Well, fall is almost here, September certainly is, and I have decided I want to be on the west side of the Cascades this time, so come Saturday, I'm heading back to Seattle.
I'll most certainly start poking around the usual spots, and finds some new ones as well. I hope to have better luck this year than in the past.
I have dreams of cyanescens...
-E
Welcome aboard.... Wishing you good 'hunting'.... Feel free to tell us of your interests and such... Have a great time on the forums here...... sal
A little bit about myself... I'm a 22 year old man, very spiritual, though not religious, with Entheogens of all kinds founding the basis of my very eclectic and nondualist beliefs.
I have a lot on my mind, and a lot on my heart, and I have decided to get with MY programe and starting doing what feels right to me.
Mushrooms, psilocybe, among others, were one of my first teachers. Always got them from someone here or there, but now I want nature to provide naturally...yea? So, I'll go over to Seattle THIS EVENING, and stay there for a month or two, and gradually (this is the plan), follow the Cyanescens south apparently as far as Santa Cruz ( though SF my be my final destination ).
I've rarely found mushrooms in the wild, but think it would be great to learn to find the sacraments when and where they are naturally provided.
I'm a little nervous about the dangerous look alikes, but I am going to hunt down one of Mushroom Johns books over there, in addition to all the info I've gathered online, I hope this to be enough. I know the physical differences and just need to keep a sharp eye.
Unless someone wants to help? Lol, a guide is never bad.
Anyway, I'm all excited about getting over there, it's starting to get chillier here in Wenatchee, WA, so I imagine it's about that time over there.
Peace
I'd recommend a guide for the first time out on ANY new mushroom hunt. The risks aren't worth the rewards, imo. A guide can show you the local look-a-likes and how to distinguish between the desired strains.
lw
I would sure like a guide, but seems people are iffy to go out hunting with new peeps, especially semi-newbs.
If I can get a guide it'll be the way I go. If not, I'll just have to be extra careful I guess.
Thanks.
You can read the free guide posted at:
http://www.mushroomjohn.org/species.htm (http://www.mushroomjohn.org/species.htm)
There is also 3,000 photographs of psilocybian mushrooms comprising some 59 species. A shroom stalking section and a section of the kinds of cattle and buffalo where certain mushrooms grow.
boomer2