This included most states in the USA.
All provinces in Canada.
All Australian states.
North and South Islands of New Zealand.
Caribbean Islands.
Pacific Islands.
Hawaiian Islands.
Mexico, Central and South American.
Europe (including Great Britain, Hebrides, Faroes.
Aisa, India, Indonesia, South East Asia.
Africa.

Just ask

Mjshroomer
Mjshroomer

[This message has been edited by NCubensis (edited August 21, 2000).]

Panaeolus subbalteatus is known in Maryland.
New York: Conocybe cyanopus,
Gymnopilus liquirae,
G. luteofolius,
G. Luteus, G. spectabilis,
G. Validipes,
Panaeolina foenisecii(not psycoactive),
Panaeolus castaneifolius,
Panaeolus femicola,
Panaeolus papilionaceus,
Panaeolus subbalteatus,
Psilocybe caerulipes,
P. semilanceata (the 'liberty cap),
P. silvatica.

Pennsylvania: Gymnopilus aeruginosus.

Virginia: Psilocybe semilanceata.

I also suspect that P. caerulipes is in Virginia.

For the universe:

Indiana: Panaeolus papilionaceus,
Panaeolina foenisecii (not psychoactive).

Michigan: You picked a good one, 13 species. However I won,t list them all.

Conocybe smithii,
Gymnopilus aeruginosus,
G. liquirae,
G. Luteofolius,
G. luteus,
G. sapineus,
G. spectabilis,
G. validipes,
Panaeolus subbalteatus,
Pluteus salicinus,
Psilocybe carerulipes,
Psilocybe liniformans var. americana,
Psilocybe silvatica.

and there you have it.

mj.

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any good picking sites within a few hundred miles??

Thanx!

Anyways, as you know I am in Iceland.. I would love to know if there are any other species besides Amanita and P. Semilanceata.

Thanks John...

Thor.

Other Northern Califonia species, North of Monterey include:
A. muscaria, A. pantherina,
Cordyceps capitata (Lsd amides),
Gymnopilus aeruginosus,
G. liquiritae,
G. luteofolius,
G. sapineus, G. spectabilis.
Hypholoma popperiana (New discovered sp.).
Panaeolina foenisecii (not psycho),
Pn. fimicola,
P. papilionaceus,
Psilocybe azurescens,
P. baeocystis,
P. cyanescens.
P. cyanafibrillosa,
P. pelliculosa,
P. semilanceata
P. stuntzii.

Thor:
I think it is possible that there could be some P. cyanescens, P. silvatica and maybe a bluing species of Conocybe,

and there you have it. Glad to be of help.

Mj

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Amanita muscaria,
Gymnopilus spectabilis,
G. Viridans,
Panaeolina foenisecii (not psycho).
Panaeolus sphinctrinus (not psycho),
Panaeolus subbalteatus,
Psilocybe caerulipes,
Psilocybe silvatica,
There could be 'liberty caps' is is possible. Someone just needs to go look.

Mj

Thanks A TON!!

Keep up the research man:-)

sum

Hi there, I use to live in Fort ORd back in the sixties, didnt't do shrooms then.. Just one acid trip and my first Peyote in an enema at Gorda Ranch 17 miles south of Limekiln Creek.. Hippie commune.

Did you pick shrooms in the Santa Cruz mountains with Troy Donahue, He was the mycologist for the mycological society there, Long hair.

Anyway I do know of Psilocybe cyanescens and P. cyanafibrillosa around homes on Mount Tamilpie, Don't know if I spelled that one right.

Anyway Thats all I am sure of. There are many shrooms in California though. Just keep on looking. My guide for the Pacific Northwest is good for northern California.

Mj

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pretty hot in Arizona. If there are any mushrooms there, ANdy Weil probably knows where but I have only two species identified from this staate.

Gymnopilus sapineus and
Gymnopilus spectabilis.

Mj

However I expect that
Psilocybe caerulipes is in the area somewhere.

Stoner, here are the reported species for Vermont.

Gymnopilus liquiritae,
G. sapineus,
G. spectabilis,
and according to Stamets,
Psilocybe azurescens.

The latter introduced outdoors from either Washhington or Oregon State.

I also believe that Panaeolus subbalteatus is in Vermont since it is popular in Maine amongst a certain group of Maine Lopster Fisherman who use it in an annual festival.

Mj.

Psilocybe caerulipes is pictured in one of Smith and Miller's guides to midwestern and eastern america. then check that against the species I named. You might even find some photographs.

Hi Yoda, Colorado. Well I answered this in another topic some where but one more time for Colorado. Go to the Telluride mushroom festival. I think theres a topic in the forums somewhere from the last ten days.

Concocybe cyanopus,
Gymnopilus sapineus and
Panaeolus papilionaceus, A species similar to Panaeolus subbalteatus.

Have a great foray

Mj.

Ok, here are the species for Washington (24 species):

Amanita muscaria, A. pantherina;
Conocybe cyanopus, C. smithii;
Gymnopilus aeruginosus, G. brandlei, G. luteofolius, G. sapineus, G. spectabilis, G. viridans;
Mycena cyanorhizza;
Panaeolus fimicola, P. papilionaceus, P. subbalteatus;
Psilocybe baeocystis, P. cyanafibrillosa, P. cyanescens, P. fimetaria, P. liniformans var. americana, P. pelliculosa, P. semilanceata, P. silvatica, P. strictipes, P. stuntzii.

And of course the newly introduced species from Oregon: Psilocybe azurescens and the non-hallucinogenic Panaeolina foenisecii.

Mj

According to Stamets, Psilocybe azurescens has been seeded into Wisconsin.

Since Wisconsin is a big dairy country there are obviously numerous large dairy farms and cattle throughout much of the Southern half of the state.

I have hear rumors of Liberty caps being found in this state, and also of P. pelliculosa.

I am sure of Amanita because it is in Michigan and Southern Ontario.

I hope this is helpful and for books Orson Miller's book or Smith and Weber-Smith;s guide to Midwestern mushrooms is excellant.

Lindcoff has a few errors in his guide and I do not beleive that the mushroom you ask me about is a psychoactive species. There is nothing in the literature to suggest that it is.

When he labeled Psilocybe stuntzii as "Stuntzi's Blue Legs" I asked him where he heard this name from and he told me he had made it up for lack of something better.

Andrew Weil referred to the same mushrooms as "Washington Blue Veils" No one has ever heard anyone refer to P. stuntzii as that.

Its common name is "blue ringers."

Mj

Any advice or tips on the actual process of finding mushrooms would be great.

I also live around a couple farms, any dung lovers around the Pa area?

Psilocybe caerulipes grows along strams and riverbank areas on the East Coast including New Yok and if there are any lgging clear cuts you can fin Psilocybe silvatica, a species which resembles Psilocybe pelliculosa (the woodland liberty cap).

There are also several varieties of Gymnopilus which grow on rotted wood and dead tree stumps. and of Course Panaeolus subbalteatus, a rotted hay and sometimes in manure species.

All I can say is do not under any set of circumstances eat any wild mushroom if if does not stain blue.

Oh Gary Lincoff (editor of the Audubon Mushroom Field Guide) has collected Gymnopilus species in Central Park in the fall. so look around during this rainy time and see what you can find.

Take your collections to the New York Botanical Gardens and people there would be more than happy to tell you what you have picked.

Mj.

THis tells you that the mushroom you have just picked and handled most likely has psilocybin in it.

If it does't stain blue then don't eat it.

While Seattle has 18 species. 6-7 of theeose species are common as ice cream ata an icecream parlour.

We find ours in a man made environment.

Y0ou in New York have a lot to look at,

Good Luck

Mj

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I wish there were some liberty caps around here!

Because only two species were reported from Pennsylvania. That does not mean that there aren't more there.

Conduitdal. Sorry, to hot in Nevada.

Stonefellow. Kuala Lumpur has both P. cubensis and Copelandia species. Notably Copelandia cyanescens.

And No there are no blue staining mushrooms that are poisonous. There is a poisonous mushroom Boletus cyanescens whichg is already blue, hence its name cyanescens. However blue is its natural color. and Boletus mushrooms do not have gills. They have pores like a sponge.

and there is a bluing mycena in indonbesia that is deadly poisonous, but once again this is the natural color of the mushroom.
And that should take care of Thuunderfucks proclamation about blue mushrooms. For alas he is hunting from the cow fields of Quebec.

Mj

Alexander H Smith wrote several field guides a that were one foot long and eight inches wide. For different parts of the country.

His book for the Western United States showed Psilocybe pelliculosa. I looked from this picture in 1972-1973 before I found my first liberty caps. I thought they resembled the picture of P. pelliculosa, but they were macroscopically different.

His east coasst guide shows photographs of Psilocybe caerulipes which graces the Eastern Seaboard of America.

You can usually find these guides in a University Library, in a reference section of the library.

Mj

Although the Lib Cap doesnt stain blue, this is true is it not..

Well if the stain blue is a safe technique then mushroom hunting should be a pretty safe pastime, I have always been given dire warnings about lookalikes and such....

Cheers..

Well Yes they are experts , but experts in what.

Edible and toxic mushrooms.

Many of the experts do not like magic mushrooms or the people who use them because they are drugs and are illegal. They are only experts in the class rooms.

They probably only collected in the field or wild for a few years and then they end up in a classroom teaching for twenty and do not really get out to where the shrooms are.

Only a few experts do and they know very little about psilocybes or any other shroom with psilocybin.

And yes not all liberty caps stain blue. But you do know that they are liberty caps which you have picked.

And posionous mushrooms do not resemble liberty caps.

I have an english paper from Great Britain from a respectable journal where one author says that the liberty caps resemble deadly amanitas. This is not true, yet many doctors have probably read this paper and now assumed that this is so.

Yet I have yused the bluing factor all of my shroom life with no error in judgement.

But just the same, be carfull. If you do not live in the Southeast USA or in the Pacific Northwest, you will usually not find what you are looking for. Unless you are diligent and careful.

There are some individuals who now know where to collect P. caerulipes along the East Coast.

Once you find a particular species, then you can find it almost anywhere in your area.

Mj

Idaho, well my list is short and strange. There are five species of Gymnopilus in Idaho and three psilocybes.

Gymnopilus aeruginosus(listed in Stamets book),
G. liquiritae,
G. luteofolius,
G. sapineus andG. spectabilis.

The three Psilocybes are
Psilocybe fimetaria (resemles blue ringers)
Psilocybe pelliculosa and
Psilocybe silvatica. The latter two species are common in logging sides in slashings and
pilons in clearcuts recently logged out within the last three years.

They tend to grow abundantly and gregariously in large quantities.

The Fimetaria can be found in well manured or manicured lawns around new office buildings or apartment complexes. They have a slight blue ring towards the top of the stem.

Gymnopilus species resemble the "Honey Mushroom." They can be collected on dead tree stumps or trunks.

I'll be away from here for about a month so good luck

Mj

Thanks!

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My only advice is that you get yourself a field guide, like Paul Stamets. A field guide is an absolute must for anybody thinking of hunting, otherwise you will be wasting your time.

Just so everyone knows, Mushroom John is away for about 1 month. So this thread is basicly done for now, if anybody has a question maybe hold off for a while.

Cheers,

Thor....

There, that should do it....

Cheers,

Thor...

What about Sweden/Denmark?

can one hope for anything except p.semilanceata?

Gn.Merz.

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And Smoke A Bowl!!

Peace

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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Peace...

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

I found 2 cubes in a local field here in SE Alabama. If there are cubes in this field should there be more than 2 or is it possible for there just to be a few. I was just wondering if once you find one then that field is awesome...

Thanks.

I would suspect that these cubies were transported from Texas along with the long horn cattel.

well I hope that some one might fond this info usefull.

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Maria Sabina once said:
I go where the mushroom god takes me,and
apply his teachings to my way of life.

You're really pimpin' out the info on this post! I am glad to see someone be of as much help as you have been to everyone in this thread. Could you tell me what shrooms grow in North Dakota and Minnesota? To be more exact, in eastern ND and western MN? We have cows, but do the fields have any shrooms in them? Thanx!!

One at a time. I didn't kn0ow this thread was still kicking around.

Well Ben57681, My paper is titled "A worldWide Geographical Distribution of the Neurotropic Fungi, An Analysis and Discussion" co-authored by Gast?n Guzm?n and Jochen Gartz.

It is 160 pages, 45 photographs and 214 entheogenci mushroom species (of which 171 are psilocybian) listed in a state by state and country, including some island groups.

It will be published in the Italian Journa "Analis de Civ Mus Rovereto, Italy, in English.

It was due in May of Last year. I have no Idea when but I hope soon.

Ok Now for RedMerc,

Hi Minnesota and North Dakoa,
I have no knowledge of mushrooms in this region. IT is possible that there are liberty caps in Minnesota. You have dairy farms because I use to date a girl from Barret Minnesota near Furgus Falls. DFo you know the region. Anyway she told me they use to pick shrooms there. I don't know what kind.

There are probably Amanitas which I personally do not recommend. and I am sure that Panaeolus subbalteatus is common.

It gerows in rotted hay and is common in manure in the spring and late fall and can be easily collected at riding stables in the stable shavings and in rotted haystacks.

Ok now for ZadFrackGluzt69, Conn.

I beleive Panaeolus subbalteatus, Psilocybe caerulipes, Gymnopilus spectabilis could be in this region yet I have no listing. I do list 33 states with known collections and herbarium deposits.

Mj

Good Luck in the new Millenium

thanks

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