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HaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHa HaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHa Shroomy, thanks mate, that was so funny, I really needed a laugh and that was just the right medicine. cheers, Obtuse

Hi Ed, Arrived safely. your a champ. thanks heaps, cheers, Obtuse

Hi mardybum, You wanna post the url of that site. sounds cool, and i'd love to give it a whirl. cheers, Obtuse

OMG That is serously impressive. imagine stumbling across something like that in the bush. you'd think the aliens had landed....

Hi Guys, In my varied travels around the place I have found subs in many places, near: Eucys, different types (I don't know a lot about eucalyptus) braken grass/braken manferns wattles around other natives. I have never found subs in pine forests, but then i never really looked for them in these places. so i don't think eucys are an essential part of the equation. what they like is semi-decomposed wooden matter of many types. Some types of subs prefer some conditions over others, I have never found the twisty brown subs in the same place as the bright golden subs. Thanks Harry for this great suggestion: I will make an effort to post the surrounding trees and shrubs when i next take some pics. Where is bluemeanie??? I had some questions to ask him. I know the question is already answered but though i might elaborate with my own experience. Cheers, Obtuse

Hi Ed Yes Please. Very generous of you. Cheers, Obtuse

PM'd about the book Cheers, Obtuse

PM'd as well. your a champ Ed.

Hi Auxin, Thanks for the reply, but did you mean 2 months instead of 2 weeks. Yeah mine are from the AFSR. I have had one lot going for about 6 weeks and the other 4 weeks, first lot just below the surface, and the second lot a bit deeper. On inspection they look like they are about to do something, but nothing happening yet and, What sort of soil are you using? cheers, Obtuse

Wow, Lovely pics .... they are very nice. They are just so magical looking. Thanks for posting them. cheers, Obtuse

Hi Infinitee, I dont know the answers to most of your questions either but like Shroomy i just scattered mine on top of the surface of some soil. i didn't scratch mine in. and i have had great germination results as well. I have mine in a large seed tray covered with a plastic bag and they are going really well. They appear to love semi-shaded sunny positions. cheers, Obtuse.

Hi Guys, The Admin job for the SeedRing has been passed onto me, and i am wanting to include images of the plants in their descriptions. I was wondering if it was ok to use images from within the SAB forum and subsequent galleries. If people want to point me in the direction of specific images please do. I will contact people anyway, but just letting you know here so that everyone knows what is goiing on. Cheers, Obtuse

Good point Coin, Didn't occur to me to mention what images we are after. here is a list of the seeds we have at the moment: Acacia podalyriifolia Acacia obtusifolia Acacia longissima Acacia suaveolens Andrographis paniculata Brassica rapa var. japonica (Mizuna - Japanese green vegetable) Capsicum annuum var. avicular Capsicum spp 'Atarodo' Capsicum spp 'Chinchi-uchu' Cucurbita moschata Cucurbita maxima Datura stramonium var. tatula Datura stramonium Delosperma bosseranum Desmanthus illinoensis Desmanthus virgatus Dragibus curiousa Elaeagnus angustifolia Heimia Myrtifolia Heimia salicifolia Hyoscyamus albus Inula helenium (Elfwort) Ipomoea violacea 'Heavenly Blue' Leonurus cardiaca (Motherwort) Melilotus sp 'yellow melliot' Mentha spicata (Spearmint) Nepeta cataria (Catnip) Nicotiana gossei Nicotiana rustica Ocimum sanctum (Holy basil / Tulsi) Papaver setigerum Physalis peruviana Rosmarinus officinalis (Rosemary) Solanum melongena (Eggplant - Black Beauty) Stevia rebaudiana Tetragonia tetragonioides Verbascum thapsus (Mullein) Vigna unguiculata (Cowpea Chinese) Withania somnifera If you have any images of any of these plants, and you wouldn't mind us using them, let me know. The email address is seedmaster AT seedring.org cheers, Obtuse

Their even coming to hobart.... WOOOT. pity but, its at Syrup... wish they do an outdoor doof instead, that'd rock. Wish they could hang around for the fractal festival.....

All the best guys, Hope you had a great day and have an equally good evening. Cheers to you, Obtuse

Easy Shroomy, Order your seeds via the site, print out the email sent to you, send it off to the address at the bottom of the email to the respective chapter. Include a self addressed stamped envelope and a gold coin donation for each item you order. Will there be a tassie chapter. Is there demand for one? Cheers, Obtuse Edit: my bad spelling Edit: And of course it wouldn't run without generous donations of seeds from people in the plant growing community.

Yep, Thanks heaps dude. cheers, Obtuse

Dude, Nice garden. your sceletium looks nice. and khat too. I might have to look into invitro myself. never have before. any good articles of teks around. well done, Cheers, Obtuse

Hi everyone, I noticed these on bushwalk last year in July, and thought they looked so lovely that i had to take pics. They were growing in a pile of a mixture of what looked like old rotting eucalyptus, wattle, and tea tree branches and stuff. Anyway, thought maybe some people would find these interesting, as they have very pronounced "nipples" and they have a lovely light brown colour, and almost look like they are made of plastic. I am fairly certian they are a subaeruginosa, but those more in the know might be able to tell me otherwise. They are just lovely, and i couldn't help sharing them with you all. cheers, Obtuse

Hi Fugushi, Excellent. Add me to the draw as well, Thanks. Cheers, Obtuse.

Zamuel, Hi, these were found south of Hobart. cheers, Obtuse

I agree, books can only teach you so much. Common mushroom books do not mention the blue staining of psilocybe mushrooms, so without that piece of knowledge i'm sure a lot of people have inadvertently taken the wrong mushrooms. The more detailed or specific texts (i.e university texts) do mention these facts, and are well worth reading. But without practical experience it is easy to go wrong. There are a lot of mushrooms that look like various psilocybe, and perhaps deliberately, and some can be quite poisonous. Here in Tas, there is one that i have found to be common that looks like a mature Sub, and except for a little brown on the stem, a slightly different texture of the stem, and the fact it doesn't stain blue, and average person wouldn't know the difference. If in doubt leave it alone. I don't remember hearing of "Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World" by Paul Stamets, but if it has a reccomendation from Terence McKenna, it must be reasonably good. cheers, Obtuse

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http://images.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=...l%3Den%26sa%3DG Do they look anything like this Obtuse? No They don't look like this. Sorry i should have pointed out that what my friends had collected were not active, and god knows what they were. They ate them and nothing happened. I was trying to illustrate how sometimes terms like "blue meanies" can get twisted and turned into other things a bit like how "chinese whispers" works. I should have been more clear, and i will edit my post to point out their inactivity. Don't go out eating any old mushroom just because some-one describes what a friend of theirs had told them to look for, you could poison yourself and worst case scenario cause irreperable damage to your liver and die. Tonic my best adice is to go to your local library or even better university library and read all the mycology books. i would take http://www.erowid.org/library/books_online...ooms_aunz.shtml with a grain of salt, as i reckon some of that info is inaccurate, although i can't comment on the photos. Be cautious with online references. Also shroomery.org serves as a great reference. cheers, Obtuse

The block of land where the forest is still standing is private land, and part of a farm. Cattle are rotated between the paddocks, and this section of forest is part of one of those paddocks. so Mu, there are lots of signs of animal grazing, and animal dung, but it doesn't seem to have affected the mycology greatly, if anything encouraged it. Humans are more of a problem. The forest that had been cut down had had no animals grazing on it, but there were lush patches of grass all through it. perfect for mushroom growth - and loads of obvious trampling by the middle of winter. And as far as community support is concerned the local community wouldn't really be bothered. Really I was just venting my annoyance at what is the destruction (and the inevitable destruction of what is left) of one of the better mushroom habitats i have found in a long time. I'm sure it is happening every where, and if your into mycology it will mean you will have to travel further and further afield. cheers, Obtuse