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msanchez420
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NSW Shroom Season 2007
#6807114 - 04/19/07 12:25 AM (16 years, 9 months ago) |
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The NSW shroom season has finally kicked off, have had no luck for the last few weeks but today I struck gold Found these p. subaeruginosa along central NSW coast, managed to chase down 70g fresh, here's my 30g left after being divided amongst good friends. The upcoming season is lookin good 



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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: msanchez420]
#6807164 - 04/19/07 12:52 AM (16 years, 9 months ago) |
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You lucky barstad. Thats crazy that youre getting them allready when the melbourne season still seems miles away. Nice finds BTW
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: msanchez420]
#6807465 - 04/19/07 04:14 AM (16 years, 9 months ago) |
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Awesome! Great to hear the first report of the season. I've been toying with the idea of hunting this weekend but the past week has been so warm, it seems a little premature. I'm surprised you managed to find them on the coast so soon - I usually stick to the mountains until well into winter. Anyway, nice work mate!
By the way, I think Azurescens is strictly a North American species .. those must be Subaeruginosa or some closely related species??
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: Fina]
#6807479 - 04/19/07 04:52 AM (16 years, 9 months ago) |
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Grats!
"central NSW coast" aye? thou speaketh in riddles!
It'd make sense though, the coast has been seeing a lot more isolated rain than the mountains and west..
Sydney is set for chance of showers all next week
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Well with the absolute pissing down we've had in Sydney today, coupled with a nice wet forecast for the mountains this week, I predict I'll make my first NSW finds this weekend! Doesn't hurt to be hopeful...  Any other NSW hunters about?
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: Fina]
#6821980 - 04/23/07 05:57 AM (16 years, 9 months ago) |
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bastards i came back down to melburn from the central coast just for winter haah shoulda stayed around a bit longer
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: Fina]
#6822078 - 04/23/07 07:00 AM (16 years, 9 months ago) |
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Yah im thinking i might take a day off on Friday and go on my first serious hunting trip, maybe saturday, see where this rain goes...
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: msanchez420]
#6822604 - 04/23/07 10:27 AM (16 years, 9 months ago) |
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msanchez420 said: Found these Azurescens along central NSW coast (that's all I'm saying),



There are no P. azurescens in your country. They come form Hammond and Astoria, Oregon and some along the Washington and parts along the Oregon Coast also.
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: mjshroomer]
#6822956 - 04/23/07 12:21 PM (16 years, 9 months ago) |
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Look Like some kind of active if their not azurescens. What are they then mj, or is their not enough information based just upon the pictures?
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: msanchez420]
#6823030 - 04/23/07 12:42 PM (16 years, 9 months ago) |
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Well, he is in NSW, Australia, so maybe Psilocybe caerulipes?
Nice long stipes on those, just like the Cyans I find. What was the habitat/substrate??
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: CureCat]
#6823351 - 04/23/07 01:57 PM (16 years, 9 months ago) |
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they look like Azurescens to me. Just because they are not reported in Australia doesn't mean they or some similar, unidentified species doesn't grow there.
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: CureCat]
#6823488 - 04/23/07 02:31 PM (16 years, 9 months ago) |
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CureCat, you know there are no P. caerulipes in New South Wales.
Hehehehe!
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: mjshroomer]
#6823583 - 04/23/07 02:55 PM (16 years, 9 months ago) |
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Look like p. subaeruginosa to me. But they were found much further north than me - not sure what you may find up that way...
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: psiclops]
#6823589 - 04/23/07 02:57 PM (16 years, 9 months ago) |
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psiclops said: they look like Azurescens to me. Just because they are not reported in Australia doesn't mean they or some similar, unidentified species doesn't grow there.
psiclops,
P. azurescens does not have a chanterelle dip-like cup in the center of the caps with age.
They have permanent umbos which stay as an umbo or protrude, even in aging, as seen in the two imags below with the hygrophanous color change occurring with age.


They do not have pockets in the center of the caps where the umbos are in P. azurescens as do the shrooms in the picture posted at the beginning of the thread. I do not see how you think they look like P. azurescens because they do not.
They are P. subaeruginosa and here is a similar image, with a depressed cap in the center of the cap. These are from blue Meanie who lives in Australia.

mj
AS I noted, P. azurescens does not grow in Australia or New Zealand. They are indiogeopus only to the northwest Oregon Coast and a little into Washingto. Some are transplanted in Washington, but those only last a yeara nd are gone. Same as those planted in Germany years ago by Gartz and those who tri9ed planting them in New York, Austria, Switzwerland, and New Mexico and Ohio. They do noot come back the following year.
However, those ones in Australia pictured here are nowhere like P. azurescens.
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Here are some P. azurescens in quantity.
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: mjshroomer]
#6823640 - 04/23/07 03:10 PM (16 years, 9 months ago) |
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Did you notice the blue rings on most of his specimens? What species' have those rings?
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: Cymbaline]
#6823722 - 04/23/07 03:29 PM (16 years, 9 months ago) |
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mjshroomer said: CureCat, you know there are no P. caerulipes in New South Wales.
Hehehehe!
mj
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Cymbaline said: Look like p. subaeruginosa to me. But they were found much further north than me - not sure what you may find up that way...
Hehe, sorry, I meant Ps. subaruginosa! I accidentally typed Ps. caerulipes instead.
I know that subs are native to Australia, but can they be found in NSW and all of Australia? I don't think Blue Foot are native to any part of Australia.... Sorry for the mis-type.
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: CureCat]
#6823948 - 04/23/07 04:39 PM (16 years, 9 months ago) |
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P. subaeruginosa in Australia and Tasmania.
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Australian Capital Territory Psilocybe subaeruginosa Cleland. Psilocybe aucklandii
New South Wales Psilocybe aucklandii Guzmán, King & Bandala. Psilocybe australiana Guzmán & Watling. Psilocybe eucalypta Guzmán & Watling. Psilocybe semilanceata (Fr.:Secr.) P. Kumm. Psilocybe subaeruginosa Cleland Psilocybe tasmaniana Guzmán & Watling. Panaeolus subbalteatus (Bk. & Br.) Sacc. Copelandia cyanescens (Bk. & Br.) Singer. Gymnopilus Junonius (Fr.) Orton= syn. Gymnopilus spectabilis (Fr.).
Northern Territory Copelandia cyanescens (Bk. & Br.) Singer. South Australi Psilocybe subaeruginosa Cleland. Copelandia cyanescens (Bk. & Br.) Singer Gymnopilus Junonius (Fr.) Orton=syn. Gymnopilus spectabilis (Fr.) A. H. Sm. Gymnopilus purpuratus (Cooke & Masse) Singer.
Victoria Psilocybe semilanceata (Fr.:Secr.) P. Kumm. Psilocybe subaeruginosa Cleland. Panaeolus ater (Lange) Kuhner & Romagnesi ex Bon. Gymnopilus purpuratus (Cooke & Masse) Singer. Psilocybe australiana
TASMANIA
Psilocybe australiana Guzmán & Watling . Psilocybe cubensis (Earle) Singer. Psilocybe semilanceata (Fr.:Secr.) P. Kumm. Psilocybe subaeruginosa Cleland. Psilocybe tasmaniana Guzmán & Watling Copelandia cyanescens (Bk. & Br.) Singer
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: CureCat]
#6823979 - 04/23/07 04:47 PM (16 years, 9 months ago) |
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mjshroomer said: CureCat, you know there are no P. caerulipes in New South Wales.
Hehehehe!
mj
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Cymbaline said: Look like p. subaeruginosa to me. But they were found much further north than me - not sure what you may find up that way...
Hehe, sorry, I meant Ps. subaruginosa! I accidentally typed Ps. caerulipes instead.
I know that subs are native to Australia, but can they be found in NSW and all of Australia? I don't think Blue Foot are native to any part of Australia.... Sorry for the mis-type.
Subs certainly found in southern Australia - Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia, southern parts of Western Australia, Australian Capital Territory and parts of New South Wales.
I *think* it is too warm in northern NSW, Queensland and the Northern Territory - there are other active species there that I have no experience with (copes and cubes perhaps?)
Maybe someone from up that way can set me straight?
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: Cymbaline]
#6826185 - 04/24/07 03:06 AM (16 years, 9 months ago) |
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Hey guys! Indeed they are p. subaeruginosa, not sure where I got the azurescens from :S Had a decent shroom off the 30g on the weekend, hopin to find a few more this week. There was a good downpour early this week so it's lookin good, hopefully some more NSW shroomers will start havin luck and postin some piccies of their finds 
CureCat The area is mainly sub-tropical bushland over a few small mountains. Found most of them growing along walking-tracks hidden under thick vegetation either side of track.
Thankyou for your feedback and help guys, keep it up k+
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 *DELETED* [Re: mjshroomer]
#6826299 - 04/24/07 04:35 AM (16 years, 9 months ago) |
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: msanchez420]
#6826409 - 04/24/07 06:21 AM (16 years, 9 months ago) |
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msanchez420 said: CureCat The area is mainly sub-tropical bushland over a few small mountains. Found most of them growing along walking-tracks hidden under thick vegetation either side of track.
Thankyou for your feedback and help guys, keep it up k+
Thanks dude that info is helpful 
Hopefully will be able to report some findings of my own over the next week
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: farmer88]
#6826843 - 04/24/07 10:17 AM (16 years, 9 months ago) |
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farmer88 said:
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mjshroomer said: P. subaeruginosa in Australia and Tasmania.
I know it is a state. I have been there when i put together Magic Mushrooms of Australia and new Zealand.
However it is an Island.
In the USA we say the United states and Hawaii. Hawaii is a large group of many islands of which 7 are inhabitable.
Tasmania is off the coast of your mainland and we in the west coast refer to it as Australia and Tasmania.
mj Tasmania is Australia mj...it's just a state, even though it looks like a pubic thatch tacked on the map. But no Queensland? It's Tasmania that's supposed to be routinely forgotten, now I know how they feel!
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: Cymbaline]
#6826936 - 04/24/07 10:38 AM (16 years, 9 months ago) |
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Cymbaline said:
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CureCat said:
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mjshroomer said: CureCat, you know there are no P. caerulipes in New South Wales.
Hehehehe!
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Cymbaline said: Look like p. subaeruginosa to me. But they were found much further north than me - not sure what you may find up that way...
Hehe, sorry, I meant Ps. subaruginosa! I accidentally typed Ps. caerulipes instead.
I know that subs are native to Australia, but can they be found in NSW and all of Australia? I don't think Blue Foot are native to any part of Australia.... Sorry for the mis-type.
Subs certainly found in southern Australia - Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia, southern parts of Western Australia, Australian Capital Territory and parts of New South Wales.
I *think* it is too warm in northern NSW, Queensland and the Northern Territory - there are other active species there that I have no experience with (copes and cubes perhaps?)
Maybe someone from up that way can set me straight?
Im not from there, but its not too warm in northern NSW for subs. Theyve been found as far north as just above the NSW/QLD border in Queensland. But the conditions wouldnt be as favourable as the southern areas. Cubes have been reported in QLD, Northern NSW and copes in Northen NSW, QLD and NT.
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 *DELETED* [Re: mjshroomer]
#6828456 - 04/24/07 05:31 PM (16 years, 9 months ago) |
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: farmer88]
#6829295 - 04/24/07 08:48 PM (16 years, 9 months ago) |
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Mhm wait im confused.. I should be able to find them on Nsw south coast? it's been raining a ton here, gonna have a look soon..
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: Fexor]
#6830660 - 04/25/07 03:43 AM (16 years, 9 months ago) |
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lucky bastards!
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msanchez420
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: indica]
#6840333 - 04/27/07 09:09 AM (16 years, 9 months ago) |
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A few piccies from todays hunt, actives have now spread to multiple areas and are starting to kick into gear




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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: msanchez420]
#6841117 - 04/27/07 12:11 PM (16 years, 9 months ago) |
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hmmm makenme wish i didnt comeback from sydney so soon
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msanchez420
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: shroomkma]
#6843684 - 04/28/07 12:33 AM (16 years, 9 months ago) |
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shroomkma said: hmmm makenme wish i didnt comeback from sydney so soon
Gettin back at all you Melbourne hunters You guys are everywhere!
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: msanchez420]
#6847555 - 04/29/07 12:10 AM (16 years, 8 months ago) |
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The season is well and truly here! Just came home from my first hunt of the season with a *very* nice haul! I've got a tonne of pics which I'll post soon ... just setting up the fan-dryer now. Come on NSW, lets kick Victoria's arse this year!
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: Fina]
#6847647 - 04/29/07 12:27 AM (16 years, 8 months ago) |
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Awww come on leave some for me! hehe
Right that's it i'm taking tomorrow off and heading up. My first real hunt though, i would be happy just to find a single shroom to get a print off and try to introduce it more locally
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great find.... nice to see that other people are getting lucky to.... have had extreme luck myself latley.... i live in louisiana and shrooms are just popping up here like crazy
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: Fina]
#6847775 - 04/29/07 12:51 AM (16 years, 8 months ago) |
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Fina said:
Come on NSW, lets kick Victoria's arse this year!
Come on, it's mushroom hunting, not football...
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: Cymbaline]
#6848491 - 04/29/07 06:22 AM (16 years, 8 months ago) |
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Here are some photos from todays hunt in the Mountains. We had a great day ... there are loads of Amanitas about, you can clearly see them growing along the side of the road just cruising down the highway ...and, our sub patches are exploding with big, healthy shrooms. We saw far more shrooms than we needed to/bothered to pick. We've already got a bigger haul than the sum of last year's dismal season ... things are looking good! 



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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: Fina]
#6848564 - 04/29/07 07:14 AM (16 years, 8 months ago) |
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Beautiful finds Fina Enjoy
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: msanchez420]
#6852578 - 04/30/07 05:26 AM (16 years, 8 months ago) |
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awesome finds. can't believe that NSW is having bigger finds than victoria already. Lucky bastards...
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: Artnotwar]
#6856895 - 05/01/07 03:50 AM (16 years, 8 months ago) |
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Well i went on my first real hunt today up in the mountains, didn't have much luck all afternoon UNTIL i saw these little puppes... at first i plucked one to have a look at the stem and get ready to throw away like all the other stropharia i found BUT straight away noticed the blue at the base...

Habitat: man-made woodchips in a park/garden Cap size: 1.5 - 5cm Stem length: 1 - 5cm Spore print: Printing now
They were picked about 2 hours ago and were already getting this dry straight out of the ground.
Only found one patch all day but are these Subs?
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Nice find man and yeah they are subs but just a little dry looking.
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: Shroomeup]
#6856939 - 05/01/07 04:42 AM (16 years, 8 months ago) |
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Thanks 
Grats on your own find BTW, i think we found about the same amount.
Thanks to the shroomery for helping me find my first wild
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^^^ Just looked at your pics again and I reckon that one on the bottom left looks a bit suspect. The brown looking stem looks dodgey, I would chuck it out.
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: Shroomeup]
#6856963 - 05/01/07 05:01 AM (16 years, 8 months ago) |
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Shroomeup said: ^^^ Just looked at your pics again and I reckon that one on the bottom left looks a bit suspect. The brown looking stem looks dodgey, I would chuck it out.
I think that's just the light, they were all within 30cm of eachother
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Shroomeup said: ^^^ Just looked at your pics again and I reckon that one on the bottom left looks a bit suspect. The brown looking stem looks dodgey, I would chuck it out.
I think that's just the light, they were all within 30cm of eachother
It doesn't matter how close they were together. Ive seen galerina growing right next to subs quite a few times.
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: Shroomeup]
#6861890 - 05/02/07 07:09 AM (16 years, 8 months ago) |
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Shroomeup said:
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undergrounder said:
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Shroomeup said: ^^^ Just looked at your pics again and I reckon that one on the bottom left looks a bit suspect. The brown looking stem looks dodgey, I would chuck it out.
I think that's just the light, they were all within 30cm of eachother
It doesn't matter how close they were together. Ive seen galerina growing right next to subs quite a few times.
They all look like dry subs to me mate, enjoy your great finds
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: msanchez420]
#6889158 - 05/08/07 01:38 PM (16 years, 8 months ago) |
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C'mon guys where are the all the NSW shroomers at???
*BUMP*
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: msanchez420]
#6889504 - 05/08/07 02:59 PM (16 years, 8 months ago) |
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msanchez420 said: C'mon guys where are the all the NSW shroomers at???
*BUMP*
Probably, like us down south, still waiting for some decent rains... Still pretty mild out my way too, but this will pass, not too sure about the rain though...
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: msanchez420]
#6890412 - 05/08/07 07:07 PM (16 years, 8 months ago) |
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msanchez420 said: C'mon guys where are the all the NSW shroomers at???
*BUMP*
yo representing north syd here  havent been out for a hunt though its my first year so just doin some reading first any good patches around sydney? or do we have to head out to the mountains?
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: techharm]
#6890931 - 05/08/07 08:57 PM (16 years, 8 months ago) |
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Yo y'all:
I am a NSW kind of guy. Pretty close to the city but in some of the local national park/bush track little places, as well as an extremely large woodchipped area, I have been finding tons of different species ranging from coral fungi to stinkhorns to a huge ugly mofo I have no idea about. All after a few days rain recently.
Haven't found any active style ones yet (although I thought I had on my mum's front lawn, which turned out to be a witch's hat as I was educated) but I will keep my eyes skinned and we'll see how it goes? I have no doubts I can find some in my area once properly educated, given the right circumstances, and searching hard enough.
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: ramshackle]
#6890947 - 05/08/07 08:59 PM (16 years, 8 months ago) |
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The other day while driving near my house I noticed some Ipomoea violacea (heavenly blue) growing in abundance down near a park/creek area.
So maybe I will do some harvesting of that before continuing mushrooming?!
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: ramshackle]
#6891625 - 05/08/07 11:36 PM (16 years, 8 months ago) |
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yeah man, north sydney! woo. i think?
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: ExtremeRoon]
#6912772 - 05/14/07 04:37 AM (16 years, 8 months ago) |
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Piccies from todays hunt, pretty dry in most areas but still managed to find these:







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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: msanchez420]
#6912928 - 05/14/07 07:26 AM (16 years, 8 months ago) |
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Nice One M 
Pity that last pic is a bit dark to see
Tech: I haven't found any in and around North Sydney as of yet, i don't think its nearly cold enough in the inner city yet but you never know. A few days of showeres followed by soaking rain are forecast for the middle and end of this week so here's hoping
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man in north sydney here the mushrooms are taking over if only i had joined this site earlier and known my stuff i'll just have to read up quickly
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: shroomicus]
#6931790 - 05/17/07 08:19 PM (16 years, 8 months ago) |
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Had quite a lot of rain down here on the south coast today With temperatures dropping theres no doubt they will be growing
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: Fexor]
#6932272 - 05/17/07 10:08 PM (16 years, 8 months ago) |
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Oh.. and a quick question.. How long after rain does it take to start pinning? thanks
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: Fexor]
#6932603 - 05/17/07 11:17 PM (16 years, 8 months ago) |
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usually a week or two after a descent rain...
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: biggysmall]
#6939616 - 05/19/07 06:33 PM (16 years, 8 months ago) |
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ah ok that's why there werent so many out when i went looking yesterday
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: msanchez420]
#6951104 - 05/22/07 09:07 AM (16 years, 8 months ago) |
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Current weather forecasts predict a solid week of rain in early June for Sydney. And with weather starting to drop to below 10 overnight, I guess mid-June will be the hot ticket.
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: Gonz]
#6959842 - 05/24/07 12:59 AM (16 years, 8 months ago) |
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has the season sorta died out for any of you people? there were mushrooms around my area for quite a while, then it just died off and theres nothing anymore, has anyone else got this problem?
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: ExtremeRoon]
#6959986 - 05/24/07 02:33 AM (16 years, 8 months ago) |
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ExtremeRoon said: has the season sorta died out for any of you people? there were mushrooms around my area for quite a while, then it just died off and theres nothing anymore, has anyone else got this problem?
Had my worst haul of the season last Friday, areas that were sproutin actives nicely for the few previous weeks had none at all, or very few. I put this down to a lack of rain, goin for another hunt tomorrow so here's hoping things have been pickin up the last week
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: msanchez420]
#6972538 - 05/27/07 05:34 AM (16 years, 8 months ago) |
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allright well..... sumtimes u have to do things when you dont wanna and comeing to sydney was one of them.. but im here so i better start llearning....
WHAT THE FUCK IS THE GO UP HERE!... back in march there was alot of storms and i saw alot of inactives growing... i live near the central coast... but all the wood chips around dis area arnt even wet... now being a melburnian i am use to just finding them ANYWHERE!!! can sum1 give me some infomation .... like sydney is way 2 big and 2 hot... i dunno if you guys are evewn finding shrooms ne more... but yeah sum1 please help us out a bit... at least ya know im not some newby trying to steal people patches.. just need to know wat the go is..., onli thing ive ever heard is the blue mountians but with no car and its just 2 far away! ..... and that was for aminatas
PLEASE ANY HELP AT ALL.... i dont even no wat the weathers been like
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: shroomkma]
#6972591 - 05/27/07 06:10 AM (16 years, 8 months ago) |
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This is my first season but i already figured out Sydney is generally going to be a hard slog.
Sydney's temps are usually 3 or 4 degrees higher, we don't get nearly as much rain (it comes in short storms, not wetting rain) and our nights rarely get lower than 10 degs.
If you figure that subs will only grow for 4 weeks of a year in Sydney whereas in Melbourne it might be 10 (i dont know just guessing), then that means our subs have less time to spread their spores and won't be as abundant either.
In the past 2 months i've found some promising looking woodchip beds all around Sydney but i'm not going to bother looking again until the depths of winter after decent rain.
I think the deal is you either know one of a few very specific spots that fruit only after rain or you need to go into or over the mountains.
Again though this is my first season so i'm still figuring it out.
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I'm in the same boat undergrounder. Sydney probably doesn't have the best mushroom weather, but i've been looking around for promising areas to hit when the rain does come. Apparently a solid week of rain is due in June, so hopefully that will be enough for me to horde some if the going gets tough.
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: Gonz]
#6976710 - 05/28/07 08:12 AM (16 years, 8 months ago) |
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I went back today to the place where I found my first and solitary sub. (first little nipple cap thread)
There were 4 today that I took and at least 3-4 pins I found but left.
They seemed to occur in a very specific area. All specimens falling within a 20 meter radius or so. That first specimen I found a couple of weeks ago must have spread it's seed and now that it's colder, more popped up. As I said in the other thread, I think the only reason I found that one shroom is that it was in a very wet area along a flowing creek, in a cold valley where the temperature drops by a tangible amount as you walk down to it.
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: ramshackle]
#7018071 - 06/07/07 03:35 AM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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I think this is highly illegal and against forum rules but...
If anyone's venturing out over the next week, with this soaking rain setting in, GOOD LUCK!
Looking forward to some real substantial inner-Sydney finds if that is even possible. But now's the time to find out.
NSW reprezent
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Went on a hunt today before the heavy rain set in today, plenty of amanita muscaria about in full bloom. Beautiful things. But aside from one other inactive, I found nothing but fly agaric. I would've searched for longer but the wind and rain really picked up.
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: Gonz]
#7024743 - 06/08/07 11:23 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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Were the amanitas in inner-sydney, further out or in the mountains? i see few in Sydney but tonnes in the mountains.
I had a quick look around today and found a few hundred giant-sized Coprinus comatus (Lawyer's Wig) growing in a playing field and a few hundred Earthstars, and about 50 Stropharia aurantiaca.
Ill give inner-Sydney another go in the next few days before hitting up further out.
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This was in inner Sydney.
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: Gonz]
#7026173 - 06/09/07 10:57 AM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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Damn I can never find mushrooms
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Its been raining heaps lately so Ill prob go and look for some tomorrow
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A mate and I went out to the mountains today and came back with this small haul of subs...
120g

A Happy Patch

Blueing

Big Ones

If anyone disagrees with me and they're not subs (they do have a weird shape for subs) please reply!
Also i found a few small patches of subs that were almost totally black and dry. Do subs blacken when they dry? They were almost covered in an oily blackness but still had noticeable blueing on the stems. And are they OK to eat if they're that black and dry?
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Anyone ever been up to barrington tops for a hunt for me this is the closest plausible spot to hunt
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does 'almost covered in an oily blackness' sound apetizing? if you can't identify them, don't eat them. if youwouldn't eat a grocery store vegetable in such condition, don't eat them.
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: canid]
#7039565 - 06/12/07 09:06 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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They're subs, but dried... they almost look burned or something. The blackness looks like it could be just severe bruising or stressing on the caps.
Dried subs are fine to eat. Just not sure if the blackness is natural in subs that have dried out to that extent. If it's not, i won't eat them.
I didn't bother picking them.
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I would if they came out of my oven like that
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Found these today, lookin forward to the weekend 


Great finds btw undergrounder!
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That is one bizarre looking sub
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: Shroomeup]
#7051270 - 06/15/07 09:40 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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Didn't have to go far to find these nice little subs. Found in my garden in Enmore, Sydney. Just had to walk out the front door. I swear they follow me around, I seem to find them at every second house I live in. All over Auckland and now in Sydney. Sweet!




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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: masterxenn]
#7051414 - 06/15/07 10:18 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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Nice patch man, well done!
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: coon]
#7051470 - 06/15/07 10:34 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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blackness in dried psilocybes is the same as blackness in fresh psilocybes; rot.
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sorry man,I'm done.
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: coon]
#7051508 - 06/15/07 10:51 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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... the twitchy-angry smiley...
... touche
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it's igor.
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: canid]
#7051659 - 06/16/07 12:07 AM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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Yeah, I think it's hard to tell from the photos but to me it looks like the bluing you get with p.aucklandii, which have some amazing streaks and spotting of the dark blue kind that isn't actually rot. But your right, a couple of them are probably in the category of rot inflicted. Especially that small pin in one the pics. It's just not consistently cold enough in Sydney to really support them very well.
Still, no complaints from me, I'm just lucky that I don't have to hunt for them, they find me!
...really lucky in fact, when you consider how rare they seem to be around Sydney city. Can't find much info about where to find them, and I was just thinking at the time I spotted them, if the weather is anything like this in Auckland (where I used to live) it's the perfect weather for them. They'll be growing like mad over there now.
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: masterxenn]
#7051933 - 06/16/07 02:52 AM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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Wow i just found sub pins springing up 2 minutes from my front door! Sure beats driving into the mountains...
This is only about 10 mins from the CBD

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haha thats mad..my spot is a 1 minute walk from my front door step.. simply amazing =]
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It must be the weather I reckon. They are probably growing all over the place, perhaps just as mycelial masses, and then every so often, every few years, the weather permits them to rear their beautiful heads.
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Found a MASSIVE crop of subs today, literally thousands of the little buggers Found on a giant wood-mulch bed on a long slope, near to a water catchment area. Never found so many subs before!







Some of the subs after drying under fans for 36hours
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Well fuck me ... well done. Better dry 'em good so you don't lose any to mold, you'll still be digging into them next year!
You had better luck than me, the little patch near me was stomped on by kids or anal parents.
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Nice Find!!!
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I'm definately thinking about taking a trip to the blue mountains this weekend. Should be a promising day, will report back here if I find any keepers
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Re: The Weather [Re: deXtrous]
#7084376 - 06/23/07 05:43 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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after a several year hiatus from hunting, i decided to get out there yesterday.
it was a late season hunt inspired by lots of rain, cold weather and mushroom related dreams.
driving up the mountains, there was a deep frost, which made me sceptical of our chances of finding anything. however, we were somewhat successful, we didn't spot a huge number, but enough to make our trip worthwhile. interestingly, the ones we did find were fairly frozen from the frost. and spots which had been fruitful in the past were fairly empty. also, there was a larger proportion to be found growing amongst grass, and more mature specimens which hardly bruised growing amongst eucalypts.
having gotten up quite early for the trip to the mountains, we returned before lunchtime. there was plenty of time to explore a couple of sites in sydney for which i had a hunch there would be some success (due to the unusual cold and wet weather we have been experiencing lately). the area chosen was plentiful with woodchips, however relatively new woodchips had been dropped here, which were less decomposed and so seemed to absorb moisture less effectively. i find such areas to be fairly unfruitful for mushrooms. nethertheless, peeking underneath some shrubbery, where the chips were very damp, i spotted 3 or 4 decent subs. i also found a solitary sub growing from some other chips out in the open nearby.
we headed to a natural bushland area with a track nearby. walking off the main track and along-side a small creek, we found about 10 solitary subs here and there. i also spotted a fairly large a mature sub which had fairly distinct blue veins down its stem, but was also rotten.
what was most interesting, was that the subs i found in sydney (especially those found in bushland) were of completely different appearance to those found in the mountains. those from the mountains tend to be short, thick-stemmed and very strong looking (solid moisture filled caps), while those from sydney tended to be delicate, with long, thin stems, and caps which opened up quite early in maturity. the sydney mushrooms also had very little sign of blue bruising, while the hardy mountain mushies bruised a deep blue very very easily. i would assume that the mushrooms found in the mountains were much more potent than those found in sydney.
my guess for such striking differences would be environment. the mushrooms found in the mountains were feeding off moist woodchips full of easy-access nutrients, while those i found in sydney were feeding off damp eucalypt mulch. the long stems could be explained by the fact they were growing in a fairly rainforest-like canopy, and so the mushrooms were "reading for the sunlight"? just some food for thought. sporeprints were identical in colour.
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: masterxenn]
#7084721 - 06/23/07 08:01 PM (16 years, 7 months ago) |
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if the weather is anything like this in Auckland (where I used to live) it's the perfect weather for them. They'll be growing like mad over there now.
yep .. right on the button there masterxenn , weather is alternating between rainy and on the cool side allright (snow to sea level in South island) and then fine breezy and warmish ..
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: cleeen]
#7110259 - 06/30/07 06:22 AM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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Went on a hunt today because there's no more rain forecast for about a week...
The old spots were doing nicely and i found a few new ones so it was a good hunt.
Lots of big, fat, short mountain subs...
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Nice, that is one nice big fat sub. Too dry and warm for city subs lately, so I'm on dried ones for now. Got no car since I moved here. Makes getting to the mountains difficult.
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: masterxenn]
#7110273 - 06/30/07 06:39 AM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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Yeah i spent a few afternoons checking the city with no luck so I got fed up and headed West...
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Damn, I was gonna have a quiet night, but after seeing the spoils of your hunt, I might just have to join you in psilocyberspace.
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: masterxenn]
#7110571 - 06/30/07 09:34 AM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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That pile of subs just looks so moorish aye...
Enjoy your trip!
 
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yes (sorry, that took me about 30 minutes to write!)
Edited by masterxenn (07/02/07 01:50 PM)
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: masterxenn]
#7112865 - 06/30/07 10:00 PM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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Interesting how the Subs apparently migrated to nz from australia..
I have migrated back and forth a few times myself , went to Monash High in Melbourne for a year lived in Avalon , Perth , Byron Bay and Port Douglas at different times .. traveling is a special thing , either you do it or dont , but it has a lot of common attributes .
So when i thought about how the subs migrated to NZ and the places i find mine i reflected back on how we travel , and who travels etc and how these spores would have made their way here..
Have found some nice cultures near Major roads , places where vehicle could carry spores to , and places where travelers frequent as well (tourist locations a biggie) , especially independent travelers adventurous travelers (surfies/backpackers come to mind) .
So i simply want to pay respect to those Aussies who got on airplanes and carried the spores of the cultures we find here with them . The Aussie hitch-hikers who carried spores to their roading junctions , the surfies who let the spores fly out of the windows of their clean running Holdens , Fords and Chryslers as they cruised around the country and especially to those Aussies who spent time in the cities and by shaking their pockets or airing their clothes released spores that now work with the trees and grow and are provide the shrooms now for us here amongst the unban nz landscape .
Some great people travel , and in so many ways they make a difference to the places they visit .. just to say my hats off to those largely unknown Aussies who one way or another got the spores starting our local cultures here.. I walk in your footsteps , and i walk carefully .. May you live forever .
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: cleeen]
#7163388 - 07/11/07 09:51 PM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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How is the season going for everyone? My patches have significantly died off, a few babies here and there but nothing compared to a month ago. Plenty of rain too, I was hoping the season would last until at least August. Anyone still having luck?
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: msanchez420]
#7164965 - 07/12/07 07:07 AM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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All dried up for me. It's just not cold enough around here.
Damn this Sydney winter. I had to put on a jumper!
Seriously though, shame about the short mushy season, but you gotta love these mild sunny winter days. Beautiful.
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: masterxenn]
#7165106 - 07/12/07 08:25 AM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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I found a dozen small subs in my local spot 10 mins from the CBD yesterday. Unfortunately 90% of them looked like they had been taken to with a flamethrower they were so black. Either there's a 'concerned parent' in the area flaming the subs or they rot super quick. This is the same area that had the pins ripped up about a month ago (while leaving the thousands of Stropharia).
I think there's a sub-hater living near me 
But i will get my revenge... A few litres of LC and a pump-action sprayer should see to that.
Also i went up into the mountains a week ago for other reasons and i found a few here and there, wasn't even looking.
Saying all that, none of my original patches have fruited twice. I think you need to find new patches.
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finaly got me some sydney subs i got bout 30/40 from this spot all up
fucken really smooth shrooms 2 .. didnt bring on the fear like the melb shrooms do... evey trip really visual 2
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: shroomkma]
#7185967 - 07/16/07 11:39 PM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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Quote:
shroomkma said:

finaly got me some sydney subs i got bout 30/40 from this spot all up
fucken really smooth shrooms 2 .. didnt bring on the fear like the melb shrooms do... evey trip really visual 2
I dunno but they look like dried cubes to me
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: deXtrous]
#7186069 - 07/17/07 12:06 AM (16 years, 6 months ago) |
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nah subs
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subs 
looks like dried cyans too
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msanchez420
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Looks like the NSW season is officialy over for me, my patches stopped producing subs a couple of weeks ago, and have now stopped showin any mushrooms of any kind. Any NSW's still having luck?
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: msanchez420]
#7252682 - 08/02/07 07:06 PM (16 years, 5 months ago) |
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All gone  Lucky I have that big tub though
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Re: NSW Shroom Season 2007 [Re: ramshackle]
#7254337 - 08/03/07 03:43 AM (16 years, 5 months ago) |
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Local patch stopped about a week ago, was up in the mountains today but for other reasons, didn't check. One big last dump of rain before mid August might do it, in the mountains its still damn cold, just need more rain.
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