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***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) 2
#28469906 - 09/15/23 11:26 AM (4 months, 10 days ago) |
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By request  So I know other's have found a few lib caps already but nobody seems to have started a thread for this season. Early today in Northumberland while out walking.



Still early in the season yet but they are out there to be found. Be heading out in the next 2 weeks to explore my favourite spot in North Yorkshire moors. I'll post some more pics soon
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#28469932 - 09/15/23 11:51 AM (4 months, 10 days ago) |
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 As if it's that time again...
edit: pic tax from last season for hype building:


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๐ฌ๏ธ ๐ป โโโ โฎโฎโฎโฎ ๐ โนโคโฟ ๐ฌ๏ธ ๐ป โโโ โฎโฎโฎโฎ ๐ โนโคโฟ ๐ฌ๏ธ ๐ป โโโ โฎโฎโฎโฎ ๐ โนโคโฟ
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: mandrax360]
#28471836 - 09/17/23 03:11 AM (4 months, 9 days ago) |
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Sweet, I'll be doing the same in the next few weeks as I had not much success last year in the North York Moors, found maybe 10-15 overall. Any pointers on where to look for the little buggers?
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Mechrazor] 2
#28471842 - 09/17/23 03:23 AM (4 months, 9 days ago) |
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I find most of my spots by just doing something I enjoy, walking the countryside. When you see this sign
 Or this one on a gate
 You can't go wrong.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: mandrax360] 1
#28471897 - 09/17/23 05:26 AM (4 months, 9 days ago) |
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Oh hey maybe I'll find more than 0.99g this year. The South is the worst.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Acinonyx] 1
#28473310 - 09/18/23 04:26 AM (4 months, 8 days ago) |
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Good luck to all! Absolutely pissing it down here, quite bit colder the last few days too, so I'm getting the jacket on & venturing out to check a near by spot.
 I'll report back with any findings!

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 A modest but satisfying haul of about 8 Libs in the end. Can't beat the feeling when you start scoping them, the season begins! Excited to get out to the main spots now that I've had hands on a few...

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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Lithop] 2
#28480972 - 09/24/23 12:36 PM (4 months, 1 day ago) |
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First haul of the year at a new patch I found after visiting my go to site and it being overgrown. 100 approx various size. 4.4g dried ๐
Uk, near Manchester, ground level.
Good luck ๐
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: RickP] 2
#28481441 - 09/24/23 07:07 PM (4 months, 1 day ago) |
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Ah awesome-can't believe it's that time of year again! Also can't believe it's going to be my 4th year of hunting (first year didn't have much success tho) also stroke of luck that the field I search in now has sheep in (first time ever, was always cows) so I'm taking it as a sign! I never got to look in a sheep field before. Farmer also helpfully cut the grass (it was way too long to spot libs half the time before) so I'm expecting it to be my best year yet fingers crossed
It's nearly Oct already but being in the Midlands I haven't been out yet, I just hope we don't have an early hard frost and we get a good couple months. Happy hunting!
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Rache2020] 1
#28482144 - 09/25/23 09:24 AM (4 months, 1 day ago) |
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North Yorkshire moors today.
  
   Found loads of fresh pins and a few sun/wind dried libs . Was still the odd few wild blueberries , always happy with free snax while out walking. Will be hitting my local spots over the next few weeks as conditions are looking good . Have fun out there fellow hunters and good luck .
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: mandrax360] 3
#28484786 - 09/27/23 02:02 PM (3 months, 29 days ago) |
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So is this the official Liberty Cap 2023 Thread for the UK? If so, I'll be making sure to keep a close eye on everyones finds, hauls, pictures and information.
For the longest time as I've grown older, life has caught up with me, and the only time I've had to go hunting is on the weekends when I'm off from work. Sadly, I'm a grown adult now with bills to pay and a roof to keep over my head. Long gone are the days of being at College with fuck all to do but go Shroom Hunting for days at a time.
With that all being said, I'm currently off from work for another 4 weeks after shattering my forearm so I'm mobile, but as far as my job role goes, I'm pretty much useless. Regardless, it's not stopping me going out hunting and making the most of the end of September and the start of October. Picking Libs nice and early in the season when the weathers warmer, and I'm not having to FREEZE my baws off (balls for all you English folk out there) makes a HUGE difference.
Got a dedicated friend who's keen to go hunting. Our first trip starts this Saturday at 11am. With me being up in Scotland, and Sheep Pastures and Farmers Fields all around a 20 minute radius, I reckon we're going to both have a real successful haul this year.
It's rare that I post here on the Shroomery these days, but with each hunt, and each haul, I'll be sure to keep everyone updated with what we find. For all you newbies out there, I'll be taking pictures of landscapes, grasslands, and everything you need to know to get yourself started. Half the battle is knowing the real landscapes to go hunting on. Forget Woodlands, it's a waste of time. Trust me, I learnt that the hardway. Once you've got landscapes tied down, it's just a game of patience and resilience.
Looking forward to the 2023 Liberty Cap Season. It's been a while, but something in my bones tells me this is going to be one successful season! LET'S GO!
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: gENERIX] 1
#28485830 - 09/28/23 02:02 PM (3 months, 28 days ago) |
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 R.I.P Sycamore Just baffled by this madness, sat tripping my nut off under that tree more than I care to remember.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: mandrax360] 1
#28486536 - 09/29/23 08:37 AM (3 months, 28 days ago) |
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Quote:
gENERIX said: It's rare that I post here on the Shroomery these days, but with each hunt, and each haul, I'll be sure to keep everyone updated with what we find. For all you newbies out there, I'll be taking pictures of landscapes, grasslands, and everything you need to know to get yourself started. Half the battle is knowing the real landscapes to go hunting on. Forget Woodlands, it's a waste of time. Trust me, I learnt that the hardway. Once you've got landscapes tied down, it's just a game of patience and resilience.
 Good luck on the hunt tomorrow and all the best healing up- must be a pain in the bawbag having an arm out of action.
 It really is about recognising a potential spot, patience and resilience as you said. Here's my contribution of factors to consider when judging a spot for newer hunters. Location wise for this demonstration, is one spot in Northern England.
 A.) Yellowing grass. Libs are saprotrophs to dead grass/ decaying grass roots. Early on in season it might not be as obvious, but if the grass is yellow all the way to the top, then there will be plenty decaying at ground-level for Libs to munch. Sedge (that really pointy, tough type of reedy grass) and yellow grass together is an even better indicator, IME.
B.)Spear/Bullthistles These are all over the place in all of the spots I frequent and are more often than not a good sign that there will be Libs near by. Old pastures that have grazing sheep, for example, are often littered with these. When I find a good patch, 90% of the time there are browned/dying ones of these right nearby.
C.) Varied elevationAnecdotally, I think having a big hill is good start because through the season, the varying height will provide more chances for the microclimate to be just right to encourage Libs to fruit. For example, in the early season I usually find more higher up, as it's colder up high and as time progresses they are found lower too.
 Zoomed in little sedge-patch from last week with Libs ranging from old to new, dry and wet.
Don't forget to grab a mesh veggie-bag or something like that, so as you carry your haul around you can allow spore dispersal/ keep your finds in good nick while you search. Happy hunting to everyone,and to newer pickers: research a lot, get out there often, enjoy yourself, be respectful of nature where you're hunting and eventually you'll strike gold.

:edit: made some changes ___________________________________________________________________________ P.S, mandrax- did you take that picture? R.I.P to the tree in question nonetheless. : double edit: I see the news story now about Sycamore Gap That's fucked 
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Lithop] 1
#28486754 - 09/29/23 01:47 PM (3 months, 27 days ago) |
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Nice write up on the libs for da newbies Lithop . The picture is a Google image, all my pics of the gap have family faces in them so can't post . Was only up there 2 weeks back and sat under the tree to have some lunch, I just can't understand what someone would get out of cutting it down.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: mandrax360] 2
#28487038 - 09/29/23 07:44 PM (3 months, 27 days ago) |
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Why would anyone even contemplate doing such a thing??? the human race baffles me. The teen that was arrested has been released and a 60yr old man has been arrested now. Hope they get the right person and get the maximum fine. But ยฃ20,000 is not enough for that beauty.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Chedderfish7] 1
#28488719 - 10/01/23 10:53 AM (3 months, 25 days ago) |
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Today, I headed out with an inexperienced friend of mine who's keen to stock up on liberty caps to try knock his alcohol habit. With me being off from work at the moment with a broken shoulder, we decided we'd take advantage of the Autumn weather. We took a drive and hit a real hot spot. We were only there 2 hours and found a mind field of shrooms. From now, until I return to work in a month or so, we're going to hit the same spot, and find and pick as many lib caps as we possibly can so that we've both got enough to keep us stocked up for the entire year.
Last night, we had some serious rainfall, and the sun was out today, and with it only being early Autumn, it's still nice and warm so we never had to be concerned with that horrible wind chill. Picking out in the sun in fairly warm weather makes all the difference!
Here's a few pics of our finds this today:




This last picture should make you laugh. This random dude showed up walking his dogs. He clocked both me and my mate on our hands and knees scoping for shrooms, so instead of walking his dog, he figured he'd chip in and pick some for himself. We got speaking, and it turns out he's always been into psychedelics. It's only after seeing us both that he thought he'd have a hunt himself. He couldn't believe his luck. We were on mushie mountain!

Going to SMASH IT this year! LET'S GO!
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: gENERIX]
#28488752 - 10/01/23 11:18 AM (3 months, 25 days ago) |
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A quick question for someone with more experience than myself, when it comes to soil and little bits of grass, as I dry these liberty caps out, should I be concerned about those little bits of grass, moss and dirt? For almost an hour, all I did was pick little bits of grass/moss off of the shrooms. There's not a chance in hell I plan on doing that for the next month or so. The last thing I have is the patience of a saint.
Going forward, I'd much rather pick what we find, lay them out on newspaper in my loft and let them dry out without me having to worry about little bits of grass, moss or dirt. The time it takes to pick all that shit off takes equally, or even more time than it does picking the shrooms themselves. Fuck all that.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: gENERIX] 1
#28488901 - 10/01/23 01:37 PM (3 months, 25 days ago) |
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Never really bothered me too much with the bits of grass and soil but I just started picking a different method. I try to break the stripe (stem ) so I don't pull any soil up . Before I place them in the container or mcdonalds brown bag I remove the stray grass . Also found if the grass is short and dry you can compact the grass down and pick your harvest with pulling the grass up . I know I use to get all excited and just pick like mad when I found a large flush but as I've got older I found I take my time and enjoy it more and end up spending less time at home cleaning up my find
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: mandrax360] 1
#28488919 - 10/01/23 01:55 PM (3 months, 25 days ago) |
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Oh it's here!! 
I didn't know if I was allowed to create an official post! 
Well great this is now officially started!!
Some great finds already here and some fantastic advise. Keep it going!
I've found about another 20/30g wet in the last week, BUT been keeping a close eye on my golden spot.... And absolutely nothing yet which is strange because on 1st October last year it was booming! The odd weather pattern we have had recently must have delayed it. Hoping in the next week or so it will kick into action!
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: gENERIX] 2
#28488926 - 10/01/23 02:04 PM (3 months, 25 days ago) |
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This is completely down to your style of picking. I don't really get much grass and excess when picking.
I part the shrooms from the grass with all my fingers before picking close to the root when I find a bunch.
If you're just trying to be as quick as possible then it's inevitable that you will pick up the excess as well.
Either time is taken when picking them, or time is taken after, while sorting them.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Bobz99]
#28490810 - 10/03/23 09:47 AM (3 months, 24 days ago) |
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I'm wanting to contribute (a little) but so far, no luck.... 
Location: Cheshire/Derbyshire.
We found a few Libs back in the wet summer 2023, I was hoping that the wet and cold would kick start the season...
I will head out more, over the next few days... I'll be sure to let you know when we start getting fruits..
Land is Wet, Weather Warm, Overnight not so Low.. and just as it starts to cool down (Autumnal) we get a Heatwave...
> One thing I found, the Fly Agarics   (Classically Red with White spots easily identifiable) these were out about a week or so before the biggest fruits of last season (Libs were fruiting 1st to 2nd week October 2022)
I agree with @Lithop
Land, Grass and Dry Thistle, Reeds, Livestock, Higher elevations (all good indicators)
As previous poster has mentioned.... They also seem to grow conveniently next to 'Public Footpaths' or else in the neighbouring fields...
The MMM hasn't lit up in our area! it's still pale pink! unlike the Northern Counties and Wales!
I don't want to rely on the MMM too much, just in case the predictions are inaccurate, it would be encouraging to find out if it's working for the hunters in the North! Where it's all Dark Red!
Good Luck everyone...
Please update with locations success or failure, we might spot a pattern!
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Bobz99]
#28490949 - 10/03/23 12:31 PM (3 months, 23 days ago) |
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Saw loads of little pins out today up at in the hills in North Wales. Too small to pick. How long do people reckon before theyโre ready? Weโve got warm weather coming for the weekend so they may end up dried out. Is it worth going back in a couple of days before it warms up?
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: FlipFlops]
#28491647 - 10/04/23 02:15 AM (3 months, 23 days ago) |
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Virgin.Hunter said: I'm wanting to contribute (a little) but so far, no luck.... 
Location: Cheshire/Derbyshire.
We found a few Libs back in the wet summer 2023, I was hoping that the wet and cold would kick start the season...
I will head out more, over the next few days... I'll be sure to let you know when we start getting fruits..
Land is Wet, Weather Warm, Overnight not so Low.. and just as it starts to cool down (Autumnal) we get a Heatwave...
> One thing I found, the Fly Agarics   (Classically Red with White spots easily identifiable) these were out about a week or so before the biggest fruits of last season (Libs were fruiting 1st to 2nd week October 2022)
I agree with @Lithop
Land, Grass and Dry Thistle, Reeds, Livestock, Higher elevations (all good indicators)
As previous poster has mentioned.... They also seem to grow conveniently next to 'Public Footpaths' or else in the neighbouring fields...
The MMM hasn't lit up in our area! it's still pale pink! unlike the Northern Counties and Wales!
I don't want to rely on the MMM too much, just in case the predictions are inaccurate, it would be encouraging to find out if it's working for the hunters in the North! Where it's all Dark Red!
Good Luck everyone...
Please update with locations success or failure, we might spot a pattern!
When I found my first lot of libs this season I checked the MMM and it was all grey . I find it good for finding new locations but inaccurate for predicted weather and temperature conditions.
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FlipFlops said: Saw loads of little pins out today up at in the hills in North Wales. Too small to pick. How long do people reckon before theyโre ready? Weโve got warm weather coming for the weekend so they may end up dried out. Is it worth going back in a couple of days before it warms up?
I'd personally go back on the weekend when the weather is nice and the libs are dried . Easier to spot and less time drying at home in my eyes.
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#28491835 - 10/04/23 08:27 AM (3 months, 23 days ago) |
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mandrax360 said: Never really bothered me too much with the bits of grass and soil but I just started picking a different method. I try to break the stripe (stem ) so I don't pull any soil up . Before I place them in the container or mcdonalds brown bag I remove the stray grass . Also found if the grass is short and dry you can compact the grass down and pick your harvest with pulling the grass up . I know I use to get all excited and just pick like mad when I found a large flush but as I've got older I found I take my time and enjoy it more and end up spending less time at home cleaning up my find
Yesterday, I went back out for 4 hours and took your advice and spent a little more time cleaning them before placing them in my tub. Since the soil was really wet this time around, the mushrooms were coming straight out the ground without any resistance at all when I pulled at them. Any dirt on the bottom of the stem, I either pinched off and/or wiped down with my hands to try and keep everything as clean as possible.
Here are some pics of yesterdays expedition. This new spot has been fantastic. It's HUGE, and even though I'm not the only person picking those fields, there's plenty of land to go around for us all.
With it raining almost the entire time I was there, I only snapped a single pic of these lovely looking libs hiding in the long thick grass.

This second picture below does our total haul no justice, but in that bowl alone, we had roughly 400g+ wet libs after a good 4 hours of picking. Hopefully we get these sort of hauls for the next couple of weeks at least. It makes such a difference picking at the start of Autumn, and not towards the end when it gets FREEZING with that horrid wind chill. 

Lastly, here's a picture of one of the shrooms dried out from our original haul for comparison to a freshly picked lib. It just goes to show much they shrink in size once they've finally dried out. That's a good 90% of water weight that's been lost in the process.

My next hunt should be on Friday. I'll keep everyone updated as I progress throughout this season.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: mandrax360]
#28492388 - 10/04/23 07:24 PM (3 months, 22 days ago) |
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I only found 4 (total) there was quite a few look-a-likes - I didn't take photo's but if there's a look-a-like thread I would be happy to contribute! (to avoid any potential confusion)
So the bad news, my easy access fields are literally full of sheep and fences have been pad-locked (suggesting no open invitation to wonder through with or without the dog!)
What might explain this, another fence has basically disintegrated leaving a wide open access to pasture and 'No Sheep' any time soon... this will be a good cover as the dog can run wild and I can get 'busy' picking!
All in all, it still seems to be a tad early! I might venture to higher ground... and see if my luck improves.
I'm still not sure if the weather is on our side... potential mini-heatwave.
No sign of the Fly Agaric either, which also got me thinking... over the years I've noticed a lot of Canadian Geese that gather in nearby fields! i.e just before migration... this could also be another 'tell' > Do they migrate at the same time or when the conditions change and the wind's behind them?
MMM is getting darker Red as it spreads south.... and appears darker in the higher elevations.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Virgin.Hunter]
#28493181 - 10/05/23 02:52 PM (3 months, 21 days ago) |
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Similar shoes here. Beginning of august I went once and found 70ish (a lot of effort tho), then we had the heatwave. Since then I went back 2 days ago thinking at the worst it would be better than when I found 70 but I only managed to find 27 this time and there was barely any shroom activity at all, not even lookalikes etc. I'm in wales and my spot is 300m. It does seem hit or miss currently, annoying as it's meant to get warmer again Hopefully we get a really good november
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#28493455 - 10/05/23 05:50 PM (3 months, 21 days ago) |
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Went out hunting at my new "Magical" spot for an hour today, and got carried away, and was out there for over three hours. The weather was NASTY with high winds and pretty heavy rainfall, but I was dressed for the occasion. The minute I find a lump of Shrooms, I get all excited, and before you know it, minutes seem to have turned into hours and I've forgotten what time it even is.
Here's a few pics of my haul earlier today. Up in Scotland, we seem to be getting a better overall climate than you boys down south. The plan is to keep smashing it EOD for the next couple of weeks.



300g+ in total for a few hours picking.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: gENERIX]
#28494066 - 10/06/23 02:03 AM (3 months, 21 days ago) |
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Nice haul. Yea it's not even possible for me to find them like that yet. Shroom activity is very slow. I can't wait to be spending more time on the ground picking than walking around looking lol, i'm jelly. Bring november
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#28494551 - 10/06/23 03:18 PM (3 months, 20 days ago) |
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Another days hunting. Best day yet.
After hunting for a good few hours yesterday in the pishing rain and the nasty wind, things began to calm down as the evening/night went on. Today, I never planned on going out hunting since my missus had the car for the day, but she told me, if I moved quickly, I'd be able to drop her off and still have the car for a few hours.
Well.. it's safe to say... THANK FUCK she got me rushing out the door, cause all those shrooms yesterday had dried out and whitened up, and were mostly yellow/white caps. A good 80% of the libs today had whitened up and were easy to pick out from the dark green grass. It made yesterday feel like a walk in the park - no pun intended.
Here's some pics of my 4 hour adventure.




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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: gENERIX]
#28494643 - 10/06/23 04:51 PM (3 months, 20 days ago) |
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Nothing for us yet.... i got lots of look a like photos so will start a thread dedicated to that.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Virgin.Hunter] 1
#28494644 - 10/06/23 04:54 PM (3 months, 20 days ago) |
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Gotta know what you're looking for. Honestly, the minute I handed both my missus and friends a liberty cap, they went off in their own direction and came back with 95% of libs. They'd show me, and I'd pick out the duds. Besides that, a lib looks like a lib. Once you see one, there's no forgetting how or what they look like.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: gENERIX] 1
#28494665 - 10/06/23 05:17 PM (3 months, 20 days ago) |
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NOT Libs!!
Look-a-likes (if you have no experiance of picking Libs.. once you see them you can't mistake them!)
Only posting becaude some people might be impatitent to wait for the season to deliver!
And these are all out now and NOT what you are looking for!









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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: gENERIX]
#28494701 - 10/06/23 05:53 PM (3 months, 20 days ago) |
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Whats the goal? i.e Dry Weight?
How do you plan to take them, store them etc.. or can't we talk about that?
If you pop about 10 raw, with a dried (1g) brew.. you get a nice first trip... i keep trying to get that perfect balance... not going into another dimension but just closing your eyes and watching the trip play out ... mad shapes and geometry like floating through space and you feel great.. all anxiety and fear (especially fear of actually taking 'shrooms') just washes away and the feeling of euphoria is un rivaled..
On the other hand take too much and you may regret it, best advice dont ever take them alone.. set the mood and have a sitter!
I've been microdosing circa 0.20g in a Manuka and Herbal Tea.. not really perceptual but certainly lifts the mood for a few weeks ( I've not needed to take more often than that )
I would like another 'good' trip though...
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: gENERIX]
#28495056 - 10/07/23 01:01 AM (3 months, 20 days ago) |
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Awesome!
What is your rough geographical location please? I'm near Greater Manchester and wondering if I should head out this afternoon, or if they're not this far south yet and it's worth waiting a few weeks until cooler temps start.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: 12FourPlus3]
#28495101 - 10/07/23 03:39 AM (3 months, 20 days ago) |
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Always worth heading out, the window can be small so you need to be ready!
Plus its good (for you) to get out...
North Manchester is probably better, we're South and so far no luck, found 4 earlier this week but no young pins..
Get the weekend walkers out of the way and it could be good in the next 2-3 weeks before the temp drops to frost!
I will still keep looking..
I think he's Scotland way!
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Virgin.Hunter]
#28495210 - 10/07/23 08:03 AM (3 months, 20 days ago) |
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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.
Agree with your assessment of when it will peak and luckily we have the next few weekends free to head out. Happy hunting everyone!
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Virgin.Hunter said: Whats the goal? i.e Dry Weight?
How do you plan to take them, store them etc.. or can't we talk about that?
The goal is 200g dry weight. It seems like a pretty steep number, but with me being off work at the moment, and this new spot only being a 10min drive away, the plan is to hit it up for another week every other day. Like someone has mentioned already, it's a small time window, and right now, I'm enjoying picking shrooms with the weather still being reasonably mild. There's nothing worse than having to pick in the FREEZING COLD.
200g saves me having to go through the trouble of having to grow my own. Not only that, but I can do as I please with that amount. Mega dose, mild dose and even microdoses.
Each hunt, I'll continue posting pics. It'll be for another week or so until I hit my target weight. After that, I'm going to kick back and enjoy the reaps of my rewards.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: 12FourPlus3]
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12FourPlus3 said: Awesome!
What is your rough geographical location please? I'm near Greater Manchester and wondering if I should head out this afternoon, or if they're not this far south yet and it's worth waiting a few weeks until cooler temps start.
Ta!
Scotland is my rough geographical location. England is noticeably warmer weather than up here so I'd imagine you'll be picking a couple weeks later than myself. That being said, I could be totally wrong. Never once have I ever picked in England so I'm not 100% sure. It's far colder up here than down south so I may be ahead of the game as far as seasons go.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: 12FourPlus3]
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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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#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]
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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.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: 0xmoo]
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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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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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#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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#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.
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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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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]
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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]
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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]
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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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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. ๐ค ๐ค
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]
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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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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Virgin.Hunter] 2
#28498488 - 10/10/23 06:04 AM (3 months, 17 days ago) |
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I've just found this thread and think it may have inspired me. I'm South Midlands, so it sounds like I have the opportunity to go for a walk at the weekend.
VH - thanks for the photos. I guess most on here have picked for years and the examples are obvious, but they're really helpful to a total noob like me.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: gENERIX]
#28498532 - 10/10/23 07:28 AM (3 months, 17 days ago) |
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Nice stash so far! Do you reckon you'll smash all that before next season?
Do you freeze them or just stash in dark room at room temperature?
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Janus62]
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Janus62 said: I've just found this thread and think it may have inspired me. I'm South Midlands, so it sounds like I have the opportunity to go for a walk at the weekend.
VH - thanks for the photos. I guess most on here have picked for years and the examples are obvious, but they're really helpful to a total noob like me.
As long as you know my photos are not Libs!
I will post when I start seeing the promised fruits! But our friend in Scotland has really good photos of actual Libs!
> I dried and blitzed my haul and they have stored exceptionally well.. i use a 16th teaspoon to microdose.. half teaspoon is borderline trippy! With mild visuals... eyes closed.. quite a Nice feeling last about 2-3hrs need to take early or else no sleep! Anything more ( for me is too much.. i was teleporting around the house.. not pleasant! Dog barking at me like i was possessed! )
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Virgin.Hunter]
#28498786 - 10/10/23 12:38 PM (3 months, 16 days ago) |
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Went back up with a lad and we got over an oz dry between us (y) packin
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Virgin.Hunter]
#28498788 - 10/10/23 12:39 PM (3 months, 16 days ago) |
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Trying to see if the season is coming South of Scotland?
Greater Manchester, Bury area
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#28498856 - 10/10/23 01:49 PM (3 months, 16 days ago) |
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Some pics my mate took





Even got Amanita on the moors now lol truly magic day
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: mandrax360]
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Flys on the moors is usual.
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#28498894 - 10/10/23 02:20 PM (3 months, 16 days ago) |
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Mad, not seen any this year till today, went through bare forests all week look for them and they are just sat on the side of the path on way back lol
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Blazeyy]
#28498907 - 10/10/23 02:40 PM (3 months, 16 days ago) |
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I've dried two Fly Agaric but can't really find info on microdosing..
Also many contradiction on high heat low heat, i started at 50 and went up to 100 with the oven door propped open, now in airtight container with desicant packs.. they both look and feel cracker dry... but not sure if i converted the ibotenic acid as you're supposed to do..
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Virgin.Hunter]
#28499143 - 10/10/23 05:26 PM (3 months, 16 days ago) |
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Virgin.Hunter said: I've dried two Fly Agaric but can't really find info on microdosing..
Also many contradiction on high heat low heat, i started at 50 and went up to 100 with the oven door propped open, now in airtight container with desicant packs.. they both look and feel cracker dry... but not sure if i converted the ibotenic acid as you're supposed to do..
They can be hard to dose best to combine it all and make a volumetric solution say of 400ml like a tea for example and just start with maybe 20ml depends how many you brew into it, tea up the mushrooms and bang it on the stove for 30-40 mins make sure to add lemon juice or vinegar to the water and be generous with it, vinegar don't taste that bad either with amanitas, cheers
edit since there's two i'd start at 25ml, 50ml may be the right dose though it really depends how strong they end up being or weak
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Blazeyy]
#28499581 - 10/11/23 02:07 AM (3 months, 16 days ago) |
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Looks like perfect conditions for a Sunday jaunt for us...
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#28499639 - 10/11/23 04:52 AM (3 months, 16 days ago) |
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Snow could strike UK in days as temperatures plummet to -1C in sudden cold snap
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#28499644 - 10/11/23 05:09 AM (3 months, 16 days ago) |
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Virgin.Hunter said: Snow could strike UK in days as temperatures plummet to -1C in sudden cold snap

Probably just a short spell which might halt them slightly but trigger them in the long run. It's likely the cold front is coming down from Scandinavia, we had a light freeze two days ago, but now it's back to "normal".
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Anglerfish]
#28499671 - 10/11/23 06:09 AM (3 months, 16 days ago) |
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Sunday should be good here 
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Bobz99]
#28501233 - 10/12/23 06:47 AM (3 months, 15 days ago) |
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Bobz99 said: Nice stash so far! Do you reckon you'll smash all that before next season?
Do you freeze them or just stash in dark room at room temperature?
Thanks man. At the way my field has been fruiting recently, I'm beginning to think 200g+ dry weight is more than achievable with some added time and effort out in the fields.
As for long term storage, I've got all my dried libs sealed away in lock tight jars with some Selica packs to avoid any added moisture. The jars are then stored out of direct light in the back of some cupboards for longevity.
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#28501255 - 10/12/23 07:10 AM (3 months, 15 days ago) |
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As promised, here are some pictures from yesterday's hunt.
With it being nice and sunny, I had plenty opportunity to be taking pictures, but with me being the twat that that I am, I somehow mistakenly was taking short video reels instead of pics without ever noticing until the last leg of the hunt - D'oh! 
Here's a few pics of another successful hunt. My field has been littered with shrooms. It took around 4 to 5 hours yesterday to pick absolutely everything in the pics you see below.




The total wait wet was roughly 480g.
This pic below made me laugh. After the hunt, I needed to pick up Newspapers to dry everything out on. While grabbing papers, I seen this on the front cover of a crappy paper which I found pretty funny considering I was buying papers for the sole purpose of drying out Shrooms. 

My next hunt will be on Friday if the weather holds up. It's certainly getting colder so I'm not sure how many more hunts I'll have in the coming weeks.
Happy hunting folks!
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#28501467 - 10/12/23 10:11 AM (3 months, 15 days ago) |
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Nice haul generix, love the newspaper clip Holly quit to get on shrooms. After what she's been through she might need a good trip .
I Myself had a look out today in my local spot , it is always late to fruit but had time to myself so thought why not . 15min drive from home I parked up, hopped the fence into the farmers field which has access via a public footpath. Notice the cows were a bit on edge for some reason then noticed a load of calves and a few angry looking mothers .
I must have startled a few of the calves and the next thing I knew there was a bit of a situation brewing. At this point I knew it was time to go , abandon my efforts but they had blocked my route back to the car. Ended up having hop over the gate into another field and walk the other direction taking me around a hour walking a loop through fields and Footpaths to get back to my car . Not a single lib found but made it home safely in the end .
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: gENERIX]
#28501991 - 10/12/23 04:59 PM (3 months, 14 days ago) |
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Bobz99 said: Nice stash so far! Do you reckon you'll smash all that before next season?
Do you freeze them or just stash in dark room at room temperature?
Thanks man. At the way my field has been fruiting recently, I'm beginning to think 200g+ dry weight is more than achievable with some added time and effort out in the fields.
As for long term storage, I've got all my dried libs sealed away in lock tight jars with some Selica packs to avoid any added moisture. The jars are then stored out of direct light in the back of some cupboards for longevity.
Someone on here said dry them then freeze them, so I tried it. They lost potency and disintegrated. Much better to just dry them and store them in the dark.
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#28502901 - 10/13/23 07:39 AM (3 months, 14 days ago) |
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mandrax360 said: Nice haul generix, love the newspaper clip Holly quit to get on shrooms. After what she's been through she might need a good trip .
Thanks man. The weather has dropped significantly in the past couple of days so I'm going to try get back out this Sunday for one last hunt then I reckon that'll be my season over.
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Yikes! That sounds like a pretty close call. After all these years out hunting, I try my best now to avoid fields where sheep, but more expecially, where cows and bulls are grazing. They can become a real nuisance, and Farmers can be on hyper alert because their concerned about their livestock. Not only that, but heavier animals like cows and bulls dig up the earth far more than sheep when their moving around. This disturbs the land and doesn't give libs as good an opportunity to fruit.
Next time around, I'd suggest exploring a little further and see if you can find fields where there are no animals. This makes your whole picking expedition all the more enjoyable as you can relax without having to look over your shoulder every five minutes.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Stone Dippy]
#28502908 - 10/13/23 07:42 AM (3 months, 14 days ago) |
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Stone Dippy said: Someone on here said dry them then freeze them, so I tried it. They lost potency and disintegrated. Much better to just dry them and store them in the dark.
It's rare that I ever freeze drugs. It certainly works as long as whoever stores them away does everything perfectly right. Otherwise, situations arise like the one you experienced where they disintegrate the minute they're out the freeze, especially a fungus like shrooms.
For pure peace of mind, I store them away in sealed containers and keep them out of direct sunlight. Will they lose potency over time? I'm sure they will depending on how long I keep them there. Will they drop so much potency that they become worthless? No not at all. The drop will be nothing worth being concerned over.
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#28503272 - 10/13/23 12:52 PM (3 months, 13 days ago) |
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So, having checked my regular spots a fortnight ago during/after rain I found nothing and set off for 8 miles, high up across sheep pasture and came back with 2 measly libs from about 450m elevation. Only consolation was when I checked my fly agaric spot close to where I left the car I found 6 good sized penny buns. At least I had a nice mushroom soup after a wet walk. This evening however after 2 days heavy rain. I wondered around a field for 20 minutes with the dog in fading light which makes wet libs very hard to spot. Went home with 20. At only 60m elevation. The Libs have landed in Shropshire! Back out tomorrow in full sunlight๐๐ผ
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#28503550 - 10/13/23 05:14 PM (3 months, 13 days ago) |
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Fun to see more lib afficionados! I'm hunting in Norway.
to do a lib tour some year is on my bucketlist, Follow the season from various countries.
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#28504387 - 10/14/23 01:48 PM (3 months, 12 days ago) |
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Went out Thursday and Friday just gone. Thursday found a new spot in the Peaks with multiple fields of high potential. I got about 80g wet from casual walk through them. Ground was fairly dry, and libs mostly dry. Will be returning here after a good downpoor.
Friday, I went back to a known spot and collected 248g wet. First time I've been out in the pissing rain at the crack of dawn, but totally loved it! Fully kitted up with waterproofs and it's all good! Visibility was also poor after 20/30 meters or so, so great for cover. Always thought picking in heavy fog is the ultimate cover (assuming you're already acquainted with the location and know the potential)
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Bobz99]
#28504927 - 10/14/23 10:38 PM (3 months, 12 days ago) |
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This thread's inspired me, last couple of days it's peed down, last night was just above freezing (East Midlands UK), and today's going to be sunny. The map at https://www.magicmushroommap.com/map suggests it's too early still though. Is the map likely to be right, or should I go for a wander after lunch?
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#28505045 - 10/15/23 02:55 AM (3 months, 12 days ago) |
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It dropped below freezing last night, especially round the airport.
Is your from the Shire wait till goose fair moves to ilkeston fair that's your calendar que for that region.
There was a frost last night 100%, roofs are white. Look daily from now. Problem is it's very very wet in this region and the frost came very early. Might be a challenge this year.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: system32]
#28505065 - 10/15/23 03:46 AM (3 months, 12 days ago) |
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Cheers 32 - 50m South East of Ilkeston, so I expect it's indeed a bit early, but the sun's shining and it's a good day for a walk, so I'll go with low expectations and hope for the best.
One question though - I'm up for the hunt for the sport of it, but is there something special about liberty caps? Like - are they really strong or give a very pleasant high, or is it simply the satisfaction of 'free range fungi'?
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#28505075 - 10/15/23 03:53 AM (3 months, 12 days ago) |
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A blue glint in the dew on Friday morning when they first appeared here in the south lakes. So far moderate except one wonder field yesterday. I also happened to find a pair of stag's antlers while collecting Fly Agaric and Ha'penny Buns
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: system32]
#28505082 - 10/15/23 04:05 AM (3 months, 12 days ago) |
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'Waiting til the Goose Fair has moved to Ilkeston' - not heard a more poetic cue for picking than that - who needs digital maps ๐ค Even though Ive no idea where Ilkeston is and have never been to a Goosefair may drop that into future conversations on gathering on that basis just for the craic ๐
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Janus62]
#28505084 - 10/15/23 04:05 AM (3 months, 12 days ago) |
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One question though - I'm up for the hunt for the sport of it, but is there something special about liberty caps? Like - are they really strong or give a very pleasant high, or is it simply the satisfaction of 'free range fungi'?
The way I see it is they are Free , you have to put a bit of work in but they're still free drugs. For me it's something I just incorporated into something I enjoy doing this time of the year which is getting outdoors before the weather really turns and we spend 3-4 months stuck indoors with the heating on over the gloomy long British winter period.
By weight I'd say they are on par with Cubes, high is very similar. The only thing I would prefer to them would be woodlovers such as Ovoideocystidiata or Cyanescens which can be grown outdoor in the UK. Cyanescens have been found across the UK outdoor but they are few and far between but libs just seem to love the habitat here and tend to just grow in abundance.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: mandrax360]
#28505145 - 10/15/23 06:14 AM (3 months, 12 days ago) |
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I would say, its just started here! (South Manchester)
Still hard going, for not much reward, however ground is saturated... hopefully Sunday's sunshine will reveal the fresh libs..
That feeling, though...'has somebody already beaten me to the spot!'
FLYS growing abundantly now, (seek out the Silver Birch) also Penny Buns.
Every hope for the next 2 weeks!
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Virgin.Hunter]
#28505354 - 10/15/23 10:35 AM (3 months, 12 days ago) |
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The flys have really taken off this week.
 I would usually look around birch but I found all these growing with pine.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Bobz99]
#28505357 - 10/15/23 10:38 AM (3 months, 12 days ago) |
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Hi all. Hope you've had nice weekend times.
Out to our spot again today and still think we're a week or two away and the frost didn't help much. Can't believe the difference in the last few days.
Lots of singles but no big clumps like we usually have, and the smaller ones we saw were mostly pins so they stayed in the ground. Still got a small haul, and was a cracking sunny day for a ramble.
Not able to go next weekend so we'll have another crack in a fortnight.
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#28505478 - 10/15/23 12:28 PM (3 months, 11 days ago) |
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Finding them north west (below Burnley) at 300ft on hills
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Thanks for the comments - having spent a couple of hours hunting (albeit without success) I think I understand the appeal.
Field just NE of Lyddington (Rutland) had lots of fungi, but no caps. Is the presence of other types a good omen, or bad news?
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Definitely a good thing. I donโt know how well you know your โotherโ fungi but for me the good indicators that Iโm in the right area are waxcaps, mottlegills and lots of coral/club type fungus. The areas youโre after of wet, unimproved grassland should generally have plenty of fungi. Weeds, sheep shit and dead grass are also good indications.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: George998]
#28505798 - 10/15/23 04:24 PM (3 months, 11 days ago) |
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Started at the usual spot, walked left... after a 15,000 step walk.. circular we come back to square 1 and I think one last look to the field right of our walking root and although sparce I hit on these..

I will keep updating, it might be time for a daily dog walk!
Made tricky as lots of sheep where I found these! 20x in total..
Other than that literally the odd 1 or 2 here and there..
Funny bumping into fellow hunters, some great edibles out there!
Praying for luck to change!
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#28505803 - 10/15/23 04:35 PM (3 months, 11 days ago) |
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Second season of hunting, but first time I've had any success.

The ones on the left I'm certain about, the ones on the right I've started this thread to ask for confirmation.
It was my first season last year and I'd spent several day's wondering around fields without any success and whist I was a little despondent I'd really enjoyed the walks. Today was the first time I've managed to get out this year and a friend took me hunting to a spot in Derbyshire where they'd had some success over the last week.
We were about 360-390m elevation, on sheep grassed grass land, boggy in places, but mostly dry under foot.
Some observations as an inexperienced hunter
- The average size of the mushrooms was far smaller than I'd expected. I've seen some dried and pictures on this forum, but of the 300 or so mushrooms I found, only the ten largest were what I'd been expecting.
- I hadn't expected the variability in size of the mushrooms.
- Previously I'd thought you could just walk along and find them, and whilst that was true for one or two, I got my best results when I was bent double closely scouring the ground. If it hadn't been so wet with so much sheep sh1t, I'd have seriously considered getting down on my hands and knees!
- I was surprised how quickly they dried to a buff colour. I did managed to find some really fresh ones, but even those were well on their way to drying out by the time I got them home.
I'm really pleased to have finally picked some myself, but I'm slightly disappointed that it wasn't on a spot I'd found myself. I suspect that I just wasn't looking properly last year, or that I'd gone at the wrong time as the spots I'd found seem extremely similar to where I'd had success today.
There was a light frost last night, but I've seen the temperatures are set to rise slightly next week so hopefully I'll be able to get out again.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: nearsedge]
#28505856 - 10/15/23 05:39 PM (3 months, 11 days ago) |
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nearsedge said: Second season of hunting, but first time I've had any success.

The ones on the left I'm certain about, the ones on the right I've started this thread to ask for confirmation.
It was my first season last year and I'd spent several day's wondering around fields without any success and whist I was a little despondent I'd really enjoyed the walks. Today was the first time I've managed to get out this year and a friend took me hunting to a spot in Derbyshire where they'd had some success over the last week.
We were about 360-390m elevation, on sheep grassed grass land, boggy in places, but mostly dry under foot.
Some observations as an inexperienced hunter
- The average size of the mushrooms was far smaller than I'd expected. I've seen some dried and pictures on this forum, but of the 300 or so mushrooms I found, only the ten largest were what I'd been expecting.
- I hadn't expected the variability in size of the mushrooms.
- Previously I'd thought you could just walk along and find them, and whilst that was true for one or two, I got my best results when I was bent double closely scouring the ground. If it hadn't been so wet with so much sheep sh1t, I'd have seriously considered getting down on my hands and knees!
- I was surprised how quickly they dried to a buff colour. I did managed to find some really fresh ones, but even those were well on their way to drying out by the time I got them home.
I'm really pleased to have finally picked some myself, but I'm slightly disappointed that it wasn't on a spot I'd found myself. I suspect that I just wasn't looking properly last year, or that I'd gone at the wrong time as the spots I'd found seem extremely similar to where I'd had success today.
There was a light frost last night, but I've seen the temperatures are set to rise slightly next week so hopefully I'll be able to get out again.
They all look good to me, when the time is right, you will pick those in 10 mins or less! Bent double is the go to posture ... lol.. sometimes if the grass is short its nice to get eye level..
Personally, i dry in a low oven with the door propped open.. wooden spoon etc.. then I blitz to powder and store in sealed jar with desiccants (silica pack) i use cooking spoons to micro dose at .1g or 1/16 of a teaspoon.. 1g is mild visual trippy > 10x raw is giggles!
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Virgin.Hunter]
#28506194 - 10/15/23 10:48 PM (3 months, 11 days ago) |
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Thanks George, I'll try again in a couple of days
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Janus62]
#28506377 - 10/16/23 04:33 AM (3 months, 11 days ago) |
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Janus62 said: One question though - I'm up for the hunt for the sport of it, but is there something special about liberty caps? Like - are they really strong or give a very pleasant high, or is it simply the satisfaction of 'free range fungi'?
All of the above, IMO. I would claim Libs to have a quite distinct character to their trip and potency wise rate them (dried promptly in a dehydrator) at about 1.5X or more, than that of a good Cube. That is of course variable and my personal opinion, but 3.5g of Libs will probably be pretty surprising if you're expecting equal effects to 3.5g of Cubes...

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Janus62 said: Thanks for the comments - having spent a couple of hours hunting (albeit without success) I think I understand the appeal.

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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Bobz99] 1
#28506393 - 10/16/23 05:19 AM (3 months, 11 days ago) |
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Few pics - total for the 2 days about 330g wet:

Congrats on the decent sized haul. It's great to see peoples hard efforts finally paying off. Nicely done Sir! 
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One question though - I'm up for the hunt for the sport of it, but is there something special about liberty caps? Like - are they really strong or give a very pleasant high, or is it simply the satisfaction of 'free range fungi'?
The way I see it is they are Free , you have to put a bit of work in but they're still free drugs. For me it's something I just incorporated into something I enjoy doing this time of the year which is getting outdoors before the weather really turns and we spend 3-4 months stuck indoors with the heating on over the gloomy long British winter period.
This is a great mindset to have. You nailed my attitude right on the head. Not only does it give you a purpose to get suited and booted and head on out into the fresh air, but it's also great exercise doing all that waking/hiking and picking. Not only that, but most importantly the free drugs give you a reason to head on out in the first place. It's only getting colder so the more time I can spend outdoors while I can, the better. The winter months are horrible so I'm enjoying the reasonably decent weather while I still can.
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That's pretty bad ass! What a great pic! Never in all my years shroom hunting have I ever encountered a dear, stag or anything of the sort. Seeing such an amazing animal out in the wild would make any hunt worth the trip regardless of how many libs I found! 
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: system32] 1
#28506395 - 10/16/23 05:26 AM (3 months, 11 days ago) |
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system32 said: It dropped below freezing last night, especially round the airport.
The past few days here in Scotland, the temperatures have dropped dramatically. At 6am this morning, it was 0ยฐc so we're getting to below freezing temperatures now. My good buddy has found great success dosing 0.5g every other evening to conquer his cravings for alcohol. He's keen to go back out again today. He's desperate to get as many shrooms from now until the end of the season so we're heading back out once again this afternoon. As always, I'll report back with my findings.
It hasn't rained in a few days though so I'm a little apprehensive that there won't be anywhere near the amount of libs we've been used to finding. That being said, there's only one way to find out. As always, I'll report back with my overall haul. Fingers crossed.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: gENERIX]
#28506658 - 10/16/23 10:06 AM (3 months, 11 days ago) |
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I know specifics arenโt allowed but any recommendations on rough areas to head around Newcastle/Northumberland? I have recently moved from Yorkshire and usually head to the North York moors - I have got a few there this season but looking for somewhere closer to home and just no clue where to start!
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Flyagarics] 2
#28506784 - 10/16/23 11:53 AM (3 months, 10 days ago) |
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Plenty about on Dartmoor today ๐
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Janus62]
#28506799 - 10/16/23 12:06 PM (3 months, 10 days ago) |
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There's a field between Sandiacre and Ilkeston where the M1 comes over the top. Near the famous white houses on the hill side.
Natives have picked it to death normally though.. I don't personally go there but it's definitely a spot.
Never tried near Gallows or Trowell though.. could be good.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: nearsedge]
#28506812 - 10/16/23 12:19 PM (3 months, 10 days ago) |
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nearsedge said: Second season of hunting, but first time I've had any success.

The ones on the left I'm certain about, the ones on the right I've started this thread to ask for confirmation.
It was my first season last year and I'd spent several day's wondering around fields without any success and whist I was a little despondent I'd really enjoyed the walks. Today was the first time I've managed to get out this year and a friend took me hunting to a spot in Derbyshire where they'd had some success over the last week.
We were about 360-390m elevation, on sheep grassed grass land, boggy in places, but mostly dry under foot.
Some observations as an inexperienced hunter
- The average size of the mushrooms was far smaller than I'd expected. I've seen some dried and pictures on this forum, but of the 300 or so mushrooms I found, only the ten largest were what I'd been expecting.
- I hadn't expected the variability in size of the mushrooms.
- Previously I'd thought you could just walk along and find them, and whilst that was true for one or two, I got my best results when I was bent double closely scouring the ground. If it hadn't been so wet with so much sheep sh1t, I'd have seriously considered getting down on my hands and knees!
- I was surprised how quickly they dried to a buff colour. I did managed to find some really fresh ones, but even those were well on their way to drying out by the time I got them home.
I'm really pleased to have finally picked some myself, but I'm slightly disappointed that it wasn't on a spot I'd found myself. I suspect that I just wasn't looking properly last year, or that I'd gone at the wrong time as the spots I'd found seem extremely similar to where I'd had success today.
There was a light frost last night, but I've seen the temperatures are set to rise slightly next week so hopefully I'll be able to get out again.
I think theyโll get bigger as the season goes on. I was talking to a mycologist who said donโt pick all of them in a flush so now I leave the small ones.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Stone Dippy] 2
#28507664 - 10/17/23 02:28 AM (3 months, 10 days ago) |
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So I headed out yesterday afternoon. The minute I got there, it was evident from the very beginning that the grass was far too dry. The field desperately needed a downpour of rain for new libs to start fruiting. Not only that, but it's getting below freezing these past few mornings so I really can't see there being much time left as far as my seasons going.
The plan is to head back out either on Wednesday or Thursday and see what I can find then. It's meant to be raining on Wednesday for a few days and hopefully I get some better luck next time around.
On a brighter note, I got 49g dry libs from my haul last Friday which I'm pretty pleased about. The total dry weight filled an entire 0.95L Jar without me packing it down too tightly.

Close to 150g dry now in total weight. Anything I can find after this is just an added bonus!
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: gENERIX] 1
#28507679 - 10/17/23 02:54 AM (3 months, 10 days ago) |
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I took a few random people on FB, I just give mine away cause I don't wanna be trippin with my mental health how it is, I had 2 microdoses though which helped a lot. I couldn't go last year as in November I trashed my entire face in so took a month to out and then it was freezin.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Stone Dippy]
#28507682 - 10/17/23 03:00 AM (3 months, 10 days ago) |
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- Previously I'd thought you could just walk along and find them, and whilst that was true for one or two, I got my best results when I was bent double closely scouring the ground. If it hadn't been so wet with so much sheep sh1t, I'd have seriously considered getting down on my hands and knees!
This for me is a great tip and works for me nine times out of ten. Whenever the grass is short enough, and I find myself down picking up libs, I'll occasionally get down on my hands and knees and scan the top of the grass line in either direction. It's a way great to spot clusters of libs in the surrounding areas that you may have missed if you were standing up. Obviously, make sure you're dressed for the occasion. It's a lot easier rolling about the wet grass if you're dressed in waterproofs. Wearing the right kit is essential. There's nothing worse than being drenched considering you could be out there for hours at a time.
Also, whenever I'm walking, I tend to walk towards the direction of the grass so that the grass is facing my direction and not the other way around. This makes it far easier to spot libs, especially ones hidden in longer grass. It's usually the big ones with long stems that like hiding within the long thick dark green grass that can be a little trickier to spot.
Hope this tips help anyone new to hunting!
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Blazeyy] 1
#28507691 - 10/17/23 03:21 AM (3 months, 10 days ago) |
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Blazeyy said: I took a few random people on FB, I just give mine away cause I don't wanna be trippin with my mental health how it is, I had 2 microdoses though which helped a lot. I couldn't go last year as in November I trashed my entire face in so took a month to out and then it was freezin.
At least you were kind enough to help out a few other people in search for Shrooms. Usually, Shroom Hunters like to keep their Shroom spots close to their chest and prefer not to tell anyone. Besides one good friend who I trust dearly, as selfish as it sounds, I prefer keeping my spots to myself. It's nothing personal, but it's taken me years of education and time and effort to find my usual spots that I can depend on each and every year. The last thing I want is my spots being common knowledge and having to rush to my fields each morning to beat all these new hunters. It's scary how quickly word can spread. There's a reason a lot of hunters including myself keep things quiet.
No one ever helped point me to the right spots. I had to do it the hard way, and personally now looking back, doing it the hard way was the best way to learn and taught me way more than if someone had simply shown me their favourite hunting grounds from the very beginning.
You just gotta do your homework and get out there! It makes for part of the adventure!
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: gENERIX]
#28507728 - 10/17/23 04:51 AM (3 months, 10 days ago) |
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Out of curiosity, do you reckon two Silica packs per 1L Jar of Shrooms should be sufficient in keeping them completely dry without the worry of moisture? I'd imagine so, but with them being so damn cheap, I've got more than another 40+ spare. If you think I should chuck in a couple more, please let me know.
They seem dry to me, but obviously I want to ensure these last me all year. This is the first year where I've included Silica packs after someone recommended them to me a while back.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Lithop]
#28507736 - 10/17/23 05:05 AM (3 months, 10 days ago) |
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I managed a measly 30g wet = 3g dry 
Although 'now' a lot easier to spot, few and far between... and when I did find them they were 'in open view..'
Had a few people walk by, one guy would not take his eyes off me Grrh... (although there is a killer well photographed view - Could it be he was taking in the view? or monitoring my activity??? 
So this leads me to wonder if the nearby fields have been picked? or just early days... ( I still feel the latter )
On the plus, they are out there and I will try to seek out some more un obvious spots, it's just an ordeal to trek out for hours with little or no success!
I was hopeful for a bumper year this year - weather forecast showing rain all week/month.
MMM is bright and dark Red now!
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: gENERIX]
#28507743 - 10/17/23 05:21 AM (3 months, 10 days ago) |
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gENERIX said: it's getting below freezing these past few mornings so I really can't see there being much time left as far as my seasons going.
They won't mind a slight dip into the blue temps, at least not with a late starting season as this. I've seen them sprout again after a week of minus seven.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: gENERIX] 1
#28507746 - 10/17/23 05:36 AM (3 months, 10 days ago) |
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gENERIX said: Out of curiosity, do you reckon two Silica packs per 1L Jar of Shrooms should be sufficient in keeping them completely dry without the worry of moisture? I'd imagine so, but with them being so damn cheap, I've got more than another 40+ spare. If you think I should chuck in a couple more, please let me know.
They seem dry to me, but obviously I want to ensure these last me all year. This is the first year where I've included Silica packs after someone recommended them to me a while back.
As I said, I blitz them to powder, if your shrooms are cracker dry.. they blitz really well, then you only take up a 1/4 > 1/3 of that glass jar!
I added several Silica packs on top of the 'now powder' this has stayed dry all year!
I've also tried some in Honey > if you have spare shrooms, spare jar!
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Not suggesting this... but as an idea (I'm sure someone will have the formula)
To convert from ounces to teaspoons of honey (or of any other substance), multiply the value in ounces by 6. So, 1 fl oz = 1 ร 6 = 6 tsp (exactly). Fl oz
1g per teaspoon of Honey would be 6g per Oz (16oz = 96g of dried shroom) that's a heavy dose so you might do 1/2 - 1/4 - 1/8 - 1/16 of a gram per teaspoon.
It doesn't turn Blue - You have to keep mixing turning it over, it is supposed to last 'virtually' forever..
Any better advice on this, or recipe also how used i.e a teaspoon in a tea or microdose if using a lower ratio?
A spoon full of Honey keeps the Doctor away? 
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I've not tried my Honey.. I just used the small 28g (1oz) jars that you get in the Hotel Breakfast! (to test)
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Virgin.Hunter]
#28507747 - 10/17/23 05:41 AM (3 months, 10 days ago) |
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Virgin.Hunter said: I managed a measly 30g wet = 3g dry 
Had a few people walk by, one guy would not take his eyes off me Grrh... (although there is a killer well photographed view - Could it be he was taking in the view? or monitoring my activity??? 
So this leads me to wonder if the nearby fields have been picked? or just early days... ( I still feel the latter )
Like you yesterday, I'd be lucky if I got roughly 30-50g wet libs at best. Usually I weigh my haul, but it was such a small amount that I never bothered weighing this batch. Instead, I laid them out to dry and will weigh them once I know their finally bone dry and ready to be placed in jars.
As for people looking, I wouldn't worry about it. Where I pick, there are a ton of dog walkers. Some of them mind their own business, some start laughing cause they know exactly what I'm up to, and some join in on the hunt the minute they see the fields are littered with shrooms.
Twice this year, I've had randoms yell "HAPPY HUNTING!". It always brings a smile to my face. Not only that, but I also like to think it brings some good luck my way, since everytime someone's said that to me, I've walked away with a decent sized hauls on those days.
Don't worry about strangers. That being said, do your best to avoid picking in real public areas. Last year, I seen some young lads on a field directly opposite one of the busiest motorways in the country. They were walking around with paper bags and their heads glued to the ground. It was blatantly obvious what they were doing, but some people like those two lads simply couldn't care less. Myself on the other hand like to play things a little more discreet. My old age probably has something to do with that these days.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Anglerfish]
#28507751 - 10/17/23 05:48 AM (3 months, 10 days ago) |
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gENERIX said: it's getting below freezing these past few mornings so I really can't see there being much time left as far as my seasons going.
They won't mind a slight dip into the blue temps, at least not with a late starting season as this. I've seen them sprout again after a week of minus seven.
Yeah agreed. A lot of people seem to think, the minute we encounter the first frost of the year, that it must inevitably be the end of the season. That's not the case at all. I've picked libs even with the hillsides being frosty.
My plan is to continue picking for a couple more weeks yet. The sooner it rains here, the better. Some heavy rainfall would really do wonders for my fields at the moment.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: gENERIX]
#28508174 - 10/17/23 01:36 PM (3 months, 9 days ago) |
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Has anyone here ever had any luck in north Norfolk? The map is red, but it all seems to be either marsh or arable land, very little in the way of rough wild pasture.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: nearsedge] 2
#28508359 - 10/17/23 04:19 PM (3 months, 9 days ago) |
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Something started ticking on my head when the temperatures dropped last week and I made it out today to have a look. Small haul, but nice to be back on the hunt. Two more like this will do me for a nice trip, which is all I'm after. Also saw some beautiful amanita the other day. No interest in trying them, I just love to look. Check out the bizarre stem on this semilanceata. Does anyone know why it's shredded in a spiral pattern like that?




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#28509206 - 10/18/23 09:18 AM (3 months, 9 days ago) |
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Blazeyy said: I took a few random people on FB, I just give mine away cause I don't wanna be trippin with my mental health how it is, I had 2 microdoses though which helped a lot. I couldn't go last year as in November I trashed my entire face in so took a month to out and then it was freezin.
At least you were kind enough to help out a few other people in search for Shrooms. Usually, Shroom Hunters like to keep their Shroom spots close to their chest and prefer not to tell anyone. Besides one good friend who I trust dearly, as selfish as it sounds, I prefer keeping my spots to myself. It's nothing personal, but it's taken me years of education and time and effort to find my usual spots that I can depend on each and every year. The last thing I want is my spots being common knowledge and having to rush to my fields each morning to beat all these new hunters. It's scary how quickly word can spread. There's a reason a lot of hunters including myself keep things quiet.
No one ever helped point me to the right spots. I had to do it the hard way, and personally now looking back, doing it the hard way was the best way to learn and taught me way more than if someone had simply shown me their favourite hunting grounds from the very beginning.
You just gotta do your homework and get out there! It makes for part of the adventure! 
So true , starting out I came here for info. Almost gave up in my first year but stuck with it and found libs right at the end of the season. There were no apps , youtube videos or Facebook groups back in my day . It was all about time and effort, from that you gained knowledge. The more time and effort up put in the more rewards you get over time as once you've found a area worth picking you always tend to go back next season and there after. Over the years all that knowledge builds up so when I'm still tripping balls in retirement I won't have to walk too far to get my free fix ๐คช
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: mandrax360] 1
#28509650 - 10/18/23 03:30 PM (3 months, 8 days ago) |
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mandrax360 said: So true , starting out I came here for info. Almost gave up in my first year but stuck with it and found libs right at the end of the season. There were no apps , youtube videos or Facebook groups back in my day . It was all about time and effort, from that you gained knowledge. The more time and effort up put in the more rewards you get over time as once you've found a area worth picking you always tend to go back next season and there after. Over the years all that knowledge builds up so when I'm still tripping balls in retirement I won't have to walk too far to get my free fix ๐คช
You gotta do what you gotta do. Once you find certain fruitful spots, you're golden. If someone simply handed you a map, and told you where libs where to be found, for me personally, I think it loses some of the fun out of the whole adventure. It's like anything in life. If you want it bad enough, you'll go out and get it. It's as simple as that.
According to Scottish weather reports, we're in for a few days of torrential rain. If things calm down by Friday, I'll be back out in full force in the hope of finding bundles like I've been used to at the start of October! Here's hoping!
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: gENERIX]
#28509723 - 10/18/23 05:03 PM (3 months, 8 days ago) |
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Virgin.Hunter]
#28510133 - 10/19/23 01:25 AM (3 months, 8 days ago) |
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Hopefully this rain and milder weather helping to encourage some new growth for everyone.
In between caining myself with fell walks after full days gardening in the last few days, for large handfulls at most, have taken to a wild swim, or a tarn bath, to numb perhaps my longing for the nipple filled fields.
Usually find little ponds and tarns close to the higher altitude picking grounds making for a nice stop gap activity. Also, as the old country saying goes, 'a dip and a pick, keeps the Autumn lit.'
Distractions aside though I really hope we get some big flushes come up as not known a good November time for them.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: walksatsunrise]
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With the torrential rain today, my plan is to hit up my usual spot tomorrow. It's meant to be raining pretty heavily again tomorrow, but I'm hoping it'll calm down by the time I make my way up the hills. The last time I was at my spot, the grass desperately needed a downpour of rainfall. With a little luck, todays weather will have shrooms fruiting everywhere by the time I get up there. Fingers crossed.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Virgin.Hunter]
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Still waiting....
Well from the photo you've posted, it certainly sounds like you've got the perfect landscape. It sounds like all it is now is the infamous waiting game...
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Old_Toby said: Something started ticking on my head when the temperatures dropped last week and I made it out today to have a look. Small haul, but nice to be back on the hunt. Two more like this will do me for a nice trip, which is all I'm after. Also saw some beautiful amanita the other day. No interest in trying them, I just love to look. Check out the bizarre stem on this semilanceata. Does anyone know why it's shredded in a spiral pattern like that?

Cool find. I've noticed a similar spiral pattern to the stems before but never quite so pronounced. I've come to think they generally grow in a sprial pattern weaving their way through the grass, which is why a key attribute of liberty caps is the wavy stem. Your picture is quite good evidence!
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Be1ng]
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Out of sheer curiosity, with Liberty Caps being classed as one of the most potent Shrooms out there, would you class a 3.5g P. Cubensis dose the same as that of a Liberty Cap dose? Or would you consider bringing the Lib dose down to something like 2.5g to match that of a P.Cube (3.5g) dose?
Also, when it comes to microdosing Libs, what would you consider as a good dosage for Libs? I've been considering buying a pill press to make 100 caps at a time as I think this would help going forward with my overall mental wellbeing, ADHD and addictive nature in general. Here's an image of the pill press most Mycologists seem to love and use:

Any thoughts would be appreciated.
P.S. Apologies for the HUGE size of the image, but it's the best I can find.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Be1ng]
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Cool find. I've noticed a similar spiral pattern to the stems before but never quite so pronounced. I've come to think they generally grow in a sprial pattern weaving their way through the grass, which is why a key attribute of liberty caps is the wavy stem. Your picture is quite good evidence!
That's WAAAAAAY out of the ordinary when it comes to stems. In all the years that I've been hunting, never once have I found a Libs stem spiral like that before. Why that would even be a thing, I don't know? Considering the short life span of Shrooms, I've honestly no idea, why a shroom would spiral like that. Surely it makes their life expectancy way shorter than if it was straight and tall? That's a new one for me. A pretty special specimen nonetheless and I'm glad you took the time to take a pic and share it with us.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: gENERIX]
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I personalty think dry 3.5g is a heavy dose!
You would need to set the mood, music no distractions, maybe good to have a sober sitter..
Macro dose or a heroic dose (5g+) of liberty cap isn't for everyone, I think the saying goes, you might not get what you want but you will normally get what you need.
I would make a brew and bring it up slow versus a quick Lemon Tek (Shot) style..
1g lemon-tek is giggles and mild visuals (for me) it also made me very fidgety.
Micro dose is normally non perceptional (i.e should still be safe to drive... ) this is 0.125g - 0.250g
2 or 3 days on and off ( lots of info on this online)
If making capsules mix with Lionsmane? a low dose is a tiny amount 1/16 of a teaspoon is like a pinch of pepper!
For a tasty brew try Cocoa Tea Bags with a spoon of Munuka Honey
You could make chocolate... that would be a good way to consume high or even low doses.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Virgin.Hunter]
#28511583 - 10/20/23 10:29 AM (3 months, 7 days ago) |
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I have just returned from the Peak District(west central side) and have been walking solid for three days. Normally this is peak Liberty cap time but found very few over the last few days, plenty of pins though, just still seems too early. Found one massive area high up that was totally swamped with various mushrooms but very few LC's. I think it's going to be a few more weeks yet before things improve
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Virgin.Hunter]
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Virgin.Hunter said: If making capsules mix with Lionsmane? a low dose is a tiny amount 1/16 of a teaspoon is like a pinch of pepper!
For a tasty brew try Cocoa Tea Bags with a spoon of Munuka Honey
You could make chocolate... that would be a good way to consume high or even low doses.

Firstly, thanks for taking the time to answer all my questions. This really helps. Been in this game for a long time, but it's always great hearing a second opinion.
Out of interest, any idea where I can pick up those Cocoa Tea Bags? Earlier today, I was in Tesco and searched high and low, but couldn't seem to find this particular brand anywhere.
As for Chocolate Edibles, it's something I've been considering. First though, I need to buy a cheap electric coffee bean grinder. It seems like the best way to grind up all of my Shrooms. That way, I can blend everything I've picked, give it a good mix so I can then average out a consistent dose no matter how high or low I choose to go.
As for Lionsmane, I've taken it in the past as a supplement. Can I ask, why would you consider adding a small amount to each microdosed capsule? What benefits does it offer? As an example, for every 150mg Microdosed capsule, how much Lionsmane would you consider adding to each dose?
Thanks again for all the help. Like they always say, "every day's a school day!"
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: gENERIX]
#28511604 - 10/20/23 10:48 AM (3 months, 7 days ago) |
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Around lunchtime today, both me and my good mate went out hunting. We ignored the weather warnings and decided to see what we could find after the heavy rainfall.
Now that I'm home, I'm questioning what on earth were we thinking? Sure there was heavy rainfall the past couple of days, but the winds were wicked and the rain was pouring down.
The contrast in weather from only a few weeks ago is pretty alarming. When we were first out at the start of the season, the sunshine was out, the grass was green and lush. It was so warm, we had other random hunters walking around barefoot. The change in weather in such a short period of time is pretty alarming. We were both suited and booted. Usually, I'd be out for hours at a time, but today, I waved the white flag after only 45 minutes. It was FREEZING, I was soaked to the bone and the wind was burning my contact lenses.
In a matter of 3 weeks, it seems like we've went from Autumn to Winter. After 45 minutes today, this is all I found. It's a huge contrast in how little I'm finding now compared to the very start of October.
Don't get me wrong, I'll be back out again a couple more times this season, but if I'm all finding is what I'm showing below, I'm going to enjoy the fruits of my labour and kick back.
Here's my measly return from my hunt earlier:

The one highlight was this HUGE lib tucked away in the long grass. For comparisons sake, I've laid it out next to a normal sized Lib so you can see for yourself the size of this MONSTER.

Hopefully you boys down south start getting the flushes we were getting a few weeks ago. Mush love!
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: gENERIX]
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gENERIX said: Out of sheer curiosity, with Liberty Caps being classed as one of the most potent Shrooms out there, would you class a 3.5g P. Cubensis dose the same as that of a Liberty Cap dose? Or would you consider bringing the Lib dose down to something like 2.5g to match that of a P.Cube (3.5g) dose?
Also, when it comes to microdosing Libs, what would you consider as a good dosage for Libs? I've been considering buying a pill press to make 100 caps at a time as I think this would help going forward with my overall mental wellbeing, ADHD and addictive nature in general. Here's an image of the pill press most Mycologists seem to love and use:

Any thoughts would be appreciated.
P.S. Apologies for the HUGE size of the image, but it's the best I can find. 
Liberty caps are quite a bit stronger than cubes. In my experience Liberty caps are way more intense and unforgiving than cubes so yeah if you are used to taking 3.5 of cubes then Iโd say start at 2 or 2.5 of LC ..
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Virgin.Hunter]
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Agreed. In my experience 3.5 grams of libs is usually close to 5-6 grams of cubes.
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Agreed. In my experience 3.5 grams of libs is usually close to 5-6 grams of cubes.
Holy moly Batman! So fortunate to live in a country where Libs are abundant
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Agreed. In my experience 3.5 grams of libs is usually close to 5-6 grams of cubes.
It sounds like one of the few great things of my homeland is the abundance of Liberty Caps! If you know enough fruitful spots, and you have both the time and determination, it can certainly save you a whole load of time growing them on your own throughout the rest of the year!
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: gENERIX]
#28512721 - 10/21/23 08:58 AM (3 months, 6 days ago) |
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The Tea Bags are in Sainsbury's 'Taste The Difference' they have a wide selection.. in my opinion these work really well with the 'Shroom Flavour'
I've tried them with (sacrilegious, I know!) Hot Vimto which is actually quite nice too!
I used a regular food blender (the small Braun type) as shown.

The now powder (saving and including all the precious dust) is (as you say) a complete mix of large and small, once dry or once wet L.C's this is probably the best way to gauge the dose, for reliable and sustainable results.
I use similar spoons as shown, much easier than trying to weigh a .01g

I also dry on Greaseproof Paper in the low (50-75ยฐ) oven with the door propped open, I turn the shroom bundle regularly.
If plentiful supply i.e a big(ish) bundle (once cracker dry) I would blitz them and spread them back out on the paper, return back in the oven to further dry..
Store as you have said in airtight container with Silica Packs.
I guess there are many reasons to suggest combing with Lions Mane - The most obvious (non beneficial) reason would be the size of the casuals, you only need a small pinch to Micro-Dose effectively.
I will link the full article (below) ... "Microdosing with the Stametsโ Stack"
DAY 1-5 (microdosing days)
0.01-0.1 gram magic mushrooms or 0.5-1.0 gram magic truffles 3 โ5g of high-quality dried lionโs mane powder (or 1g of lion's mane extract) 100 to 200mg of niacin
DAY 6 and 7 (non-microdosing days)
3 โ 5g of dried lionโs mane (or 1g of lion's mane extract) 100 to 200mg of niacin
Combining Lionโs Mane And Psilocybin
I believe we're on the edge of a 'Shroom-Revolution' the benefits can no longer be ignored and the consequences for acting 'Illegally' can no longer be justified.
More education and truth needs to be broadcast.
Recreational 'trips' are not something you would do on a regular basis at least not for many people.
Whereas micro-dosing for mental well being, is now tested and proven, there's evidence to suggest this may well save lives v's... what? the numerous fictitious lies of so called danger and harm caused by psilocybin / psilocin. We've all heard the same 'stories' of 'folk' chasing the devil down the road naked and jumping under a train?
One is more likely to experience a feeling of being connected to the universe and relief from debilitating anxiety and stress.
I don't take 'drugs' drink or any prescriptions - however I have ventured to try 'SHROOMS' 'after as much research as I could justify' and I must say I'm converted...
I don't feel I need to micro-dose that often, it took me almost 10years from picking my first L.C before consuming... 'We all live in FEAR!'
I have taken a micro dose (.25) when my Blood pressure was Sky High ( I believe it saved my life) after a very heated phone call with an extremely difficult client... at that moment in time I could have easily jumped in the bath with an electric toaster! instead I made a 'wee-brew' and within 20-30 minutes my world came back into focus, I was able to rationalise and put the conversation into perspective v's the value of my life..
It probably sounds dramatic (at the time) I genuinely felt if Heart Attack didn't take me the stress could have pushed me to making a very bad decision, by the time my family came home, I was laughing at the absurdity of the situation.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Virgin.Hunter]
#28512958 - 10/21/23 12:36 PM (3 months, 5 days ago) |
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Spent the morning on the Pennine way, not many around, lots of blue round heads- fools gold.
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#28514145 - 10/22/23 12:58 PM (3 months, 4 days ago) |
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Yesterday two of us spent the afternoon trudging around the Shropshire hills and weighed in 82g wet as we were setting up the camper van and awning as it got dark. We decided to be cautious and split the pile in half, brew the half, then pour two cups from that. From best guess that should be about 2g dry each but Christ they gave us both a kick (in a good way)๐ Maybe it was all the multi coloured lighting and psychedelic blankets, rugs and decorations. Maybe the breeze on the tent helped with the visuals. Maybe it was primus on the speaker. I donโt remember ever actually consuming fresh libs before but people say drying will inevitably cause some potency loss. The resulting trip is what Iโd have expected off ~4g dried cubes.
Long live the Lib season๐๐ผ
A few puffs of DMT on the comedown rounded the night off perfectly.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: gENERIX]
#28514357 - 10/22/23 03:18 PM (3 months, 4 days ago) |
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How you doing mate - been struggling to find any Lib Caps in the South Lanarkshire area this year.
How have you been getting on - any finds? And if so, whereabouts?
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: cosimo]
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Anybody here ever found any down south around epping way? I'm near there and was thinking about checking it out this week, I did so before around 2 years ago but found nothing although I'm a complete noob... also is there any safe uk websites to buy from?
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#28514875 - 10/23/23 12:42 AM (3 months, 4 days ago) |
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It would be illegal and against the rules to advise you to buy mushrooms online, but if you search for mushroom spores you will get plenty of results and there's any amount of advice here and elsewhere on growing techniques. It's an absorbing hobby and I am guessing, more fruitful than looking for libs in epping
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Slartibart]
#28515242 - 10/23/23 12:49 PM (3 months, 3 days ago) |
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Super disappointing visit to Carmarthenshire today...
A spot that had hundreds this time last year was totally empty. Map and weather seems similar to last year, but obviously not quite right.
I've found more back in Hampshire so far, and we can't have had more rain or lower temps. Bizarre.
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Thereโs lots about on Dartmoor at the moment. I found a new spot, nicely out of the way, didnโt see another soul for three hours and found about 500 ๐
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Stone Dippy]
#28516170 - 10/24/23 04:53 AM (3 months, 3 days ago) |
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Only Libs ive found have been at +400 feet but nothing but ones and twos for a week - at least hearing Dartmoor being bountiful is a bit of encouragement for UK pickers - might need to get the crampons and calf stretches sorted though lads...
Didnt even find jelly ears in the South Lakes last year after the ultra dry autumn, so was hoping for big things...now its getting to the point where feel like doing one of those rain dances, except for mushrooms - joking, but we do seem to have a more mystic approach to psilocybin than the US with niche growing tek like comparing gsm results of uncle bens wholemeal vs basmati etc, whereas most people I know 'listen for the songs' of the libs, eat a shroom before picking and other ways of helping the search.
My best pick of the year came from eating a few before and listening to Led Zeppelin 1 on the way so quite tempted to do that again.
Also down to picking half deer and slug chewed amanita. Can see plenty signs where theyve been raving and rolling about during a night on the AM! Cant begrudge them it but it would be nice to have a few with caps that dont look like edam cheese. Area last year was a polka dot sea and had a handful yesterday - same fruiting conditions, massive difference in crops.
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Didnt even find jelly ears in the South Lakes last year after the ultra dry autumn, so was hoping for big things...now its getting to the point where feel like doing one of those rain dances, except for mushrooms - joking, but we do seem to have a more mystic approach to psilocybin than the US with niche growing tek like comparing gsm results of uncle bens wholemeal vs basmati etc, whereas most people I know 'listen for the songs' of the libs, eat a shroom before picking and other ways of helping the search.
My best pick of the year came from eating a few before and listening to Led Zeppelin 1 on the way so quite tempted to do that again.
Also down to picking half deer and slug chewed amanita. Can see plenty signs where theyve been raving and rolling about during a night on the AM! Cant begrudge them it but it would be nice to have a few with caps that dont look like edam cheese. Area last year was a polka dot sea and had a handful yesterday - same fruiting conditions, massive difference in crops.
Mine were at 340m, I definitely noticed there were fewer down at 300m. Even though October is nearly over it still feels like the beginning of the season, seems to get later every year.
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#28516309 - 10/24/23 08:29 AM (3 months, 3 days ago) |
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If mystical vibes help libs grow check out this pic I took this morning with Dartmoor on the horizon!
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Stone Dippy]
#28516582 - 10/24/23 01:19 PM (3 months, 2 days ago) |
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That looks like a quality spot, without having to be way out on a trek. Hopefully filling up more pots of gold caps
Yeah it'd be sound if the season is just late and theyre heading down from the hills, I was thinking that last week,but these last few days making me think it might be a case of if Mohamed having to go to the mountain...heading up for a full day tomorrow though. Got enough to microdose a year, just need a bit extra for some mystic voyages over the rainbow..
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: walksatsunrise]
#28517445 - 10/25/23 07:51 AM (3 months, 2 days ago) |
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Went out on a walk yesterday here in north Wales and found a decent patch - picked about 50g just around one section of the path. This was at 400 metres or so. Iโd only seen the odd one around there up til now so things are at least starting in the hills. Popping out to a usual spot for an hour after work so weโll see if thereโs anything there yet.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: FlipFlops]
#28517729 - 10/25/23 01:22 PM (3 months, 1 day ago) |
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Had to go to Cornwall today and on the way back stopped off at Bodmin Moor. Never been before so we just walked up the first footpath we saw, into a field with loads of liberty caps! They are noticeably different to Dartmoor libs, bigger and lighter. Me and the missus found about sixty in half an hour, gonna keep them separate from the others so I can see if the trips are different too!
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Stone Dippy]
#28517785 - 10/25/23 02:11 PM (3 months, 1 day ago) |
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Thin pickings for me on Dartmoor, well above 300m, so far. I have read that night temperatures below 10 are the trigger and we've hardly had any of those. What I have noticed is a much higher than usual proportion of real whoppers. But I am getting 30 grams on what was a 150 gram walk last year.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Slartibart]
#28518458 - 10/26/23 02:47 AM (3 months, 1 day ago) |
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Every year its the same story from hunters - fruitful fields last year now dead. I've noticed this for over 20 years, the problem is over picking. Perhaps not from one person but many visting the same spots and fields are cleaned out. They never grow back in the same amounts - people claim this isn't the case but i disagree. Then you get fungi that's ignored growing in abundance in once dense liberty cap patches. Moorlands and higher peaks seem to fare a little better though.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Scout101]
#28518487 - 10/26/23 04:15 AM (3 months, 1 day ago) |
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Possibly true in general but not the case here, bits of moor I have harvested for years. No over harvesting. Just seasonal variation.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Slartibart]
#28518522 - 10/26/23 05:40 AM (3 months, 1 day ago) |
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I have only stuck to my local patches as 2 previous years was lucky to stumble upon blankets more than once. The grass and soil acidity is perfect, although weirdly all my spots are st almost exactly 65m/213ft above sea level... in land in west yorkshire.
So far this year there was one little period of fruiting in the first week of October, but it was only 1s and 2s, and not worth dusting off the dehydrator for. Just nibbled them up... since then no evidence even of other species sprouting. Last year the galerina and mottlegills were abundant at first, and then as the season went on these died back, a few wax caps, ink caps, false chanterelles, but mainly and abundantly the libs just kept fruiting until they were the only species around.
I wonder if even though we've had all the right conditions this year, maybe it's just not been in the right order to activate...
We had that weirdly hot spell, then a super cold snap but no rain... then we had a mega storm and flooding, now everything is saturated, temperatures are rising and falling in the correct range, but yesterday I had a thorough look, proper uninterupted combing and there was absolutely nothing... I know one of the fields I check has other pickers, but one of them I'm quite certain I'm the only person hunting.
Not a regular poster, but just wanted to flag also, I noticed in early summer that all of my spots were dominated by buttercups. ... I thought it was an interesting observation and could be used to quickly scout suitable locations if maybe on a drive around or a late spring walk. Of course the real test for me would be if I saw a spot I didn't already know gets blankets with buttercups.๐
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: XfnMast]
#28518528 - 10/26/23 05:49 AM (3 months, 1 day ago) |
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As you say, season could be delayed or cancelled. No way to know yet.
My resolution for the year is to consume rather than store: make them a seasonal treat like asparagus, and just dry enough for Christmas presents. So I had 30g fresh for breakfast. They worked.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Slartibart]
#28518724 - 10/26/23 09:56 AM (3 months, 1 day ago) |
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Still no luck for me either, I've searched high and low, there was a period when I found the odd one here and there but I wasn't prepared to spend hours and hours picking a few grams..
For me, two main issues the ground is absolutely water logged, higher ground is just baron, 2nd issue, the farmer keeps rotating the livestock (sheep) so either they are all high as fook... or else literally pissing on my chips!
It's better (for me) to be in a field that has light grazing (no sheep) so I can let the dog off and get busy with it!
The MMM has lit up in the south, it would be useful to know if there's a correlation between the MMM and fruiting success?
My hot spots are still dark/bright red but... there's no evidence of growth, temps seem perfect.. we just have so much rain!
November still looks good weather wise!
Hopefully we can all get on it... sooner than later! I fear we will all be tempted to over pick!
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: XfnMast]
#28518842 - 10/26/23 11:50 AM (3 months, 23 hours ago) |
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Interesting to hear you say this, I've been starting to think the same myself.
Was about to post something similar.
My golden spot seems to have lost its gold badge. Instead, it's dropped to a bronze /semi-silver. Odd the last 2 years by this date they had been booming for weeks. So much so, that there isn't a chance they were over picked by me, I'd easily get tired (or it would go dark) before I'd picked 20% of them.
I'm also not convinced that other people are getting to them before me either...
I found very early on this year and I believe it was due to the odd weather patterns. When I first found some there had been weeks of heavy rain and temps were low(er) even though still summer... Then it dried up just as we were all hoping for an early season...then a heatwave. Then a frost. Now, some very heavy rain ...had high hopes for today's hunt in known territory but it's been unexpectedly very poor.
I have found some new locations and a modist amount of libs BUT I just can help feeling that some of these new locations I found can be 100 times better (just like my used to be golden spot). Finding the 5+ flushes are still extremely rare at the moment. Crazy how many single liberty caps I found with nothing else in sight.
Anyway, let's just hope this is a late /delayed start to a full flush season and maybe November will be the new October
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Virgin.Hunter]
#28518936 - 10/26/23 01:23 PM (3 months, 21 hours ago) |
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You've got to wonder, North of England has apparently dried up somewhat according to the MMM however now only the south has a high chance....
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Bobz99]
#28519642 - 10/27/23 12:18 AM (3 months, 10 hours ago) |
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Strange to read these comments, esp Slartibart on Dartmoor, I must have just got lucky. Iโm pretty sure that Iโm the only person picking on my new spot, I was going to my previous field for years but started to meet more and more pickers so decided to look further afield. Agree that itโs possible to overpick a spot, a few years ago I found a flush of over a hundred libs and deliriously picked the lot, been back to that spot many times since then and nothing. I now know not to pick them all but didnโt at the time ๐ฉ. These pics are all from a video I took of that one spot, never seen anything close since.



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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Stone Dippy]
#28519712 - 10/27/23 01:24 AM (3 months, 9 hours ago) |
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I expect I am just being lazy and should explore a bit more. I never see other pickers on my main patch though
I wish I knew more about the biology. How long lived is a mycelium patch, how extensive, does overpicking fruit weaken the patch it grew from or just reduce the chances of spores dispersing to generate new patches, and so on.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: FlipFlops]
#28519788 - 10/27/23 05:39 AM (3 months, 5 hours ago) |
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Interesting study here on the issue of overpicking: https://www.conservationevidence.com/individual-study/230. Seems to conclude that the mycelium isnโt damaged by the fruit being picked. BUT you have to wonder how many people are careful to cut the stipe rather than pull. And of course we all flick then pick, right?
Climate change is likely to be a big culprit isnโt it? Weโve had days of 10 degrees then days of 18. No consistency at all.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: FlipFlops]
#28519871 - 10/27/23 08:04 AM (3 months, 2 hours ago) |
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Thanks that's exactly what I was after.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Scout101]
#28519909 - 10/27/23 09:00 AM (3 months, 1 hour ago) |
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Scout101 said: Every year its the same story from hunters - fruitful fields last year now dead. I've noticed this for over 20 years, the problem is over picking. Perhaps not from one person but many visting the same spots and fields are cleaned out. They never grow back in the same amounts - people claim this isn't the case but i disagree. Then you get fungi that's ignored growing in abundance in once dense liberty cap patches. Moorlands and higher peaks seem to fare a little better though.
Thereโs just zero evidence here. I know for a fact Iโm the only person who is picking in the fields I am in because I live rurally and I can see them right outside my window.
Each year I barely even scratch the surface in my picking and far more rot away then get into my tub and this year Iโve only saw a small flush and now theyโre gone again, across all the fields
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: FlipFlops]
#28519913 - 10/27/23 09:03 AM (3 months, 1 hour ago) |
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FlipFlops said: Interesting study here on the issue of overpicking: https://www.conservationevidence.com/individual-study/230. Seems to conclude that the mycelium isnโt damaged by the fruit being picked. BUT you have to wonder how many people are careful to cut the stipe rather than pull. And of course we all flick then pick, right?
Climate change is likely to be a big culprit isnโt it? Weโve had days of 10 degrees then days of 18. No consistency at all.
Zero evidence that pulling has any negative affect. The mycelium network underground will always persist even in absence of mushrooms.
And no I donโt flick. Liberty caps have existed since before humans and they managed to evolve and spread just fine. Most spores will have already dropped not long after the veil breaks and you can see evidence of this in the spore mess over the caps and stems even as youโre picking.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: CragHopper]
#28519959 - 10/27/23 09:59 AM (3 months, 52 minutes ago) |
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Itโs scary how much itโs changed in the last ten years, I remember a couple of August starts, now September is unlikely. My one claim to fame is being quoted in the Guardian lol! Iโm โan experienced foragerโโฆ https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/dec/28/late-frost-gives-uk-magic-mushroom-hunters-an-extra-high?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Stone Dippy]
#28521279 - 10/28/23 03:12 PM (2 months, 29 days ago) |
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So today I went to an area that Iโve been to for the past 2 years which was just flooded with Liberty caps both the past 2 years that I went there . I found 2 .
Something didnโt feel right like the vibe was not the same as previous years . It didnโt have that autumn shroom time vibe.. it was very wet , maybe too wet ?
Seen so many people saying their usual spots are dry this year.
I was thinking itโs a bit warm still? Or has the whole place just been picked to oblivion already and Iโm late ??
What do we think? Still too warm and theyโre still gonna come ? Or have I missed it ? There were a couple nights where temps dropped very low , could it have ended things ?
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: CragHopper]
#28522280 - 10/29/23 12:14 PM (2 months, 28 days ago) |
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Scout101 said: Every year its the same story from hunters - fruitful fields last year now dead. I've noticed this for over 20 years, the problem is over picking. Perhaps not from one person but many visting the same spots and fields are cleaned out. They never grow back in the same amounts - people claim this isn't the case but i disagree. Then you get fungi that's ignored growing in abundance in once dense liberty cap patches. Moorlands and higher peaks seem to fare a little better though.
Thereโs just zero evidence here. I know for a fact Iโm the only person who is picking in the fields I am in because I live rurally and I can see them right outside my window.
Each year I barely even scratch the surface in my picking and far more rot away then get into my tub and this year Iโve only saw a small flush and now theyโre gone again, across all the fields
So what do you think ? Too warm ? The drop in temps a couple weeks back ?
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: 113]
#28522452 - 10/29/23 02:34 PM (2 months, 28 days ago) |
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all bollocks best flush is right now in many upland areas, anyone wanna go spots dm me on facebook
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Blazeyy]
#28522499 - 10/29/23 03:21 PM (2 months, 28 days ago) |
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I wouldnt know about that, but next time theres a good season I'll be looking to get a minimum 3 year stash picked to cover these lean patches.
So the finished or late season view is still inconclusive?
We went out Wednesday, found 30 each in 3 hours at about 300m. Like others have said mostly ones and twos aswell as some randomly huge caps like little psilocybe parasol mushrooms.
Edited by walksatsunrise (10/30/23 04:28 AM)
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Blazeyy]
#28522997 - 10/30/23 03:53 AM (2 months, 28 days ago) |
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What area are you in please?Quote:
Blazeyy said: all bollocks best flush is right now in many upland areas, anyone wanna go spots dm me on facebook
What area are you in please?
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Virgin.Hunter]
#28522999 - 10/30/23 04:05 AM (2 months, 28 days ago) |
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So.... wet!







More LC look-a-likes?
Not worth picking but all i could find, patches of MG now present though could be a good sign..
More rain today!
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Blazeyy]
#28523004 - 10/30/23 04:27 AM (2 months, 28 days ago) |
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Virgin.Hunter said: What's the approx location please?
Trying to see if the season is coming South of Scotland?
Greater Manchester, Bury area
Sorry, you did say!
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Virgin.Hunter]
#28523021 - 10/30/23 05:13 AM (2 months, 28 days ago) |
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@virgin not a recommendation but personally I would happily eat the one you have 4 photos of
Things markedly looking up in Devon this morning
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Slartibart]
#28523277 - 10/30/23 11:10 AM (2 months, 27 days ago) |
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Seasons Greetings
Earthlings, Remember that in order to successfully hunt the mushroom one must first become the mushroom.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: mickymoo] 1
#28523367 - 10/30/23 12:31 PM (2 months, 27 days ago) |
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You are young and foolish. I have Broken Through, and now, the mushroom hunts me.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: mickymoo]
#28523650 - 10/30/23 04:42 PM (2 months, 27 days ago) |
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Blazeyy]
#28523653 - 10/30/23 04:47 PM (2 months, 27 days ago) |
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They are definitely still about. Just maybe not in the numbers I had hoped for
I just went searching for a new spot the other day and picked 50g wet, so not too bad.
Keep strong and keep hunting! Still plenty of trips to be found and had!
Best to reiterate, **the season is still in peak at the moment**, keep hunting, and you will find...depending on weather it may last longer this year who knows....
    
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Stone Dippy] 1
#28524614 - 10/31/23 01:23 PM (2 months, 26 days ago) |
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Stone Dippy said: Itโs scary how much itโs changed in the last ten years, I remember a couple of August starts, now September is unlikely. My one claim to fame is being quoted in the Guardian lol! Iโm โan experienced foragerโโฆ https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/dec/28/late-frost-gives-uk-magic-mushroom-hunters-an-extra-high?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard
I read this a few years back now, how did that happen? Did The Guardian come appoch you on Dartmoor while picking?
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Bobz99] 1
#28525175 - 11/01/23 06:12 AM (2 months, 26 days ago) |
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Although I enjoy the idea of the mushroom map, it has never been accurate for me - last year it was pale over me and around my patches while I was finding blankets... this year it's been 'Profondo Rosso' since 2nd week in Oct and I had a week of twos and then nothing new since.
I checked the weather on time and date dot com for my location last year and compared it directly to this year... interestingly last year right when the blankets were out the high temp was in the mid teens and low temp was between 5 and 7... so on a graph there's a good peak in amplitude and the oscillation/yoyo-ing temps are there over each 24hr period, which HAS to be influential in activation.
The same data this year tells a very different story. When the temp was unseasonably warm it didn't drop nearly enough over night (only a couple of degrees), and when it was unseasonably cold it didn't rise high enough in the day.
Funnily, this has been one of the first days where last night it was cold and super wet, and now it's balmy and dry. So even though the mushroom map has 'moved on' for the first day since the start of the season, I'll see what I can find.
My suspicion though is that only some lucky microclimates have properly activated this year and the rest are a nope...
Humorous Desperation story: After another disappointing midnight-thorough-combing on Sunday, I ended up sticking some music on and doing a stompy rhythmic rainbow rhythms mushroom dance over the field haha... I know a lot of mycelium is activated to fruiting by impact and vibrations, and wondered if part of why livestock helps (other than their piss) is because when they gallop it drums on the ground... maybe the shaman who insist on rain dances and tribal rhythms and low droning vocals etc knew it was how to coax out the shroomy gubbins? Or maybe I'm clutching at straws... hehe
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: XfnMast]
#28525280 - 11/01/23 08:57 AM (2 months, 26 days ago) |
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I've given up on it now - I think it actually hampers people's efforts.
I think we could do far more as a community to build an accurate map/system for where/when they're highly likely to fruit.
If we could all log local temps, rainfall, and abundance and collate it all, I think a fairly accurate model could be created.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Grumple]
#28526123 - 11/02/23 02:07 AM (2 months, 25 days ago) |
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Pretty sure things have just ticked up with a drop in overnight temperature from 11 to 7. Rainfall has been pretty consistent!
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Grumple] 1
#28526154 - 11/02/23 03:22 AM (2 months, 25 days ago) |
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Grumple said: I've given up on it now - I think it actually hampers people's efforts.
I think we could do far more as a community to build an accurate map/system for where/when they're highly likely to fruit.
If we could all log local temps, rainfall, and abundance and collate it all, I think a fairly accurate model could be created.
I agree, the map might be more of an obstacle than a guide. Predicting when and where they'll grow is not an exact science as long as we don't understand their fruiting preferences thoroughly. I've tried my best to make statistics over the years, but each time I believe I see some correlating consistency in the data, there's always something that speaks against my conclusion. I've seen them come up in summer temps in July as well as after a thorough deep freeze in late November. I guess they're still bent on surprising us. And I think this 'wow'-factor is a big driving force for me as a hunter.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Anglerfish]
#28526164 - 11/02/23 04:11 AM (2 months, 25 days ago) |
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Absolutely! They're a curiosity for sure... and I agree it's got to be their unpredictability that makes them so fascinating - and why it's also really fun at the end of the day! Time spent out hunting is never time wasted, from one perspective even a fruitless day gives you insight and a hands on experience of what kind of day isn't working for them... and from another perspective, a day spent out in fresh air, alone staring at the colour green is extremely healthy for the ol' grey matter.
I went out for 3 hours yesterday late afternoon/early evening, as I say we'd had a nice low temp and constant rainfall and then sunshine and temps in the teens in the day, it felt actually Autumnal for the first time. But doubt Ciaran is going to do anything to promote the season in the right direction... But yeaterday, lots of new stem and cap mushrooms had broken through which is good to see, as not even seeing galerinas, petticoats or brittlegills since the first week in autumn was somewhat disheartening.
I found 3 libs... haha... which is the curse/tease. In one field there were these patches of pretty damn weird lookalikes... they had a grey purplish hue. I took a video, There's a couple of screen grabs below:
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: XfnMast]
#28528308 - 11/03/23 06:46 PM (2 months, 23 days ago) |
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Went out yesterday in the East Midlands and didn't find any possibly there was a very old one, but not much left of it so I didn't bother checking if it was a lib. Plenty of the lookalikes that almost fooled me a few years ago (mottlegills?) and other types, but not libs. Only checked one field though. First time I've been out looking this year as I'm still deciding whether I even wanna try them again, but don't have to worry on that score if I can't even find any!
Hopefully they might appear in a few days?
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Rache2020] 1
#28528876 - 11/04/23 10:38 AM (2 months, 23 days ago) |
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Rache2020 said: Went out yesterday in the East Midlands and didn't find any possibly there was a very old one, but not much left of it so I didn't bother checking if it was a lib. Plenty of the lookalikes that almost fooled me a few years ago (mottlegills?) and other types, but not libs. Only checked one field though. First time I've been out looking this year as I'm still deciding whether I even wanna try them again, but don't have to worry on that score if I can't even find any!
Hopefully they might appear in a few days?
Since you saw plenty of lookalikes you should keep looking in similar habitat. You might just have to work harder in order to find them. One field only is also a very limited search area.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Anglerfish]
#28529222 - 11/04/23 03:11 PM (2 months, 22 days ago) |
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Yeh usually I would be on hands and knees looking but the grass was cut a few months ago so they should've been no problem to spot (and I spotted plenty of other little mushrooms) so I think if they were there I would've found some. I was really hopeful this year as well.
A few years ago I did multiple fields but had no luck (although that was before I was 100% on identification) once I found them in the closest field to me I just decided to stick to that one. It's pretty big and I think I'm the only one looking since it's a bit hard to get into the field now. If no luck in a few days I'll try some others though.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Rache2020]
#28529783 - 11/05/23 12:48 AM (2 months, 22 days ago) |
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We went to a diff spot this time, was a lovely place just pretty hard to shroom there as it was really wet and stuff. Anyway, I need either a lift from some one who drives who is close to my area so we can go to my proper spot and get a good haul or bus fair to do it myself. I have no shrooms at all as I let the people I was with have em, but if you are down to come with me then PM me on here and this time we can split it. I got bud n that, vapes, codeine, gabapentin all sorts for anxiety so it's a good time for me to go.


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Blazeyy
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Blazeyy]
#28529784 - 11/05/23 12:53 AM (2 months, 22 days ago) |
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Just make sure if you come with me to bring a good coat, if you don't have one I have one with a furry hood in like dark green. I like to bring a hat too for any wind or sunrays, like a cap or a kevin n perry job. Cheers. Girl or boy or non binary I don't mind what ya are I'm a decent lad me.
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Frenchjedi
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Blazeyy]
#28529883 - 11/05/23 05:09 AM (2 months, 22 days ago) |
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Between 170-200 found today on the South Dorset Ridgeway over about an hourโฆby far the best haul this season. Roughly from mid October have been out for a โstrollโ and bumped into 30-50 a time so happy with todays finds. Hopefully a few more weeks of the season down here. Plenty of rain lately and temps about 14-16 in the day to 8-9 at night! Long grass but once one spotted and the rake the grass a wee bit then plenty more of his little friends out to play!!
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Frenchjedi]
#28530562 - 11/05/23 12:30 PM (2 months, 21 days ago) |
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I have finally found a spot that is producing in kent.
Iโm sure there are tons if spots but people are understandably hesitant to give up their abundant places to people they donโt know and tbh itโs fair enough.
Iโm tryin to combine putting in the work myself with building connections with people who can hopefully see Iโm not some disrespectful commercial picker, just a family man who likes to trip a few times a year as a medicinal use to combat anxiety and depression. We shall see where that takes me. For now though at least Iโve found a spot that is less than an hour away and I havenโt had to to go all the way to wales, even if it isnโt quite mushroom mountain.
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Blazeyy
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Jimmyp555]
#28530563 - 11/05/23 12:30 PM (2 months, 21 days ago) |
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Only went for an hour with a random guy off Facebook, we got like 20 each and some amanitas, we went far too late the sun went down and we had to use a torch lol, still popping everywhere!!
So far, everyone I have met in the mushroom community has been sound as a pound!
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Blazeyy] 1
#28530935 - 11/05/23 05:18 PM (2 months, 21 days ago) |
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Found about 50 down in Dorset a week ago Tbh I was surprised I found any down there, very scenic spots though ๐

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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Jimmyp555]
#28530947 - 11/05/23 05:24 PM (2 months, 21 days ago) |
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Nice, I am on the border of Kent but not managed to find any around croydon area sadly.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: dropski]
#28531676 - 11/06/23 12:06 PM (2 months, 20 days ago) |
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Hello all, looks like 2023 is going the same way the last four seasons did round these parts (SW). In blunt terms totally dry. From spots that were producing 500 in a day from 2014-2016 to absolute zero.Of course, the possible reasons and factors and permutations have been chewed over in vain. Plus one place is now unofficially OOB having been open to all for as long as I've been alive. A public right of way and a farmer's newly planted private property sign in the same field. Oh well, onwards and downwards into deep depression with not one window of relief a year.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: YellowArrow]
#28531815 - 11/06/23 02:05 PM (2 months, 20 days ago) |
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40 grams today
I think strong winds discourage them from poking their heads above ground so hoping storm Kieran or however you spell it was a temporary setback from which we are due to recover
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: XfnMast]
#28532983 - 11/07/23 01:24 PM (2 months, 19 days ago) |
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Any results from the vibration induced fruiting theory?
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walksatsunrise
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: walksatsunrise]
#28533058 - 11/07/23 02:26 PM (2 months, 19 days ago) |
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Finally some decent picking here with the sunshine after Storm Ciaran - close grazed top fields meeting the moors upto about 100ft above pasture.
Tried a variety of hunting experiments recently, including testing the relative strengths of each Led Zepellin album, but the results were largely inconclusive, except for Led Zeppelin 1, but that hasnt been Peer Reviewed.
This time I randomly tried not to focus on other LBMs (Little Brown Mushrooms i.e Mottlegills etc) so when I glimpsed them I immediately looked to another area, like I didnt want those focussing my attention, a bit like aiming for the right ambience aswell as environment - find alot after doing this could have been chance of course,but this is what nearly 2 months wandering in Sheep Pasture has brought me to ๐
Edited by walksatsunrise (11/07/23 03:31 PM)
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kochab
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: walksatsunrise]
#28533346 - 11/07/23 07:01 PM (2 months, 19 days ago) |
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Man yallve got some gorgeous country sides to be hunting magic mushies in. Hope I get to travel and pick these someday
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: kochab]
#28533750 - 11/08/23 04:48 AM (2 months, 19 days ago) |
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Is it still worth going to Yorkshire Dales this time of the year guys? Last time I went about 3 weeks ago and I found maybe 10 libs, planning to go back to the same spot but wondering if it's worth the trip considering that we're in mid November now...
Edited by Mechrazor (11/08/23 04:49 AM)
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FlipFlops
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Mechrazor]
#28535582 - 11/09/23 12:08 PM (2 months, 17 days ago) |
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Potential ground frost forecast here in Wales for Friday night, and I think I spotted a dusting of snow on the mountain tops today. Could be the beginning of the end of the season.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: FlipFlops]
#28536530 - 11/10/23 02:28 AM (2 months, 17 days ago) |
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It might be decent today before frosts but we got hammered with rain last 2 days...going to check slopes with good drainage that get full sun.
Tricky planning close by hunting let alone longer travels... trying to second guess conditions locally, but then in a whole different area aswell. Need like a Thomas Shaffernacher of Lib Cap forecasting - quite tempted to buy a cheap suit and a green screen to fill a gap in the vlog markets.
No looking at fields this week which is apparently now one of my main hobbies - should have saved some time off for later in season, so not even sure if much is growing generally...still no way im going in today if its one of the last picking days...
Edited by walksatsunrise (11/10/23 02:36 AM)
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: walksatsunrise] 1
#28536861 - 11/10/23 09:29 AM (2 months, 17 days ago) |
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About 100 from a few hours today

Batch of Waxcaps for an omlette

Worth missing a days pay
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: walksatsunrise] 1
#28537191 - 11/10/23 01:36 PM (2 months, 16 days ago) |
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Biggest ones I've seen so far this season


These were picked at 800ft. Most of my finds this season have been between 700 and 1600ft.
Nice habitat pic for all:

And few others pics.. Unfortunately still nothing like last year but still about..



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mickymoo
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Bobz99]
#28541059 - 11/13/23 02:02 AM (2 months, 14 days ago) |
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This is the least productive magic mushroom season I've
known in 35 years of picking.
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Blazeyy
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: mickymoo]
#28541960 - 11/13/23 08:41 PM (2 months, 13 days ago) |
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Yo, anyones Cyan patches going still of so dm me we can do a trade for spore prints or send me stem buts /cardboard, I moved from that area down a bit innit
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Blazeyy
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: mickymoo]
#28541978 - 11/13/23 08:47 PM (2 months, 13 days ago) |
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mickymoo said: This is the least productive magic mushroom season I've
known in 35 years of picking.
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Same here, going lookin tomoz for A. Muscaria, P. Cyans mainly see if I can find either (bad season for A. Muscaria for me too).
See if I can find any libs maybe too.
I really wanna find cyans it seems so much easier to get pure of em easily.
ALl my lib spots are rinsed a bit and there were some huge ones there but nowt write home about this was near bury area and once we went up bacup that was alright but very hilly, scenary was supreme though and the coke was nice the lad had too haha.
I need a lay or to sell a gpu (have 2 of em) to go again tomoz, out of meds me for anxiety (gabapentin) and no shrooms either - I have PTSD too - I take opiates too due to a bad accident recently so jump between those, got some meth off my methadone off a mate there thank god that's always a nice nice n strong 1 n gets better taken over the days too better activity.
Thing with me is I struggle with mental health but also struggle to get transprt. I have met 3 different people this season random ones so far which is a huge step. But I know some of you on here met 1 of you I think too and know the rappers so it's not that bad.
Plus, people take other drugs too I find when they take / are into shrooms and then I have even less anxiety. We also get some fat trades going at times.
I got some weed atm too I got some Fruity Pebbles makes me choke this does ha.
Edited by Blazeyy (11/13/23 08:49 PM)
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Blazeyy
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Blazeyy]
#28541986 - 11/13/23 08:51 PM (2 months, 13 days ago) |
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I wish that shrooms worked for my PTSD/Anxiety/Depression but I might be doin it wrong, cause they are free man, free...
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Blazeyy
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Blazeyy]
#28541995 - 11/13/23 08:54 PM (2 months, 13 days ago) |
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They give me depersonalisation/derealisation then after that all the sativa weed feels the same like I am tripping again. But I love the Mushrooms and do take 5-6 while I pick sometimes. I kind of just like the journey of picking and learning social skills along the way. But I would also say I like to teach too. I have never came home empty-handed. Rarely less than 20. But a bad season nonetheless. One more journey I think. Anyone down to come lmk.
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: mickymoo] 1
#28542280 - 11/14/23 06:01 AM (2 months, 13 days ago) |
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Quote:
mickymoo said: This is the least productive magic mushroom season I've
known in 35 years of picking.
**Message Ends Until yesterday i couldn't agree more, my faithful spot had been completely void of anything on 3 visits, despite conditions in theory being good.
I'm in Kent so we are normally late anyway, although they can be funny beasts down here, i've picked in August before after heavy rain when it was still 20 degrees. But this season i'd seen nadda, despit 10 - 15 degree temps for 3 or 4 weeks and lots of rain.
Yesterday i tried a new spot, as a bonus its a lot closer to home, hit the jackpot with 94g wet in about 90 minutes. I did an absolute fraction of the area, and even better there were no signs of anyone else picking their. Its not at any height and i have acres to explore, so fingers crossed the weather holds for a few more weeks, as it looks like my season has finally arrived.
Edited by Phantom19 (11/14/23 06:16 AM)
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: mickymoo]
#28542304 - 11/14/23 06:41 AM (2 months, 13 days ago) |
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Quote:
mickymoo said: This is the least productive magic mushroom season I've
known in 35 years of picking.
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yup, same here 
maybe 2018 was slightly worse?
speaking for the peaks, north yorkshire moors and northumberland
my most productive pick was first week of august in the peaks, nowt much since..only ones and twos here and there, actual flushes few and far between
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Blazeyy
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: ragu]
#28542666 - 11/14/23 01:14 PM (2 months, 12 days ago) |
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Proper shit for libs for me aswel and sorry i'll message back now don't always see that message box
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Blazeyy] 1
#28543602 - 11/15/23 04:08 AM (2 months, 12 days ago) |
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Dartmoor picking up today
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Anglerfish
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Slartibart]
#28543627 - 11/15/23 05:23 AM (2 months, 12 days ago) |
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Dartmoor picking up today
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rarapaul
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: ragu]
#28555047 - 11/24/23 01:55 PM (2 months, 2 days ago) |
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I tried my usual spots in the Brecons twice now and both are slim pickings. It's pretty high up so they may have been killed off by mountain frosts. Unusual though. A spot which delivered 000s in 2019 now has barely anything
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: rarapaul]
#28555569 - 11/25/23 12:32 AM (2 months, 2 days ago) |
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Seems that this year was a wash for pretty much everyone. I managed to get around 4g dried visiting all of my usual spots and some new ones.
Better luck next year guys
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Tetnix] 2
#28555887 - 11/25/23 09:51 AM (2 months, 2 days ago) |
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So many tears I've cried So much pain inside But baby ...
My most productive day was last week. I've had about 5x 40g hauls and eaten them as I've gone along. A couple of years ago I was picking on new years day. Get out there.
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Blazeyy
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Re: ***The Official UK Liberty Cap Mushroom Season 2023**** (No ID requests) [Re: Slartibart]
#28557465 - 11/26/23 04:29 PM (2 months, 17 hours ago) |
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Here's to a better season next year, solid ground here, still keepin my eyes peeled for cyans due to the microclimates and later season
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With each containing one of the following: Cyanide... Psilocin... Would you take the risk? Didn't think so. This is why Positive Identification prior to consumption is important.
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