Finding Shrooms in Australia, specifically Victoria.

Where do they grow? What do they look like?
Telltale signs there poisonous..?


I was thinking this but tell me if its a bad idea
So, i go out at like.. 6 AM with a bag one bag, and put all the mushrooms i find in it take them home identify them..?

Is there any issues with doing that?

Thanks
Naffy

check out www.shroomery.org

This should help:
http://www.erowid.org/library/books_online/magic_mushrooms_aunz/magic_mushrooms_aunz.shtml

edit:
I heard over at mycotopia that Shroom season in australia is from late april Early may through August-September.

Ive been looking through EROWID didnt gain much insight into WHERE it grows (poop, ground, logs)

Thanks.

There are many different kinds of mushrooms, and they can be found in many places. For that reason, I suggest getting a fieldbook.

Where in Victoria? I know where to find thousands.

Also if you go picking, take some photos, and link me to them I can tell you if you've go the right ones.

it's kinda late in the season, but if you have cow pastures over there that's a good place to look. and 2 things: they should bruise blue and have a purple spore print. once you do that, you could closely compare to similar types... ya gotta be careful though.

Our season is very short early May to end of June (we're having a drought), in our state they don't grow in cow paddocks. They grow on wood chips and pine needles, yes they bruise blue, no you don't need a spore print.

There is NO deadly look alikes (let alone safe look alikes). If you've found one, you can never mistake it again.

alright - I've never been to Australia, so..

and yeah you don't need a spore print, but in areas with poisonous look - a likes it can help narrow it down.

Haha yes definitely. It also depends what type of mushroom he goes for as there ARE some that do have look alikes, how ever the main one I'm describing doesn't.

So op, take Penguins advice and spore print your mushrooms if they don't bruise blue.

what species you usu. find over there?
cubes, cyanescens, semilanceata, the genus panaeolus ect.?

generally they 'should' bruise blue if they contain psilocin as a result of it being oxidized...

Seeing as TOTSE has the habit of wrecking peoples lives.
Let's say im near Dandenong, victoria.


I also have no idea where or what shrooms im looking for, but me and my mates will probably make a day, a night, and a morning of it.
Just for shits and giggles. :)

so if they bruise blue, they're good to go?

In victoria, yes.

Naffy, I'm near Narre Warren. Is there a way to send private messages?

Glad to see some other Victorian's on the board :D

Shrooming in WA can be pretty hard, mainly because they're so easy to find everyone else has got to them first...

In victoria, yes.

Naffy, I'm near Narre Warren. Is there a way to send private messages?

No, but hmm... Go on IRC and ask Chichi or ROR for my email (Once agian Totse has the habit of ruining people's lives)

Btw how old are you? Meet up sometime ;o

Where poisonous?

Im in melbourne too, but its not shroom season at the moment

Were in melbourne.. Dudes we should so arrange a totse meetup..?
Maybe on NYE at like.. 3 am? =O

We have like.. 4 totse members so far from melbourne, theres got to be atleast 10 >.<

Anyway, when it is the shroom season if your not near me give me any locations :D

That is a bad way to judge it. other non psilocybe mushrooms can bruise blue.

What you need to do is find someone experienced with mushroom identification and go out hunting with them.

As far as I know, the only non-psilocybin mushroom that bruisis blue, is a bolete, which has a sponge instead of gills. Just look around cow paddocks, and eucalyptus trees.

Eucalyptus trees? Ok.. and cow paddocks? I thought Shrooms didnt grow in cow paddocks in aus..? (someone said that earlier.. or i read it somewhere..)

Well a good friend of mine in NSW claims that P. Cubensis does in fact grow in cow paddocks. Just have a scout around, although its probably a bit late in the season to find much.

Come on aussies, get involved Pitch in!

Ty nevboy, anything else to add?

Im going to update my first post when this hits 5 pages.
(include what we/I now know)

There are other hunters (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBKTHY8X220)out there as well.
Be careful and good luck.

You should look for some exotics:
P. Subaeruginosa (http://forums.mycotopia.net/exotic-magic-mushrooms/11376-psilocybe-subaeruginosa.html)
Panaeolus Cyanescens (http://forums.mycotopia.net/exotic-magic-mushrooms/5039-panaeolus-cyanescens-merged.html)
The Cyanescens are more potent than Cubensis. I'm not too sure about Subaeruginosa.
You'll find them in wooded areas.

Here is another book. (http://www.erowid.org/library/books_online/magic_mushrooms_aunz/magic_mushrooms_aunz6.shtml)

Cheers!
Anyone else got anything to contribute?

Cemetaries.

I have found bulk amounts of small subcubs growing all over well-manicured cemetaries.

Thank you my good friend.
can you take a picture of the exact places you found them?
Cheers, Naffy.

Interersting. Thats kind of freaky.

... we should bag them up and call them 'Shrooms for the Soul'

wututhink?

Thank you my good friend.
can you take a picture of the exact places you found them?
Cheers, Naffy.

Haven't been for a while but next time I go I will. But yeah, pretty much, you can usually spot them easily - The gardeners will get rid of the very obvious ones growing out in the middle of the lawns, so look for the edges where the lawns meet dirt or bushes and just follow them along until you see little golden nipples sprouting up. Test for bruising, reagent test and then harvest.

[QUOTE=FullMetalJacket;10742806]Haven't been for a while but next time I go I will. But yeah, pretty much, you can usually spot them easily - The gardeners will get rid of the very obvious ones growing out in the middle of the lawns, so look for the edges where the lawns meet dirt or bushes and just follow them along until you see little golden nipples sprouting up. Test for bruising, reagent test and then harvest.[/QUOTE

explain the last sentence, and provide pics.

Is there already an official AUS Shrooms thread?

We could make this into it, including generalized areas and what to look for, and we could get some shroom identifiers..
and NOT tell everyone spots so we dont have lots of people knowing good spots.

Possible idea? Post thoughts.

Shrooms grow abundantly in my area (Regional Adelaide), they often grow in my back-yard and surrounding areas.

Not sure about other states/locations.

In Victoria, mushrooms do not grow in cow dung.

Most common areas are landscaped garden beads. Tan bark once it's gone gray, lawns, etc.

The place where they grow most is in the forest, on natural mulch you'll find them, but THE BEST PLACE is Pine Forests. They're abundant, impossible to identify incorrectly, and potent as hell. Look for places where there'd be a lot of rain, but they're slightly covered. Like behind a tree, around fallen trees, etc.

In pineneedles they should have a thing, long stalk that's solid (not hollow), with a flat top as an adult and a dome when young. They bruise blue, and are usually already bruised. The top should be light tan/brown with a little 'nipple'.

Cut them off at ground level, don't rip them out. Leave the wee babies, so there will be more when you get back. People think that if you give a mushroom a good flick before hitting it some of it's spores fall out (thus more shrooms next rain). If it's true or not, it can't hurt to give it a little flick.

Cheers Arquin, provide pic of said area?
Just to add to the post for 'AUSHROOMS' :D

Cheers Arquin, provide pic of said area?

Sure, why not (http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=-38.348388,146.250687&spn=0.053447,0.11055&t=h&z=13)

See all those neat little forests? They're pine plantations. Go about three days after a heavy rain in May. That's not my patch (mine owns the fuck out of those), but I have picked them there before and you could easily fill a garbage bag in a day.

Sure, why not (http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=-38.348388,146.250687&spn=0.053447,0.11055&t=h&z=13)

See all those neat little forests? They're pine plantations. Go about three days after a heavy rain in May. That's not my patch (mine owns the fuck out of those), but I have picked them there before and you could easily fill a garbage bag in a day.

... Is this private property?
Any tips.. do cops ever watch these areas?

... Is this private property?
Any tips.. do cops ever watch these areas?

Yes and no.

Lots of people go motorbike riding around there, I have heard of police riding KTM 525's, but you'd hear one from a LONG way away.

Yes and no.

Lots of people go motorbike riding around there, I have heard of police riding KTM 525's, but you'd hear one from a LONG way away.

Ok.. Well that's good..
Anywhere else they grow besides pine trees, and cemetaries?

I'm from Melbs too =).
I've never seen em grow on cow shit, most places with pine trees will have them. Not this time of the year tho, as far as i know season finished ages ago.

Where abouts, and how old are you?