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Nirvhead
-State of Art-

Registered: 10/11/02
Posts: 313
Loc: WA State, USA
Last seen: 18 years, 19 days
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Western Washington Mushroom Hunters!
#951522 - 10/11/02 07:56 AM (20 years, 4 months ago) |
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Hi, I live in Eastern Washington but have been making trips to the west side of the mountains in search of mushrooms (Liberty Caps and Cyans). So far I've had no luck finding anything except for extremely tiny liberty caps growing in a deer pasture near Quinalt/Amanda Park area about a month ago (they were too tiny to bother with). I'm wanting to make another trip this weekend, but as it seems the weather has been dry lately I wanted to ask anyone who's in the know: Are liberty caps growing abundantly in or around the Olympic Rain Forest area yet? Also, are cyanescens fruiting around Seattle or anywhere? I have little experience hunting, but have learned to identify libs and, to some extent, cyans... I would absolutely love to find some growing in the wild, but as I live 6 hours from the Olympic Peninsula I would hate to waste a trip and find nothing.
If I do go I'll probably leave on Friday or Saturday and explore for at least two days. I'll have the freedom to go just about anywhere on the west side, so if anyone would like to reveal where to find their own personal patches I would love to relieve you of them. Sooner or later I would also like to go hunting with others who share my love of mushrooms (my wife comes along for fun, but has no interest in shrooms)... especially someone with better identification skills than I currently possess.
Anyway, thanks in advance to anyone that can help.
-Matthew
-------------------- Like a fiend in a cloud
With howling woe, After night I do croud
And with night will go;
I turn my back to the east,
From whence comforts have increas'd;
For light doth seize my brain
With frantic pain.
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SixTango
Mycota

Registered: 01/21/02
Posts: 1,996
Loc: A little North of Paradis...
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Re: Western Washington Mushroom Hunters! [Re: Nirvhead]
#951639 - 10/11/02 09:40 AM (20 years, 4 months ago) |
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The season is just beginning now. We need more Rain............... Rain.......................
Then frosty mornings...................
6T
-------------------- ~whiskey river rafting, hot tubbing, dirty dancing & spending money on - wild women - having fun & just gonna waste the rest~
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Dobie
Dopeless Hopefiend

Registered: 08/15/02
Posts: 52,841
Loc: ON DA BLOCK
Last seen: 1 month, 1 day
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Re: Western Washington Mushroom Hunters! [Re: SixTango]
#951645 - 10/11/02 09:46 AM (20 years, 4 months ago) |
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come pick me up and ill show you where the azures are
-------------------- This place is gayer than when the balls touch
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azurescen
meanderinemushie muncher
Registered: 03/01/01
Posts: 261
Loc: bellingham wa
Last seen: 17 years, 30 days
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Re: Western Washington Mushroom Hunters! [Re: Dobie]
#952143 - 10/11/02 02:51 PM (20 years, 3 months ago) |
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there are libs in the fields over there, but why bother? there are cyans in sequim, port angeles, and port townsend, but why bother? seattle will have more cyans than humanly possible to pick as soon as we have some rain. just drive here one of these weekends after we get some good rain and Ill show you around.
-------------------- if the sign says dont pick the mushrooms, you should probably pick them
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KoOs
BlingBling!


Registered: 02/13/02
Posts: 6,226
Loc: Glendive MT
Last seen: 9 years, 4 months
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Re: Western Washington Mushroom Hunters! [Re: Dobie]
#952153 - 10/11/02 02:55 PM (20 years, 3 months ago) |
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Come get dobie and me and I will show you where the Stuntzii is
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Nirvhead
-State of Art-

Registered: 10/11/02
Posts: 313
Loc: WA State, USA
Last seen: 18 years, 19 days
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Re: Western Washington Mushroom Hunters! [Re: KoOs]
#952987 - 10/12/02 01:19 AM (20 years, 3 months ago) |
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Thanks for the replies guys... I'd be interested in meeting fellow hunters, so if you really want to get together email me at [Email]nirvhead@hotmail.com.[/Email] I don't know about picking up two of you though, I drive a Geo Storm and have a wife and 3-year old But ze possibilities are endless. Especially if you know where the shrooms are growing at this time of year.
-------------------- Like a fiend in a cloud
With howling woe, After night I do croud
And with night will go;
I turn my back to the east,
From whence comforts have increas'd;
For light doth seize my brain
With frantic pain.
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d_myco420
mycohead

Registered: 10/06/02
Posts: 150
Last seen: 15 years, 1 day
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Re: Western Washington Mushroom Hunters! [Re: Nirvhead]
#953077 - 10/12/02 02:06 AM (20 years, 3 months ago) |
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just a bit ago there was a post about finding liberty caps in Olympic Peninsula . Apparently there was an OVER abundance of them, and they were harvesting them, not hunting. Id like to visit Olympic Peninsula but im in vancouver bc, its a long drive and the libs here are getting pretty damn good.
-Daryl
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Roadkill
Retired Shroomery Mod


Registered: 12/11/01
Posts: 22,674
Loc: Montana
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Re: Western Washington Mushroom Hunters! [Re: Nirvhead]
#4673524 - 09/17/05 06:51 PM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
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Matthew,
I'm sorry that we never got to go mushroom hunting like we had talked about when you first posted this.
I'm glad that you and dobie got together and went hunting together many times. 
I'm glad that you went to a Shroomery Gathering and got to meet some of our Shroomerite members.
I'm sad to hear of your passing...and I know that you had friends here in the Hunting forum that might want to know about your death.
RIP Matt much to ya!~
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To the members in the Hunting Forum...
we have lost another member of our community. 
Quote:
Ythan said:
I received this painful news in a support ticket and thought I would share it with the community. I didn't know Nirvhead personally but he was one of those members we were lucky to have. He was well liked and his posts always added something funny or useful to the discussion. I am truly saddened by his passing but I know the contributions he has made, both here and in his real life, will carry his memory forever. Matthew, rest in peace.
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From his wife...
My husband Matthew Bonato (aka Nirvhead) was a member of this site - I don't know the last time he posted here. Just wanted to let anyone who might care to know that he died on July 27, 2005. If anyone has any questions surrounding his death, they can contact me at [Email]allison712@hotmail.com.[/Email] Thanks for passing the word along.
http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/4670194#Post4670194
I thought this might be an appropriate place to say good bye...his 1st post.
tc
-------------------- Laterz, Road
Who the hell you callin crazy? You wouldn't know what crazy was if Charles Manson was eating froot loops on your front porch! Brainiac said: PM the names with on there names, that means they have mushrooms for sale.
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spores
haploid


Registered: 02/19/99
Posts: 2,486
Loc: Washington
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Re: Western Washington Mushroom Hunters! [Re: Roadkill]
#4673905 - 09/17/05 08:50 PM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
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RIP
DH
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JJK
Hot Sauce


Registered: 09/18/05
Posts: 7
Loc: Vancouver, WA
Last seen: 17 years, 2 months
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Re: Western Washington Mushroom Hunters! [Re: Nirvhead]
#4675807 - 09/18/05 07:41 AM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
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Hey, I just got here and I need to find a good place to find some fungus. Any tips given would be appreciated. Im thinking of hunting between Astoria, OR and Long Beach, WA, are these good areas to find Azurescens or cyanescens? PLease reply!
-------------------- Im a begginner hunter, so any tips from all you experienced fungus finders would be very appreciated
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JJK
Hot Sauce


Registered: 09/18/05
Posts: 7
Loc: Vancouver, WA
Last seen: 17 years, 2 months
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Re: Western Washington Mushroom Hunters! [Re: Dobie]
#4675822 - 09/18/05 07:43 AM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
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Where you at, Ill be there. Im in vancouver and ready to find some fungus. reply if you wanna hunt.
-------------------- Im a begginner hunter, so any tips from all you experienced fungus finders would be very appreciated
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VirgilKane
Miner for truth and delusion


Registered: 05/17/05
Posts: 1,131
Loc: lowdown
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Re: Western Washington Mushroom Hunters! [Re: JJK]
#4676100 - 09/18/05 08:56 AM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
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Wow. If you had read the entire thread you would notice that this is a tribute to Nirvhead. It's his first post from three years ago and was posted to honor his passing. I know that this wasn't intentional on your part, but...
RIP, Nirvhead
-------------------- Absense of evidence is not evidence of absense...
"Religion is a defense against a religious experience"
Carl G. Jung
"So really, ordinary reality is a kind of chemical habit, sanctioned by culture, which says it's okay to use certain drugs, eat certain foods, and have certain sexual behaviors. However, when you transcend all this pre-conditioning by returning to the original wisdom of the animal body, then you discover this immense dimension of opportunity. For some people, it is a frightening risk. To me, that's the psychedelic experience." Terence McKenna
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Blue_Shrooms
just anothershroomer


Registered: 12/17/04
Posts: 106
Loc: Wounder Land
Last seen: 8 years, 9 months
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Re: Western Washington Mushroom Hunters! [Re: Nirvhead]
#4714778 - 09/26/05 11:24 PM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
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DIDN'T KNOW YOU BUT ITS ALWAYS SAD WHEN ONE PASSES ON! JUST THINK, NOW YOU HAVE HUNDREDS OF ACRES TO MUSHROOM HUNT NOW! REST IN PEACE BRO!
-------------------- Wisdom Is Respected Hatred Is Rejected -- STEEL PULSE
Man to man is so unjust, children
You don't know who to trust
Your worst enemy could be your best friend
And your best friend your worst enemy -- BOB MARLEY
It's ok if you want to experment with drugs.
It's when you begin to dwell on them drugs,
THAT'S when it's time to stop! -- EDDIE
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day_tripper
Gatherer


Registered: 11/01/03
Posts: 996
Loc: Pacific Coast
Last seen: 2 months, 3 days
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Re: Western Washington Mushroom Hunters! [Re: Blue_Shrooms]
#4714993 - 09/27/05 12:04 AM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
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Rest in Peace man
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TrippingDuality
cult classic


Registered: 07/15/05
Posts: 805
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Re: Western Washington Mushroom Hunters! [Re: day_tripper]
#4715024 - 09/27/05 12:12 AM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
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-------------------- turn off your mind relax and float downstream
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Redeemed
not so stranger


Registered: 10/22/04
Posts: 14
Loc: eastside
Last seen: 12 years, 3 months
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Re: Western Washington Mushroom Hunters! [Re: TrippingDuality]
#4715035 - 09/27/05 12:16 AM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
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Hope you find some good fungi on the other side. RIP
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Stymee
From here to reality.


Registered: 04/01/02
Posts: 671
Loc: Seattle, WA
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Re: Western Washington Mushroom Hunters! [Re: Roadkill]
#4716507 - 09/27/05 04:30 AM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
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RIP Nirv.
I remember you showing up around here during my first season of hunting. You'd spend the last pennies of your money to buy gas so you could drive 5 hours (one way), and hunt mushrooms for 2 days straight.
See ya on the other side man.
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Gwize
Stranger

Registered: 11/02/04
Posts: 82
Last seen: 10 years, 2 months
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Re: Western Washington Mushroom Hunters! [Re: JJK]
#4716821 - 09/27/05 05:37 AM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
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Quote:
JJK said: Where you at, Ill be there. Im in vancouver and ready to find some fungus. reply if you wanna hunt.
why go anywhere far, i dont even have a vehicle and i've found good batches of Cyans in vancouver Keep your eyes open cause i found my batches near the end of the season and plan on picking alot more this year ...Farthest i would probably go is North Van/ Vancouver island/ n coquitlam to go pickin Public transit...my only way to go
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shroomr4life
Registered: 07/01/04
Posts: 347
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Re: Western Washington Mushroom Hunters! [Re: Gwize]
#4718231 - 09/27/05 09:21 AM (17 years, 4 months ago) |
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very unfortunate, rest in peace
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