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   mimus wrote:   
   > §ñühwö£f wrote:   
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   >> mimus wrote:   
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   >>> §ñühwö£f wrote:   
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   >>>> happy zombie jebus on the cross wrote:   
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   >>>>> mimus wrote:   
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   >>>>>> happy zombie jebus on the cross wrote:   
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   >>>>>>> mimus wrote:   
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   >>>>>>>> Is this damned newsgroup on?   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> on what, drugs? concidering the age of the populace and the hippie   
   >>>>>>> content, more than likely.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> We're all too old for drugs.   
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   >>>>>> Except caffeine and nicotine and pot and booze and--   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> its almost that time of year for the magic mushrooms to make thier   
   >>>>> appearance.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Its "mad season" here. But I cant be arsed to dig out my mushroom   
   >>>> books and a microscope and do spore prints just to get silly for an   
   >>>> hour.   
   >>>   
   >>> Purple spores good. Rusty-brown death. You're on.   
   >>   
   >> Well since you want to discus mycology...from memory it was "black   
   >> spores okey dokey" anything else" extreme caution. All panaleous species   
   >> have black spores. *Some* psylocibin stems turn blue when you break   
   >> them. And those 'shrooms with the tubular structures under the cap   
   >> instead of gills are Boletus, not psychoactive but probably edible. THe   
   >> Amanitas are the ones you really have to avoid. Exception being Amanita   
   >> Muscaria the classic won with red cap and white flecks on it. Slightly   
   >> toxic tho...   
   >   
   > Well, we're discussing Little Brown Mushrooms (LBMs) here, basically,   
   > which means the real ringer to look out for in Fall and on wood is   
   > Galerina autumnalis, which has rusty-brown spores (every shroomer should   
   > know Galerina anyway). (The first field-guide published in the US   
   > reportedly listed Galerina as "edible and choice", which is totally cool,   
   > making you wonder how many people died from that.)   
   >   
   > Most of the Psilocybes have purple-brown spores; you're right about   
   > Panaeolus' generally black spores, although see Panaeolina, but they're   
   > not really Fall or forest species, most being Spring and Summer grass-   
   > dwellers--the ringer there to watch for is the quite beautiful Conocybe   
   > filaris, actually a wood(y mulch)-dweller, but easily confused for the   
   > psychoactive Conocybes in mixed medium, especially since filaris' very   
   > showy ring fucking falls right fucking off.   
   >   
   > Crossposted to anm for checking.   
   >   
   > The real news is we're heading into Armillariella mellea and Pleurotus   
   > ostreatus season. Yum.   
   >   
      
   In the last week I've found a respectable cluster of Grifola frondosa, a   
   really big and nice cluster of Laetiporus sulphureus growing out the   
   side of a large oak, and some firm Calvatia puffballs.  Also, I've seen   
   decent quantities of what is presumably Galerina autumnalis growing on   
   dead wood.  Also found a large group of Pleurotus ostreatus, but it was   
   past the point of suitability for the kitchen.   
      
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