment as there hasn't been much rain the last week and it's been warm again. It looks like rain is coming next week and the temps are dropping which should bring out a big flush, then I suppose it'll start tapering off as we'll be heading into November. I think it's been a great season so far, I've never seen so many! 
Whereabouts in wales ? Have you found any in the previous week's up until.now ?
This was around Snowdonia, I've only been here a few days so not sure about the last weeks.
I'm not so sure about the size depending on temps and rain now, I went out today and found loads of chunky ones, it seems to depend on the grass, if the grass is short then they tend to be smaller.
Well done on your find in the Peaks and thanks for sharing the pics.
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Re: **official UK liberty cap season 2021** (NO ID REQUESTS!) [Re: TheForrager]
#27506824 - 10/17/21 12:15 AM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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TheForrager said: Second trip and another good day I can't believe how many are out. I got bored and gave up counting at 2800 but still carried on picking. Then got bored of picking and walked passed hundreds on the way back to the car. Total over 3000 shrooms and over 1kg in weight.


How do you even go about drying that many at a time? Newspaper all over the house?
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Re: **official UK liberty cap season 2021** (NO ID REQUESTS!) [Re: Stone Dippy]
#27507359 - 10/17/21 09:23 AM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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Stone Dippy said:
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108 said:
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TheForrager said: Hi I just count as I pick them, i count to hundred and put one in a different pocket every hundred then count them at the end of the walk. I deffinately Wouldn't be counting up to 2800 one at a time hahaha. I'm in Lancashire only covered about a 1/4 of the field and only been to one of my fields, there are literally thousands out and about. Not bad for 3hours picking. Where abouts are you?
Lol I was thinking you sitting at home and counting them 1 by one haha.
I live just outside norht London but I took a trip to peak District a couple days ago that's where I found mine
โโฆtwo thousand three hundred and twenty two, ooh thatโs a nice bird, damn! One, two, threeโฆโ ๐๐
Haha ๐
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Re: **official UK liberty cap season 2021** (NO ID REQUESTS!) [Re: 108]
#27507471 - 10/17/21 01:02 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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South east is juuuust starting to flush in a few places.
Nothing major just yet but itโs all good a sign.

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Re: **official UK liberty cap season 2021** (NO ID REQUESTS!) [Re: Diza] 1
#27507492 - 10/17/21 01:31 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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Diza said: South east is juuuust starting to flush in a few places.
Nothing major just yet but itโs all good a sign.
This is a very welcome post, many people have been getting anxious in your area.
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