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Nollykin said:
Wait! wait! *runs in, panting*

...Am I too late? Have I missed out?

Heh. Sorry- I'm nolly, I'm new here. I've been lurking over the last week or so, reading up and soaking up everything the shroomery has to offer. I had my first lot of shrooms finally the other day- given to me by friends of friends. I decided afterwards that I just had to get into this hobby of finding the little suckers.

My friends and I went for a wander up in the adelaide hills on monday- one of us said he knew what we were looking for. In hindsight, he didnt. Haha. We found heaps of funny witches hat style things similar to those in the first few posts of this thread- which he said were liberties. I didn't think they grew here but I went along with it.

They didn't work (I didnt eat them, wasnt convinced- but the others did and nothing happened). I went back the next day for a look myself and found two mushies that looked a lot like gold tops, so I picked them and spore printed them. Sure enough, the spores are purpley/black. looking at these and the pics of subs, I think that's what they are. Obviously won't be eating them, they've rotted out now making the spore print.

Was thinking of going back there, but then, that whole area was pretty barren. What I wanted to ask all you knowlegable fellows is: Is it too late? have they all been picked by now? I was thinking of going for a wander tomorrow morning somewhere- see if I can go up to the hills and find myself some patches of my own- but I wasn't sure if it'd still be worth it?

I'm new to this, but willing and eager to learn. New to shrooms, that is- I've taken a lot of other things and am quite learned in the ways of substances. I'm one of those people who likes to learn how things work.

Anyway- Sorry for rambling. Cheers!

Nolly

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3 things for sub id:

1-stains blue.

2-spore color.
3-habitat and looks like a sub.

Not sure on the third one as a solid rule though, but definitely the first two cannot be broken.

Congratulations for not eating something you're not 100% sure of is a sub (I mean even getting someone on here to ID via photo).  You should probably uppercut your friends  , not the smartest thing to eat any sub looking mushroom.

Patches usually fruit a few times a year, so theres basically a constant supply throughout the season provided you don't disturb the soil that the shrooms grow in too much/pick shroom patches by cutting the stems with scissors.

Good Luck.