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    #5596839 - 05/06/06 02:36 AM (17 years, 8 months ago)

hey all

just got back from a busy day of picking in a nearby park.
towards the end of the hunt we noticed pink lines sprayed along the ground. could these indicate that the area within the lines has been sprayed for weeds?
would this make it a Bad Idea to eat those mushrooms??

i really don't want to throw em out because we got a lot from that area... but i don't want to die or get violently ill either.

i'm pretty concerned about this actually.


Edited by vector_director (05/06/06 02:47 AM)


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Re: sprayed mushrooms? [Re: vector_director]
    #5596855 - 05/06/06 02:52 AM (17 years, 8 months ago)

the lines were probably marking underground pipes and cables. Definatly not for spraying weeds.


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Re: sprayed mushrooms? [Re: vector_director]
    #5596857 - 05/06/06 02:52 AM (17 years, 8 months ago)

It's hard to say what the pink lines mean. Maybe it was some kind of land scaping lines, maybe it was where they spray some sort of pesticide. Your guess is as good as mine.

What kind of mushrooms are we talking about, out of curiosity.


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Re: sprayed mushrooms? [Re: Gumby]
    #5596910 - 05/06/06 03:30 AM (17 years, 8 months ago)

we are talking about subaeruginosas :wink:

the area has been re-developed within the last year, so it is possible they were marking boundaries of some sort. it's also very possible they were marking where something (most likely herbicide/weed killer i'd guess) has been sprayed, as new vegetation has been planted there. argh, what a kick in the nuts.

i'm guessing it would be slightly weird if i called the council to enquire what the lines indicate :wink:


Edited by vector_director (05/06/06 05:03 AM)


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Re: sprayed mushrooms? [Re: vector_director]
    #5596993 - 05/06/06 05:40 AM (17 years, 8 months ago)

If you got a good crop and are thinking of throwing it out, I reckon a civil phone call to the council is worth the wierdness.


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Re: sprayed mushrooms? [Re: seeker72]
    #5597451 - 05/06/06 10:44 AM (17 years, 8 months ago)

I agree with seeker, just say your concerned that pesticides will hurt your dog or some bullshit, its not like you have to talk to them ever again. Having said that, I think it is highly unlikely that those lines are for pesticides, as they are usually used for surveying or landscaping, but if you are worried, give the council a ring


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Re: sprayed mushrooms? [Re: thelorax121]
    #5597738 - 05/06/06 01:27 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

Pipe line indicator...that's it.


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Re: sprayed mushrooms? [Re: Golden_Lizard]
    #5597828 - 05/06/06 02:16 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

Agreed. pipeline or cables.

Nice hericium in your avatar there lizard. I found one that size 50 feet up a tree last year. We spent two hours tying dead branches together to get high enough to knock it off..lol We backpacked it up to an Alpine lake with us and cooked it on our campfire. It's one of my favorites.
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Re: sprayed mushrooms? [Re: RogerRabbit]
    #5599351 - 05/06/06 11:03 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

hmmmmm!
well, thanks for all the replies/opinions/guesses so far  :wink:

at this stage i still have to err on the side of caution, although i find it odd that they would only spray a smallish (in comparison to the overall size of the park) area, and that they would mark it. i would've thought if they were gonna spray for weeds they would just spray, and wouldn't have any reason to mark the area. the area in question is fenced off from the main path, and is not easily accessible, so i don't think they're marking it for the safety of people walking their dogs there.

at the moment, landscaping / surveyance markings make the most sense.
i'm going to go back today and scope out the area, look for any kinds of geographical clues, or dead weeds scattered around the place, etc :smile:.

the more i think about it the less likely it seems that it's herbicide etc (or maybe it's just wishful thinking), but i think the only way to find out for sure will be to call the council tomorrow, hopefully someone there can give a definitive answer.


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Re: sprayed mushrooms? [Re: vector_director]
    #5600075 - 05/07/06 03:14 AM (17 years, 8 months ago)

OK...

i had another look (after a lot of rain last night and some this afternoon), and there seemed to be less of the pink markings than yesterday. i couldn't really see any 'lines' today, more like patches of pink around the area. this leads me to believe that perhaps it is some kind of herbicide. however, none of the mushrooms we picked had any of this pink stuff on them. there also appeared to be weeds growing around the area, so perhaps it was sprayed several weeks ago.

anyway, here are a few pics i took of the area:







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Re: sprayed mushrooms? [Re: vector_director]
    #5614964 - 05/10/06 09:30 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

Cool you got pics.


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Re: sprayed mushrooms? [Re: Golden_Lizard]
    #5614995 - 05/10/06 09:35 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

The lines would almost certainly not be for spraying weeds ... I mean what would be the point!!?? I guess they could be marking out areas to spray, but I seriously can't imagine they would be organising their weed-spraying so precisely.

However ... consider they probably do spray for weeds anyway, just without leaving pink lines, or any other form of evidence behind. I would wash all mushrooms I was planning on consuming anyway. Also blow into their gills ... you'd be surprised (and possibly disconcerted) about what crawls out of them sometimes!


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Re: sprayed mushrooms? [Re: oO_wombat_Oo]
    #5615066 - 05/10/06 09:50 PM (17 years, 8 months ago)

I'm pretty sure farmers do stuff like that all the time. Don't worry about it.


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Re: sprayed mushrooms? [Re: Feanor]
    #5615832 - 05/11/06 12:25 AM (17 years, 8 months ago)

I know an area where they sprayed pink recently too, im 95% sure its for weeds/grasses/shrubs (i.e. herbicide). I seen it sprayed on mushrooms but they dont typically aim for them, but if there in the way theyll spray over them. Ive seen blue spraypaint before, not sure what for, but my suspicions tell me landscaping lines.


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Re: sprayed mushrooms? [Re: vector_director]
    #5616350 - 05/11/06 06:50 AM (17 years, 8 months ago)

i thought i should update this, since i have some news, and also for the benefit of others who might have the same question.

i called the local council, and told them that my dad wanted to pick some of the edible mushrooms from this park (:grin:), but we noticed pink markings on the ground and wanted to know whether the mushrooms around this area would be safe to eat.

they put me onto "one of the depot boys" who handle park maintenance etc. he said the pink does indicate herbicide has been sprayed, they mix pink vegetable dye (which is harmless) in with the herbicide. he said he'd just recommend picking mushrooms from another area of the park, but went onto say that the herbicide used (glyphosate) certainly couldn't kill you, and you'd have to eat kilo's of sprayed mushrooms for it to even make you sick. he also mentioned that the herbicide breaks down within a couple of days. he said the area was likely sprayed because they were planning on putting new plants in the area (which makes sense, the area looks pretty bare).

this is all pretty consistent with what i read about glyphosate. it's a contact herbicide so it only acts on the plants leaves not on the roots. it basically stops photosynthesis from occurring in the affected plant. since it kills pretty much any plant it touches, they would've only sprayed small amounts onto the weeds growing in that area, not coated the whole area.

therefore, i am relieved  :thumbup:

i see the risk as being almost non-existent.
- we didn't pick any mushrooms which had pink on them
- per person we'd only be consuming a relatively tiny amount of mushrooms (compared to a kilogram)
- the herbicide breaks down very quickly, and even if it had been sprayed a day or two before we picked there, there had been quite a lot of rain the night before so most of it would've been washed off

at first when we noticed the pink markings we saw what we thought were lines, but i don't think they were.

mystery solved!

this is all regarding a park in melbourne, australia, just for the record.


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