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Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 1:41 pm
by pikeymobile
DanRev wrote:Anyone got a guide to distinguishing them from other types? Heard they bruise blue but thats about it.
They're piss to distinguish. All the liberty cap lookalikes are non-poisonous as far as I know.
Basic guide - Nipple, first and foremost, will always be there, and you can usually distinguish them on the cap of little babies sprouting through
Stalk is NEVER perfectly straight, even the ones that look dead straight, if you look closer they'll be slightly kinked or deformed
Cap is the famous liberty cap shape, although some fan out in to an umbrella shape, although its up to your discretion whether you pick these, as there's a few lookalikes with similar caps
The fans tend to be a darkish blue/purple/black colour, although they may be much lighter on freshly grown ones
The stalk colour is usually off white, sometimes with a hint of blue, brown or purple in it
The cap colour changes depending on how moist they are, for this reason its best to go picking when its been sunny for a few days (i.e now)
They tend to be a dark green colour, with hints of blue and black when its wet, but in the sun they go a lovely white or even light brown colour (pending on the heat), get a bit more rubbery, and taste nicer (well, not nicer, just less shitty)
Going picking in the sun is a win win, they're piss to see from 20-30 metres away, assuming you do the famous 'get down on one knee/croutch' method so you can see them pop above the grass.
Also, there's usually a distinguishing blackish/blue colour where the bottom of the cap curves round to meet the fans/blades underneath.
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 1:49 pm
by Dead Rats
I thought going picking in the sun wasn't advised coz' the sun soaks up all the dew in the morning or summin'?
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 1:52 pm
by pikeymobile
Dead Rats wrote:I thought going picking in the sun wasn't advised coz' the sun soaks up all the dew in the morning or summin'?
They are better to pick when they're wet, someone explained the sciences to me but I forgot them. I always dry them out for storage and sale anyways, so getting that extra 5% of potency out of them doesn't bother me.
Picking is much easier in the sun too. The mountains here stay moist until about 11am though, so we always go picking about 7-8am on a sunny day. When october rolls around, due to fun welsh weather, it's almost perpetually wet anyway.
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 6:01 pm
by Shae
I've only had liberty caps twice, first time I had around 40/45, went on a madddddd trip, second time had about 10 n was fairly chilled, was pretty similar to how you see people stoned in movies, like i saw stuff in slow motion sort of...
A few pics of some libs, first 2 are jus what i have on my harddrive and the second was one i took on my phone...
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 6:16 pm
by bandshell
Damn I wish my green light was on for shrooms this year.
I miss the lil guys.
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 6:20 pm
by jiggamanjoe
DID wrote:apparently anywhere where cattle graze or anywhere with i think silver birch trees are likely to be successful
Might have to have a gander round wollaton park, there used to be cows there. Do you think deer count?
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 6:40 pm
by Ham
jiggamanjoe wrote:DID wrote:apparently anywhere where cattle graze or anywhere with i think silver birch trees are likely to be successful
Might have to have a gander round wollaton park, there used to be cows there. Do you think deer count?
Wollo park has been sprayed against them, the place used to be FULL of people picking them around this time of year. Will probably still find one or two but few and far between.
The ones you do find will probably be in the woodland and as far as picking between woodland and fields go apparently if you make a fuck up on field you'll just hurl. Make a fuck up in woodland and your in for some nice kidney failure.
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 6:47 pm
by mugger t
Those are shrooms?! ive seen them before plenty of times!
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 7:31 pm
by pikeymobile
Mugger T wrote:
Those are shrooms?! ive seen them before plenty of times!
This is the prettiest boy I've ever found, big chunky mufugga I got last year <3
Our eagle eyed viewers may notice the large quantity of cow shit behind my hand
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 8:06 pm
by HamCrescendo
Going huntin' in the morn, I'm leaving a note telling the tabloids to blame Dubstep for my death incase I pick some wronguns.
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 8:23 pm
by jmt
They are pretty easy to recognize specially once you find your first few. Then you will strike gold. I am lucky enough to have a legend of an old man who taught me
but I don't think my head is really capable of it for a few years
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 8:24 pm
by bandshell
Last year I found a huge one and no one dared eat it, it got bruised and went like fluorescent blue and we called it the mother ship and were scared to touch it. In the end I let it dry out and ate it another day but it was fucking disgusting, like a massive wet blue mushroom, was like an aliens dick.
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 8:24 pm
by HamCrescendo
Also, doing spore prints a good idea?
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 8:45 pm
by Coppola
Went for a hunt the other day. Only found 1 liberty cap
But I did find a Panther Agaric which is lethal
Also a shitload of Chanterelles which were extremely tasty!
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 9:10 pm
by Pi-Krust
BEN? wrote:Went for a hunt the other day. Only found 1 liberty cap
But I did find a Panther Agaric which is lethal
Also a shitload of Chanterelles which were extremely tasty!
Yes,edible wise chanterelles are fucking lovely,masses of them about too if you know where to look.
Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2009 11:51 pm
by them
can anyone recommend any spots near south London? Are they out yet? Cheers
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 12:00 am
by pikeymobile
BEN? wrote:Went for a hunt the other day. Only found 1 liberty cap
But I did find a Panther Agaric which is lethal
Also a shitload of Chanterelles which were extremely tasty!
Were you in the forest or something?
You can find wavy caps if you know where to look
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 11:00 am
by HamCrescendo
No luck. Found nothing.
Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 11:05 am
by faust.dtc
them wrote:can anyone recommend any spots near south London? Are they out yet? Cheers
This, I wanna go picking. Hey I might even join you...I hope you know what your fucking doing because I dont.
