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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: 12FourPlus3]
#28495474 - 10/07/23 01:15 PM (3 months, 19 days ago) |
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12FourPlus3 said: Yeah, our spot is out to the north of the area and highly productive (and we don't completely ravage it; flick and pick!).
Went out and found a surprising 52 lovelies. Was lush out there and tough going climbing and traversing those hills in the ridiculous heat.

Congrats on your hunt! It sounds like you've got yourself a nice spot. Hopefully, with a little luck, the next time you go hunting, you'll find an even bigger haul.
Like you, it's tough work climbing and hiking up hills etc. Today, my body feels like it's been kicked up and down the street by Mike Tyson in his prime. This weekend, I'm taking the rest of the weekend off. Currently watching the Rugby (Scotland vs Ireland) and cooking some Southern Fried Chicken, Mashed Potatoes, Garlic Bread, Onion Rings and Coleslaw!
Smoked a few joints. Cracked a beer. Enjoy your weekend folks!
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Virgin.Hunter] 1
#28495476 - 10/07/23 01:17 PM (3 months, 19 days ago) |
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Virgin.Hunter said: NOT Libs!!
Look-a-likes (if you have no experiance of picking Libs.. once you see them you can't mistake them!)

It's safe to say folks, if you think this is a liberty cap, you either need to book an eye test at your local Specsavers or just give up all together.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: gENERIX]
#28495507 - 10/07/23 01:44 PM (3 months, 19 days ago) |
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Yea you're spot on with that, I assume your also picking at a pretty high elevation maybe? Might not matter too much if scotland really is cooler. I'm in wales 300m and nothing special yet, not like the harvests you're getting. I think you're a couple weeks ahead like you said, scotland usually peaks earlier as the frost hits a lot sooner there too. I've only been out twice so far and i've only found 100 combined, with barely any shroom activity at all (of any kind), temps are meant to finally be dropping below 10c next week so big flushes should be happening soon. Enjoy your trips, You're killing it.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: gENERIX]
#28495531 - 10/07/23 02:20 PM (3 months, 19 days ago) |
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Thank you and congrats on your own hunting!
Last year was amazing; think we got around 1.5kg wet over 4 consecutive weekends. It's a bit of a trek and we can't go on weekdays, but I think two weekends' time will be the real start as it's still due to be warmer for the next few days, then temps should start to drop.
Hope your dinner was tasty and enjoy your weekend.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: 0xmoo]
#28495734 - 10/07/23 06:25 PM (3 months, 19 days ago) |
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0xmoo said: Yea you're spot on with that, I assume your also picking at a pretty high elevation maybe? Might not matter too much if scotland really is cooler. I'm in wales 300m and nothing special yet, not like the harvests you're getting. I think you're a couple weeks ahead like you said, scotland usually peaks earlier as the frost hits a lot sooner there too. I've only been out twice so far and i've only found 100 combined, with barely any shroom activity at all (of any kind), temps are meant to finally be dropping below 10c next week so big flushes should be happening soon. Enjoy your trips, You're killing it.
Thank you for your compliment. Trust me, there's years where I've went from field to field for hours on end and walked away with nothing but a runny nose and wet feet. It takes time, education and determination. If you have all three, you're guaranteed for success. This applies to all walks of life.
You're right though, I'm picking up in high altitude areas where the conditions for libs, and all shrooms is absolutely perfect. Both long and short grass. Former and current sheep pastures. Hill sides., rainfall. You name it, these hillsides have got it when it comes to shroom fruition.
What I like to do is always keep a close eye on the weather forecast each morning at the start of Autumn right through until the very first frost. For me personally, the perfect weather conditions are always after a heavy day/night of heavy rainfall, and then the following day of hunting, nothing but dry sunshine with mild winds. Those conditions for me personally are when libs sprout endlessly. Not only that, but the dryer weather provides libs a chance to dry out a little so their colour transforms from a deep brown to a white/pale colour like some of my pics in earlier posts. In times/scenarios like the ones I'm providing, it's almost like "picking candy from a baby". You can spot those white heads among the short and deep thick grass from almost a mile away.
In the rain, when libs have soaked up all that moisture, they transform and take on that dark heavy brown colour. It makes it far more difficult for your average hunter to pick. Not only that, but it also makes it harder to distinguish a lib from other sprouting shrooms. This can be especially difficult for your first time hunters.
Hopefully all this info helps. Like I've said already, as I continue hunting, I'll continue posting. The more information and added pics I share, the easier that I like to think it gets for the newbies out that are keen to learn.
Happy hunting everyone and enjoy the rest of your weekend!
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: gENERIX]
#28496197 - 10/08/23 06:27 AM (3 months, 19 days ago) |
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gENERIX said:
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Virgin.Hunter said: NOT Libs!!
Look-a-likes (if you have no experience of picking Libs.. once you see them you can't mistake them!)

It's safe to say folks, if you think this is a liberty cap, you either need to book an eye test at your local Specsavers or just give up all together.

This is why I didn't want to post the Look-A-Likes HERE!
You know and I know it's not a 'Magic Mushroom' but others that are keen to get out there, especially seeing your success might be 'fooled' into thinking that the Shrooms in the Pasture are all similar looking and in the absence of actual Liberty Cap they may pick and potentially consume the wrong type of Fungi > I found no LC in this particular forage.. 06/10/23
Yesterday a few other people out there had minimal hauls, maybe 50x Libs in several hours of 'Hunting' we found 16x in our good spot! >
It's still a bit early and we have gone far and wide >
On the PLUS... there is lots more activity including the PENNY BUN / CEPT (These are easily identifiable) which are delicious to eat or store.. you may know them as Porcini and they cost a fortune to buy!
The Mushroom Cap you highlight could also be mistaken for 'Wavy Cap' I don't belive this is a Wavy Cap either..
My rule if you don't know, don't chance it!
Please keep us updated and the more photo's of all stages of Lib development will help everyone (reading this)
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Virgin.Hunter]
#28497354 - 10/09/23 07:57 AM (3 months, 18 days ago) |
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Actually... It does look like you have 2 small pin liberty caps there amongst your lookalikes:
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Bobz99]
#28497355 - 10/09/23 08:00 AM (3 months, 18 days ago) |
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Although if I'm ever unsure then I always do a few more checks, like pealing the translucent skin off and looking under and feeling the stem and caps texture and trying to bend/break the stem to see how it reacts.....and of course there is the spore print check.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Bobz99]
#28497447 - 10/09/23 10:10 AM (3 months, 18 days ago) |
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I wasn't 100% with these, because they were in isolation and nothing remotely like a LC anywhere nearby I ruled them out..
I should have marked the ground, to check back!
I'll try to add some more 'Not Libs'
On the positive, I've started to see some evidence, maybe 35 LC in total without much effort...
I'm still waiting for the BOOM!!! I think by the Weekend it will kick off! IMO no point in wasting hours and hours searching for the odd 1 here and there!
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Virgin.Hunter]
#28497459 - 10/09/23 10:25 AM (3 months, 18 days ago) |
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Virgin.Hunter] 1
#28497482 - 10/09/23 10:43 AM (3 months, 18 days ago) |
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Nice day up the moors a girl took me in her car I met on Facebook. Get in.
Only went for an hour - they was literally everywhere we walked.
Cheers.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Blazeyy]
#28497483 - 10/09/23 10:46 AM (3 months, 18 days ago) |
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She got the hang of it in the end, only took me about 20 minutes to teach her between the different species and she was picking them herself then, there is absolutely loads out though, I didn't even have to go to my spots they fruited prolifically along the walkways, so it's a bumper year for libs
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Blazeyy]
#28497497 - 10/09/23 11:04 AM (3 months, 17 days ago) |
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What's the approx location please?
Trying to see if the season is coming South of Scotland?
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Virgin.Hunter] 2
#28497591 - 10/09/23 12:29 PM (3 months, 17 days ago) |
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I have finally just seen that my golden spot has started to fruit on Sunday just gone. I'm only just feeling like the flushes are starting to come. West Yorkshire FYI.
It's worth noting that this spot is still not what I found it to be on the 1st October last year. So I think maybe atleast another week... But this week has hardly any rain forecasted so we'll see.
I'm only now considering planning some long walks to find some new spots (all my previous finds this year have been from already known spots).
It's always the best feeling when you find some, crouch down to pick them and then already have the next bunch lined up in eye sight.... Anyway few pics (just short of 90g wet picked - this field has the potential for 500g+ wet when in peak):





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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Bobz99] 1
#28497684 - 10/09/23 01:54 PM (3 months, 17 days ago) |
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Bobz99 said: I have finally just seen that my golden spot has started to fruit on Sunday just gone. I'm only just feeling like the flushes are starting to come. West Yorkshire FYI.
It's worth noting that this spot is still not what I found it to be on the 1st October last year. So I think maybe atleast another week... But this week has hardly any rain forecasted so we'll see.
I'm only now considering planning some long walks to find some new spots (all my previous finds this year have been from already known spots).
It's always the best feeling when you find some, crouch down to pick them and then already have the next bunch lined up in eye sight.... Anyway few pics (just short of 90g wet picked - this field has the potential for 500g+ wet when in peak):






This is all poster material. Very nice seeing them in groups spread out like that.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Bobz99]
#28497878 - 10/09/23 04:48 PM (3 months, 17 days ago) |
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Yea most of the UK finally seems to be getting temps below 10c next week, huge flushes should finally start happening in the places where they weren't. I'm hoping we get more rain, my spots are producing, but just nowhere near peak season yet (wales 300m). Just around the corner for the rest of us
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Bobz99]
#28498028 - 10/09/23 06:31 PM (3 months, 17 days ago) |
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is that a sheep poo?
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: jet li]
#28498406 - 10/10/23 02:37 AM (3 months, 17 days ago) |
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It most certainly is a sheep poo  Comes with the territory  At least that ones nice and dry
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Bobz99] 2
#28498475 - 10/10/23 05:27 AM (3 months, 17 days ago) |
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So after drying out my entire haul, I went and weighed everything before jarring them all up and adding a couple Selicia packs for long term storage. My total weight as it stands is 97g.

My goal was originally 200g, but I'd be happy if I can reach 150g in total dry weight by the end of this years season.
My first hunt this week is planned for tomorrow. The weather here's been horrible with nonstop rain and high winds. According to the weather forecast tomorrow though, it's meant to be dry with spouts of sunshine and mild temperatures. If all goes to plan, there should be a littler of libs. 🤞 🤞
Once again, I'll take some pics and keep everyone updated with my progress. It's great to see people here finally getting bigger and better hauls. Happy hunting everyone!
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: gENERIX]
#28498484 - 10/10/23 05:46 AM (3 months, 17 days ago) |
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Noice! Would love to have a nice stash of semis. Haven't even hunted for them in many years because it's hard to find them in public in large numbers. Loving these UK photos. And Scotland looks beautiful.
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