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yes! thanks again! i am inspired by your photos and watched stamets ted talk on mycology for a re-boot of the essential  system as a whole. whatever i do, i am def recharged to learn different species and to shoot em!!

then so are a lot of humbolt county pot growers and some do not take lightly to people prowling the woods in some areas of Shasta. <<

lol... this is true for everyone who is managing the green economy in some of the poorest counties in california, the underground is alive... shastafaerian...

*edit* humbolt is not shasta (county) redding is shasta county, humbolt is humbolt county, mine is siskiyou,  and mount shasta is not in shasta county but siskiyou county, confusing county lines. humbolt is about 4 hours from my locale, so most growers are not related really. humbolt is a part of the "emerald triangle" while we are not. which means-- humbolt gets more rain than we do, thus, better mycology most likely, at least for what i'm looking for-- but i don't want to rule out opportunity!! i haven't heard of liberty caps at all in california.

upon further investigation, it states you are an expert boomer... with that, my next question is, most of the info refers to SF to the oregon border or the PNW, including oregon. what comes to immediate mind is the coast. we are about 4 hours east of the water, at about 2200 feet. does this matter? i know i'm just gonna have to aim and shoot when the rains come. just trying to get informed the best i can before i venture out! thanks again... (and its mostly forest and waterfalls where i live, that seems handy for faerie magick...

thanks boomer! and just a poke-- i do not eat fungus unless they're magic. i admire the tenacity of folks who are really into them, i can't stand the taste  unless theres an excessive amount of garlic and butter, in that case, short changing... and thats why i can't spell boleteus right, i think its chantrelles i've seen, dying off at the tail end of season around here. i live near castle crags state park. shasta is a huge place and kinda inland compared to eureka and bc. i lived in seattle for some time and was an avid picker (and know my species well in that area so long as they have psychedelic value) and is along the coastal regions, so i guess thats what im wondering, if im too far inland. another person had said that they don't grow between here and portland and i'm wondering how or why that could be!? i hope its wrong info and look forward to rainy seasons ahead!

 i love the pix and admire fungus as masters of the universe!
(too much tedtalks perhaps!)
i'm taking photography this semester (i have to get a 35mm, weird!) and will keep it close by when hunting!

hi judih!

its quieter these days (message boards for example!), its so good to see sp up and running still...

... so i was told tonight that a guy nearby says mushrooms grow on his property, he has like 40 acres or thereabouts. i know that morel season was a couple of months ago and i've seen a few species otherwise (boletas and the usual suspects in forests). but it was said that he also had magic mushies growing and for some reason i thought they didn't grow here... does anyone know how i might find out. so far, all my friends have said they don't, but i don't think they know fer realz... i wasn't convinced... i am now living near mount shasta i haven't hunted in years, but how fun that would be!!

i know the guy is new to the fungi and he's just doing research. oh yes, i'll be contacting him to let him let me be his field guide...

i thought it would be awfully rude to post a question without saying hi to you ol school peeps (and others i don't know!), some of you people have colored my cyberworld and it feels good to remember those days, i hope everyone is doing well! the forum looks great! i should really stop by more often...

bliss ya!