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EVERYBODY PLEASE READ!!!

mjshroomer IS NOT HERE....

He will be away for about 1 month... So if you post, he will not respond for at least 1 month.......

In case you newbies are wondering, mjshroomer is our resident expert who started this thread. I dont believe there is anybody else as qualified to answer your questions here concerning this topic. So try asking 1 month from now if you are still interested...

Cheers,

Thor....

ANd thanks Thor for guiding people elsewhere while I was on vacation.

Mj

Most likely you picked some mushrooms known as Panaeolus antillarum. This is common in cattle in most parts of the world.

They are not psychoactive and they tend to have a silvery look to them with age.

If Ythan returns then I will learn how to post a picture in the forum box so I can show you what it looks like.

Mj

First all we havee one listed species for Neww Jersey, Psilocybe graveolens, a species related to psilocybe zapotecorum used by the Zapotec Indians of Oaxaca, Mexico.

This species has a cap which is convex to subumbonate (With a protrud like nipple), and is slightly straite at the margin (meaning that the gill plates show throught the top of the cap when the mushroom is moist). The cap is hygrophanous (Changing color as it drys) from brownish fading to a cremy white or pale orange-brownish color, with some dark green staining tones.

The gills are brown to chocolate-brown and the edges are of the same color.

The tem is equal towards the base with bluing. it is also hollow white to browninsh and the base is covered with soil.

Its habitat is caespitose or gregarious on marshy soils in meadows and fruiting in November.

Known only from hackensack, New Jersey. It has a strong odor and its names means "strong smelling."

If it is in one place, it could very well be in other parts of NJ besides Hackensack.

Now for the second question.

I too have heard rumors of both P. cyanescens and P. semilanceata being found in Alberta, yet no one has made any herbarium deposits of either species.

It is possible, but I cannot say for sure.

The shrooms I listed in an earlier thread are definately there and scarse to find. Good luck.

Mj

Paul Stamets reports Psilocybe azuresens freom Ohio nut I think this is in only one persons backyard.

Psilocybe caerulipes is a bluing species which can be found in the late fall around streams and Riverbanks.

Where in Ohiop I do not know. only that these species are there.

Mj

Thanks alot...

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So anybody waiting for answers to unanswered questions, please be patient.. mjshroomer will be gone till I think 12th October..

Mohobie: If your looking for Pennsylvania in this thread, do take the time to double check to see if it has been answered. Remember you have to put some effort into research, because mjshroomer has put so much effort into this thread already...The least anybody can do is to read the whole thread to see if their question has been answered. If it has not then please post it...

Lets not forget all the work Mushroom John puts into this place! We dont want to give him extra work for no reason....

Cheers,

Thor...

Regards,
JAke

After Mushroom John gets back, Ill talk to him about making a html document with as much info about shroom locations as can be done.... Im not saying I will make this up for sure, but you never know... It would be really handy for reference...

Cheers,

Thor...

Thanks for the quick reply. However, I wuz under tha' impression that he had a ready made list. That is why I wuz winderin' why tha' mon didn't just post the bloody thing to being with. Now I understand, of course. So, to everyone:

What mushrooms grow in Africa? Is anyone aware of an interesting website or book devoted to Africa? I already have the Mushrooms of Southern Africa book, BTW. Also, I am interested specifically in P. Natalensis, and this Stropharia mushroom (hallucinogenic) reported by a French scientist in West Africa (Cote D'Ivoire). The man got too hopped up on shrooms to be able to properly identify it, and there is a great deal of controversy over whether it is even a Stropharaia or not.

Regards,
Jake

Thanks

You stated that Psilocybe semilanceata exists in Virginia, yet I have never once seen it despite numerous forays into the Virginian hinterland. I have found nearly every remotely hallucinogenic mushroom there is in this state (roughly six altogether), but I didn't think that Psilocybe semilanceata was included... I have only seen those in the Pacific Northwest.

Could you please clarify?

Regards,
Jake