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phossy

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Re: ***OFFICIAL UK Liberty Cap (Ps. Semilanceata) thread 2026***

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#29672199 - 09/18/26 04:02 PM (1 month, 7 days ago)

Nice dude all liberty caps again, cant spot any obvious fakes from the lookalikes. If you keep going you might get enough for a good tea, have you dried and weighed what you have so far?

good work, loving that your picking it up so well!

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phossy

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Re: ***OFFICIAL UK Liberty Cap (Ps. Semilanceata) thread 2026***

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#29672236 - 09/18/26 04:42 PM (1 month, 7 days ago)

Another devon foray for liberty caps, found alot more today tried a different area seems to be doing better that where I was the other day. I even managed to find a cluster of some real beasty caps much bigger than the average.

Always get a buzz coming across big ones like that, still not getting the best amounts of rain and the wind seems to be drying out most caps before they can mature. We're still oddly humid right now so with any luck the rain is brewing and will bless our hills soon enough (especially after the droughts lol)

Much love people. :mushroom2:

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Re: ***OFFICIAL UK Liberty Cap (Ps. Semilanceata) thread 2026***

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#29672251 - 09/18/26 05:05 PM (1 month, 7 days ago)

We munched them all already 😆 :crazy:

:crazy:

Wife got just over a gram. I did more but not sure how much actually. initially I had 1.3 but then ate a few more later and last 3 now haha

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wtoxic323
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Re: ***OFFICIAL UK Liberty Cap (Ps. Semilanceata) thread 2026***

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#29672262 - 09/18/26 05:18 PM (1 month, 7 days ago)

Have fun guys!! :mushroom2:

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phossy

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Re: ***OFFICIAL UK Liberty Cap (Ps. Semilanceata) thread 2026***

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#29672268 - 09/18/26 05:32 PM (1 month, 7 days ago)

enjoy let us know it goes :smile:

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Re: ***OFFICIAL UK Liberty Cap (Ps. Semilanceata) thread 2026***

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#29672288 - 09/18/26 05:59 PM (1 month, 6 days ago)

Wife says hello 👋 😃

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Re: ***OFFICIAL UK Liberty Cap (Ps. Semilanceata) thread 2026***

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#29674685 - 09/21/26 03:49 PM (1 month, 4 days ago)

Hello ive found 3 or 4 of these mushrooms here that I would like an ID on as they look like liberty caps yet im unsure.

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phossy

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Re: ***OFFICIAL UK Liberty Cap (Ps. Semilanceata) thread 2026***

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#29674789 - 09/21/26 06:27 PM (1 month, 3 days ago)

None are liberty caps. If you picked them together judging by the one in the middle id say Panaeolus foenisecii

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Re: ***OFFICIAL UK Liberty Cap (Ps. Semilanceata) thread 2026***

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#29674818 - 09/21/26 06:49 PM (1 month, 3 days ago)

Okay cheers, they did have very fibrous stems.

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Re: ***OFFICIAL UK Liberty Cap (Ps. Semilanceata) thread 2026***

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#29674911 - 09/21/26 09:26 PM (1 month, 3 days ago)

Is it that time of the year again? Wow! Where has the year gone?

This year has been one of the hardest years of my life. I spent 3 months in rehab after self destructing on heroin, methamphetamine and alcohol. When I got out, I promised I wouldn't touch another drug in my life. That mindset has shifted though and I'm way more accepting to psychedelics. Psychedelics have never been an issue. It's all the other shit that's became a problem. I fully intend on hitting the hills again in search of libs. I'll be heading out later on this week and will report my findings once I've been out and about.

Happy hunting everyone! It's great to be back! :rockon:

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wtoxic323
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Re: ***OFFICIAL UK Liberty Cap (Ps. Semilanceata) thread 2026***

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#29675498 - 09/22/26 04:52 PM (1 month, 3 days ago)

Well done on getting clean, that sounds so rough - I really hope you're able to keep the sobriety up, it sounds like really nasty stuff.

As for these lib friends they've been in abundance for a whole month here now. Still going strong! I hope you get some good success and can fit a trip in soon, sounds like ya deserve it.

Happy hunting & trippin' :mushroom2:

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Re: ***OFFICIAL UK Liberty Cap (Ps. Semilanceata) thread 2026***

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#29676358 - 09/23/26 04:29 PM (1 month, 2 days ago)

wtoxic323 said:

Generally what it seems to me is that in the early season you tend to only really find them at higher alititudes. Watch out for humidity, night temps (specifically 8-11C) and even pressure (should be low rather than high.)

They don't necessarily need rain. Ime they do best with fog/mist, or overnight dew. But even just consistently high humidity could be enough.

Generally the north half of England seems to see the season a month behind the north of Scotland, and ours started a month ago so hopefully you'll see some soon. Also even travelling as little as a few kilometres can drastically change results. I'm finding hundreds just 3km away, but none in the usual spots here.

Also look for areas with high moisture retention, like the edges of a field along the treeline, or even around the lower edges of a small hill in the field if there is one where the water drains towards - this is very important in the beginning of the season.

Happy hunting and good luck!

Do you have to look for places with some elevation around sheep or cows generally? I really want to find some this year but haven’t got my UK driving license so it’s not easy to get out too far. There are some fields where I live with cows but rather flat land in the NW that isn’t really accessible. Mostly just parks and sandy woods and things where I’ve never really seen them.

I’ve seen so many photos of them that it should be the case that I’d know them when seeing them, but I don’t know.

Thinking of going on an organized hunting trip in November but I don’t know if it’s wise to ask such people and with two kids finding time for such things might not be so easy anyway…

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phossy

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Re: ***OFFICIAL UK Liberty Cap (Ps. Semilanceata) thread 2026***

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#29676364 - 09/23/26 04:40 PM (1 month, 2 days ago)

If your thinking of going on a hunt in november you'll be more likely to find them at lower altitudes as by that point we should be well into the season for lib caps. Sheep and cows don't always mean that you'll find lib caps its a good indicator but not a promise, only way to find out is to have a look when conditions are good and see if they are there :mushroom2:

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wtoxic323
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Re: ***OFFICIAL UK Liberty Cap (Ps. Semilanceata) thread 2026***

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#29677192 - 09/24/26 12:00 PM (1 month, 1 day ago)

Sheep fields are better than cow fields imo. It's basically a guarentee you'll find them there where I live lol.

I would recommend trying to see if you can find some before your little trip w others, because november is relatively late in the season - though it depends where you live. So to increase your chances I would start getting out soon.

In terms of actual hunting, you will only need elevation if it's early in the season. Personally elevation never really made a difference for me. I found them as early as the 8th of August at only 30m elevation lol, and that's crazy early even for the north of Scotland - so don't stress about that too much.

Find some sheep fields, or fields with public walkways through them but they're not that common. If you find a grassy hillside they tend to be pretty good too.

Somewhere kinda like this video here:

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Re: ***OFFICIAL UK Liberty Cap (Ps. Semilanceata) thread 2026***

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#29678302 - 09/25/26 05:40 PM (1 month, 15 minutes ago)

Yeah have a good feel for the kind of habitat I need to be looking for in the UK. Seems to me that I’d probably require a car to get there from where I am though. Hopefully next year when I get my UK license!

Thanks guys!

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Re: ***OFFICIAL UK Liberty Cap (Ps. Semilanceata) thread 2026***

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#29679021 - 09/26/26 03:36 PM (30 days, 2 hours ago)

Any joy in the and around West midlands at all? Nights are getting cold but the sun is still blazing unfortunately. 22c yesterday but dropping to 9 tonight???

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Re: ***OFFICIAL UK Liberty Cap (Ps. Semilanceata) thread 2026***

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#29679482 - 09/27/26 06:58 AM (29 days, 10 hours ago)

Hey team, found these yesterday. I've been quite a few years out of the game. So I was wondering if people could just give me a peace of mind confirmation - or tell me I'm an idiot. Cheers

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Re: ***OFFICIAL UK Liberty Cap (Ps. Semilanceata) thread 2026***

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#29679519 - 09/27/26 09:18 AM (29 days, 8 hours ago)

Your not an idiot, and that's the libbiest lib I ever did see. There's one at the very bottom of the group photos I'm not totally sure about but the stem matches the others so ignore me.

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Re: ***OFFICIAL UK Liberty Cap (Ps. Semilanceata) thread 2026***

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#29679654 - 09/27/26 01:01 PM (29 days, 4 hours ago)

Awesome, thank you! I'm not originally from the UK, so I'm used to different species! But I thought these ticked all the boxes for a lib. If anyone has any thought otherwise, I'm always open to correction!

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Re: ***OFFICIAL UK Liberty Cap (Ps. Semilanceata) thread 2026***

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#29680269 - 09/28/26 07:30 AM (28 days, 10 hours ago)

So my first trip never started off all that well. The sun was scenting pretty.much the minute I stepped into the field. With a single torch, the best I could find for the first two minutes was this lovely mud pat right next to my feet:.

To make matters worse, I was getting hit with torrential rain and galeforce winds so I never lasted much longer after that. I did find the odd liberty cap here and there, but to my dismay, my tupperware had a wide open crack that looked like an open window. Any libs I collected came flying back out the tub without me even noticing due to how dark and windy everything was.

It's all part of the fun.. I guess? Anyway today looks like a beautiful day so I'll be heading out right after this coffee and my joint.

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