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Dandurn777



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I don’t mind the taste. Not award winning, but I’ve tasted far grosser shit from natural food stores.
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Dandurn777



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Re: Bay area actives 2023 [Re: Dandurn777] 2
#28546571 - 11/17/23 02:29 PM (2 months, 9 days ago) |
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Found a single allenii growing out of the base of my hydrangeas.
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Shhhh
Feel like a Stranger


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Re: Bay area actives 2023 [Re: Dandurn777] 2
#28547362 - 11/18/23 04:04 AM (2 months, 9 days ago) |
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Contra Costa County is fruiting now too! Found some Allenii in an irrigated flower garden yesterday before the rain started. Lots of pins in this patch so the rain today will help…very little shade here and some mature fruits already dehydrating and bluing in the sun and wind—a few miles away i found a tiny patch in some ankle/shin high grass where the shade and dew help the fruits grow much larger.
If you see a guy with his head down staring at his phone over there in the wood chips and shrubbery, he might not *actually* be looking at his phone — just using it as a foraging foil — happy hunting every body!



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Typerwritermonky
shboop a doop a doop


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Re: Bay area actives 2023 [Re: Shhhh]
#28547675 - 11/18/23 09:32 AM (2 months, 9 days ago) |
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how are mushrooms so cool. that is all.
ill be in the bay area around christmas and am definitely gonna check a few spots. I need to re-up for my microdoses!
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Stranger69
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bush-lurker said: Yes keep going with this one, this was the first one
Maybe Stranger69 can change the name to ‘Official’ with little stars ⭐️ like they do for the PNW and nordic ones
In any case, Im gonna post on this thread this season
Will do
Edited by Stranger69 (11/19/23 04:19 AM)
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Pokepoler
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Re: Bay area actives 2023 [Re: Stranger69] 2
#28548219 - 11/18/23 05:12 PM (2 months, 8 days ago) |
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On the board with a cyan from coastal Bay Area.
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Stranger69
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Re: Bay area actives 2023 [Re: Pokepoler] 2
#28548727 - 11/19/23 04:17 AM (2 months, 8 days ago) |
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The rain is here and it's on I would say 




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afrogus
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Re: Bay area actives 2023 [Re: Stranger69]
#28549183 - 11/19/23 01:25 PM (2 months, 7 days ago) |
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Found a small patch in San Bruno. But all my other spots in the south bay and SF are bone dry......
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ZenZone


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Re: Bay area actives 2023 [Re: afrogus] 2
#28549339 - 11/19/23 03:48 PM (2 months, 7 days ago) |
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Modesto/Turlock region is starting
Edited by ZenZone (11/19/23 03:49 PM)
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bush-lurker
Local



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Re: Bay area actives 2023 [Re: ZenZone] 2
#28549368 - 11/19/23 04:19 PM (2 months, 7 days ago) |
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found some cyans up in the north bay today
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Shhhh
Feel like a Stranger


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Tiny patch in Oakland in a vast area with a TON of wood chips and manicured landscaping—was a mixed bag to only find the one flush… i grabbed some mycelium and spread it in nearby areas, seems like the best way to increase future prospects?
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ErnestBecker
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Re: Bay area actives 2023 [Re: Shhhh]
#28549451 - 11/19/23 05:50 PM (2 months, 7 days ago) |
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Went back to the first place I ever found actives in SF (back in November 2021) on the hunch that it might fruit early every year and found a couple of small Allenii.

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Shhhh
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ErnestBecker said: Went back to the first place I ever found actives in SF (back in November 2021) on the hunch that it might fruit early every year and found a couple of small Allenii.
Seems like out of all the patches I’ve found (which is probably around 8-10) only maybe half fruit consistently from one year to the next—not sure what’s up with that—some places change so much from one year to the next: less irrigation, variations in weather, inconsistent landscaping (wood chips completely decomposing), etc—so recently I’ve been more proactive about spreading little chunks of mycelium in good habitats.
I do love finding the same spot fruiting years after year—feels like bumping into an old friend ~~
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CHUCK.HNTR
feral urbanite



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Re: Bay area actives 2023 [Re: Shhhh]
#28550020 - 11/20/23 09:39 AM (2 months, 7 days ago) |
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Looking good everyone. I gotta get out and hunt!
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TheMycoverse
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Re: Bay area actives 2023 [Re: CHUCK.HNTR] 1
#28550428 - 11/20/23 02:55 PM (2 months, 6 days ago) |
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The south bay and Santa Cruz area is alive and well. I made some rounds yesterday and about 80% of my patches were producing strong. Tons of pins out there, allenii and cyanescens. Even a few patches that haven't produced in a year or two were fruiting. I didn't take many photos, but this particular spot in San Jose was a nice surprise. I originally found a small handful here this time last year, then it got relandscaped with new chips shortly after. Now it's booming.


On a side note, a good portion of the allenii I picked up yesterday had pronounced umbo's as well. I didn't take photos, but they resembled those that Dandurn777 posted. Azure-esque, but likely cyan mutations.
Very stoked to see everyone's finds!
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openmind
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Re: Bay area actives 2023 [Re: ZenZone]
#28550495 - 11/20/23 04:02 PM (2 months, 6 days ago) |
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Y'all have some good looking patches boomin'!
About 3 weeks ago I found one small patch of cyans in a backyard of a customers place I was working at. That was a cool surprise for the day.
In my area (Humboldt) the fungi in general are poppin' everywhere, it's been much wetter this fall so far compared to last time around. I've kept an eye out for actives when I'm out & about but haven't found anything else yet.
I'd like to find some cyans in the dunes, it'd be cool to find 'em growing in a natural/wild environment like that. I took a stroll around the dunes recently and that's such a different habitat/setting compared to urban hunting, I totally had to re-calibrate my eyes & approach to hunting lol. Generally though I was checking out areas that were shaded, moist, and looked to have accumulated detritus/woody debris.
If anyone has any tips about hunting actives in coastal dunes LMK...Not asking for spots, I'm mostly just curious if they're associated with a particular plant/habitat or zone within the dunes? I've heard "they're in the lupins", and they're in the ice-plants, and in the clumps of dune grass.
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ZenZone said: Modesto/Turlock region is starting


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justjarvis
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Damn, nice allenii patch myco! I've been out again.
Found this lone cyan pin in a place I found a bunch 2 years ago in GG park:

That's the only one I've seen in the park so far.
Also found a decent size flush of Allenii, but given what the weather looks like I bet the majority of it aborts pretty soon.

And more cyans out and about:
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Pokepoler
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Re: Bay area actives 2023 [Re: justjarvis]
#28550732 - 11/20/23 07:16 PM (2 months, 6 days ago) |
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These things hit hard
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Pokepoler
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Re: Bay area actives 2023 [Re: Shhhh]
#28550738 - 11/20/23 07:23 PM (2 months, 6 days ago) |
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I think a patch will last a good 2 years at best unless carefully maintained
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Shhhh
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Re: Bay area actives 2023 [Re: justjarvis]
#28551022 - 11/21/23 02:29 AM (2 months, 6 days ago) |
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Also found a decent size flush of Allenii, but given what the weather looks like I bet the majority of it aborts pretty soon.
Definitely. Went out today and found a couple Allenii in the shaggy grass, soaking up the dew and flourishing shade. Everything else in the woodchips is drying out real quick.
A few days ago i found a decent sized patch in a flower garden—i had my eye on the forecast: a day of rain followed by abundant sun and warmer temps. SO, i started covering the healthiest pins with rose petals, like little umbrellas overhead. Three days later, the fruits with shade were way bigger than the uncovered ones. I had to peel the petals off as they dried onto the caps like paper mâché:


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