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miiddiesman024
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Magic Mushroom Guide For VA 1
#3662241 - 01/22/05 09:49 AM (19 years, 9 days ago) |
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I'm kind of curious as to the lack of information on wild magic mushrooms in Virginia. I've put together a list of three species: psilocybe caerulipes, Panaeolus Subbalteatus, and gymnopilus aeruginosus; I plan on looking for these species in the spring time.
Ill be putting together a field guide for myself to use, as I am unfamiliar with any magic mushroom other than p. cubensis, which i have only seen fresh versions of the gold teacher variety.
On my various adventures walking through forest i have seen many mushrooms, and in fact I think I could have actually found some p. subbalteatus or Panaeolina Foenisecii last year in my own lawn, but was unable to properly identify them.
Any other VA shroomers who have found magic mushrooms growing wild, post and let me know what kind of habitat you found them on or what species was found. It seems to me highly unlikely that magic mushies border my state all around, but don't grow here.
Mainly what i want to know about these three mushrooms, is if there are any deadly lookalikes for the three mentioned. Also i was wondering about the safety of eating gymnopilos species, as I've come across conflicting data. There is so much information in the shroom world, I'm overwhelmed.
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"Gymnopilus penetrans is one of several easily confused Gymnopilus species. No member of this genus is recommended for the table and experimentation with them could lead to an unexpected poisoning." http://www.evergreen.edu/mushrooms/phm/s29.htm be careful with the gyms. aeruginosus seems somewhat rare, though I have been shown a nice fruiting up here. they showed definite bluing and a bioassay of them gave me no trouble, but I would make damn sure you have aeruginosus or one of the other active species before you eat anything from the genus... sounds like you have done a bit of reading and research on it, so you'll probably be fine. I just thought I'd mention that. good luck DH
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jpotter420
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hey, i live in virginia too. northern VA to be precise. but i have heard of this one particular type of mushrooms that grow under pine trees in VA. forgot what the species was. yea there arent much mushrooms growin round here in VA. once spring time comes around, im gonna go mushroom picking. where in VA did u find p. cubensis? what forests in virginia did u find mushrooms at ? i have never ever gone mushroom hunting but i am def going too. help me out cause im not even a rookie yet.
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Re: Magic Mushroom Guide For VA [Re: jpotter420] 1
#3669707 - 01/23/05 08:52 PM (19 years, 8 days ago) |
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jpotter420 said: hey, i live in virginia too. northern VA to be precise. but i have heard of this one particular type of mushrooms that grow under pine trees in VA. forgot what the species was. yea there arent much mushrooms growin round here in VA. once spring time comes around, im gonna go mushroom picking. where in VA did u find p. cubensis? what forests in virginia did u find mushrooms at ? i have never ever gone mushroom hunting but i am def going too. help me out cause im not even a rookie yet.
Amanita muscaria grows under pines.
Edited by xIcy (01/24/05 04:45 PM)
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miiddiesman024
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Re: Magic Mushroom Guide For VA [Re: xIcy] 2
#3673030 - 01/24/05 03:33 PM (19 years, 7 days ago) |
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I wish i found the Cubes growing wild haha.
Nope, they were grown using rice cakes by my gifted cousin. Man those suns of bitches were almost solid blue, and so bright, it was trippy.
Unfortunately, I'm not interested in eating any amanita species, but I would be rather delighted to encounter one.
Im going to be looking in city parks, or wildlife reserves, and also around horse stables. Last year while wondering around in the woods, just enjoying a good toke with a good friend, we encountered numerous species growing on woodchips on trails made through the woods in the park. I am also a rookie though, never have actually went shroom hunting with the intention of eating anything, so I'm going to be practicing with a lot of caution.
While driving through the country trippin balls on mushies my cousin ran into this young kid late as shit at night who said he ate mushrooms out of the field and they fucked him up. He was like 11, lol, which is totally nuts. My cousin and his buddy went searching, and found nothing active, but my cousins dumbass friend ate a giant mushroom.. Luckily nothing happened to him.
I was actually out that way this past weekend, but it was friggin cold as heck so we werent really up for walking around in the fields, not that anything would be growing, just to look around. And I was completely abliterated by 3 critical ass hits of acid, which were stronger than the Adam and Eve acid i had last weekend. Anyone seen the adam and eve, the sheets look so badass. LOL. Anyway I'm done.
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jpotter420
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tight. i am a rookie when it comes to mushrooms. ive only done em twice. what do u mean they were grown by using rice cakes, like u jus put spores on a rice cake and they grew ? btw, just out of curiosity what part in va do u live in ? city ?
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miiddiesman024
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Re: Magic Mushroom Guide For VA [Re: jpotter420] 1
#3673403 - 01/24/05 05:14 PM (19 years, 7 days ago) |
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LOL. Nope not on a actual rice cake.
Check out the pftek, or any of the other easy mushroom grow guides found on this website. Its a method of growig magic mushies indoors.
Also, deffinately no need for you to know that kind of info bro, sorry. But im in souther VA.
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Re: Magic Mushroom Guide For VA [Re: jpotter420] 1
#3674293 - 01/24/05 08:16 PM (19 years, 7 days ago) |
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im from nothern va as well im trying to get into hunting but i havent started yet cause were not in season. it doesnt seem like shrooms are realy growing here in abundance. im most definately a rookie as well, if my hunting doesnt go well this spring i might just start growing
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thanks much for starting this thread Miidie. I noticed the same thing..
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Re: Magic Mushroom Guide For VA [Re: TheDudeAbides] 1
#3678699 - 01/25/05 04:06 PM (19 years, 6 days ago) |
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The_Dude_420 said: thanks much for starting this thread Miidie. I noticed the same thing..
noticed what ?
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miiddiesman024
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Re: Magic Mushroom Guide For VA [Re: jpotter420] 1
#3679917 - 01/25/05 08:55 PM (19 years, 6 days ago) |
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probably the lack of growing information in VA. I think possibly that mushrooms don't grow in a huge abundance here, but I know they are here.
When I was young man, still in highschool, I knew a girl a few years older who said her boyfriend knew what to look for and they could find mushrooms and trip balls nice and everything. He was supposidly pretty good with identifying mushrooms, which is kind of neccesary.
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MontyRev
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whats up virginia:-) i went shrooming last summer...only to find a bunch of stuff that didnt even come close to looking like something edible....i read somewhere about putting a piece of the shroom in a chemical and it would turn it blue....but wont all psyco mushrooms bruise blue? anyway...any news on what kinda shrooms grow in VA yet?
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Re: Roll CALL:im in richmond [Re: MontyRev] 1
#3703432 - 01/30/05 06:03 PM (19 years, 1 day ago) |
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MontyRev said: any news on what kinda shrooms grow in VA yet?
Look at the first post?
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psilocybe caerulipes, Panaeolus Subbalteatus, and gymnopilus aeruginosus
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where? [Re: xIcy] 1
#3703746 - 01/30/05 06:50 PM (19 years, 1 day ago) |
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where are they at...i have never seen them before
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Try using the "search posts" function. There you will find the info you are seeking.
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miiddiesman024
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Well old Virginny looks like she might be ready to ease up on the winter for the year. Although i say that and it snowed yesterday ;p , but today it was in the 60's, which is friggin weird if you ask me lol.
I can't wait to get out and start hunting. I want to find some regular edibles, maybe some rare edibles in this area, Although i have done minimal research on the topic.
I'll also be starting big ole' beds with poo and straw from rye spawn jars, and also will be trying to possibly do an outdoor azurescens bed, or maybe a pan. cyanescens bed, or possibly subbalteatus bed. Something different, that will thrive in this Mediterranean climate.
Later in the fall time i will be experimental with liberty caps. I will re update this thread in the springtime when I gather a list of edibles, and obtain a nice field guide and get out hunting. GOOD LUCK to all you VA shroomers, its such a beautiful state, i love to just be outside. I love VA lol , a lot.
Also this is to all outdoor shroom growers: Have you had luck when starting outdoors beds of returning the following season and finding mushrooms close by??? I ask because if i start a wood loving species, or a debris loving species, or even cubies by a horse field, with an extremely mild winter (our winters are nothing compared to up north of here) wouldn't all those spores dropped and the mycelium possibly remaining dormant over the course of the winter make this somewhat possible?? Or, do mushrooms need to have A LOT of choices, to say that in their natural habitat not every clump of shit is going to be colonized. I kind of lost my track of thought I'm going to edit this or add some later if i catch back up. Anyway keep this post going VA SHROOMERS< I KNOW YOU ARE OUT THERE. I am.
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MontyRev
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your gonna grow the liberty caps? or hunt for them?
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Re: where? [Re: MontyRev] 1
#3900378 - 03/10/05 10:11 PM (18 years, 10 months ago) |
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There are no liberty caps in Virginia.
mj
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I am from Va and I have been looking for a long time. I found some once in some old straw I used to bed down some goats. Icouldn't identify them but i really think they came from spores the goats spread after they got into my neighbors outdoor beds. I had happy goats but my neighbor was pissed for awhile.
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miiddiesman024
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I think that possibly magic mushrooms are not widespread at all throughout VA. It seems to be this way. I see a lot of panaeolus species , so im going to try and identify them this spring and summer. But i have a feeling they are just lbms.
Im going to aprehend a bunch of different spore prints. I would be growing the liberty caps, if i feel i had obtained enough experience at that point.
Edited by miiddiesman024 (03/11/05 09:15 AM)
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I'm looking foreward to reading post from your adventures.
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Psilocybe semilanceata (liberty caps) are one of the harder species to0 grow in vitro. This is a fall weather mushroom mostly int he northern hemisphere and they grow with their mycelia atached tot he roots of wild grasses such as sedge and tall trank grasses.
Very few people have ever got them to grow. I think Workman got some to fruit outdoors in oregon, but then again, that is the region they grow well in the PNW from Bandon,Oregon to British Columbia in the north end of the PNW.
mj
Gartz and I also grew a few in a flask in a lab.
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miiddiesman024
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I will be attempting the liberty caps outdoors rather than in vitro. During the right season as well.
I dont understand why virginia doesnt have any naturally growing magic mushrooms our climiate is amazing for plants and mushrooms a like. I see all kinds of mushrooms on my journeys and never any magics (not even in the right areas for magics) but im saying mushies are all over. It boggles my mind. Possibly an undiscovered species of magic paneaolous on the east coast possibly MJ?? Porbably not i suppose.
Anyway thanks to everyone keeping this thread alive, I will post some pics of my journeys when i get my scanner up and working. Yes i use a 35 millimeter cannon, no digi. Im a recreational photographer :p.
Uncle mike i will keep this thread updated as much as possible with new info. Also we may not find the abundance of wild magic mushrooms, but i urge you to try and read up on cubensis cultivation, outdoor teks included. We have a perfect enviroment from march til september or october to fruit outdoor beds. This is not sketch at all, and does take a little effort.
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I look forward to hearing of your findings.
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Psilocybe ovoideocystidiata.
Check my thread.
-------------------- Wild Psilocybe Ovoideocystidiata
 Cultivated Cubensis

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I live in NOVA and I have found a couple shrooms. A white Amanita looking one of good size and several of the psylocibin ones but didnt know how to dry them. The white one I was unsure of and did not eat.
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Dammit, I hate to be that guy to necro-bump a thread like this, but nobody commented in my last thread.
Are there any active members that can give me more recent reports of VA mushies?
This thread seems to be the most comprehensive for my area. I hope it catches someone's eye.
I've been seeing some inactive varieties of shrooms popping up recently but nothing I'm looking for yet.
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Re: Magic Mushroom Guide For VA [Re: DabsAndTabs]
#23317293 - 06/07/16 07:46 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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have you looked through the yearly ovoid threads?
the season is winding down, but there are definitely still stragglers out there. this is the species you want to primarily target in VA, followed by Panaeolus cinctulus and Gymnopilus species...if you're really into a scavenger hunt, you can try for Psilocybe caerulipes toward the end of summer/beginning of fall.
GL
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Re: Magic Mushroom Guide For VA [Re: relic]
#23317781 - 06/07/16 11:08 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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relic said: have you looked through the yearly ovoid threads?
the season is winding down, but there are definitely still stragglers out there. this is the species you want to primarily target in VA, followed by Panaeolus cinctulus and Gymnopilus species...if you're really into a scavenger hunt, you can try for Psilocybe caerulipes toward the end of summer/beginning of fall.
GL
Hey thanks for the response! I'll have to go through the Ovoid thread and see whats good!
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hey. living in hampton va. rarely gets below 40 in the winter. my ksss started in my planter box. now they're everywhere in my yard. all through out the grass. its great.
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