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Yeah that site rocks, I have spent so many hours reading through that stuff. very cool collection indeed.

Hi guys. you will find links to the mckenna stuff, and also to the .mp3's by googling "terrence mckenna .pdf" or "terrence mckenna .mp3" also go to the Maps site: http://www.maps.org/ and go to the the free books page: http://www.maps.org/freebooks.html for books like: LSD - My Problem Child The Road To Eleusis: Unveiling the Secret of the Mysteries Remembrances of LSD Therapy Past Storming Heaven also perouse their links page for even more stuff: http://www.maps.org/links.html otherwise look for torrents - the best i have seen so far is "Psychedelic_Visionary_Plants_Sacred_Weeds_Salvia_200603" its 8 something Gb, but boy is it worth getting. I found it about 6 months ago, and still havent finished going throught it. i reckon another 6 months. there is other software like emule, or amule if you use linux, and there are loads of pdfs there. Once i had a quick perouse of the mckenna pdfs, i went ahead and purchased the books. cheers, Obtuse.

Hi Apothecary, Sent you a pm. Cheers, Obtuse

Hi Conan, I'm in Tas and I don't know of any caapi growing here. If anyone in tas does happen to have some growing i would LOVE a cutting. Please Cheers, Obtuse.

Another book to add to my book list. looks like a pretty good book. There are a lot along these lines, but this one in particular looks mighty intersting. Anyone know of a pdf while i save my $$$ to purchase this one.

What a mind boggling collection. and to have it spoiled like that. F... my heart goes out to you Osprey

Indeed. They are lovely coin. well done mate.

Hi Prophet, Not really my area of mycological interest, but i'll read up on them and if i come across any in the near future i'll let you know. what sort of time frame you looking at? There were some really cool pine plantations up near mount field national park, and that area is always fairly moist. I reckon thats where they'd be. There are some pine plantations through the huon too. It's been really dry in tas, and we seem to be in the middle of a really nice sunny spell. Do they prefer dry, moist or wet. Looking on the net it seems you'll have better luck asking members in vic and nsw. Anyway, cheers, Obtuse.

I know i'm a noob, but i'd be happy help you out with the technical aspects Chemakazi. these resources are all too important to loose, especially when your a noob. oh, and three cheers for Torsten. cheers, Obtuse

Thanks apothecary for the link, looks like a great thread, and really good links on that page too. Yeah Passive Daemon, those little brown mushies are very odd. cheers, Obtuse

Wow, amazing. in a recent thread about psilocye species in Tas, Bluemeanie mentioned something along the same lines, i quote: if in fact as they mention It wouldn't surprise me that they may be here in Tasmania. And here is a link to a pic: http://www.hiddenforest.co.nz/fungi/family...eae/strop09.htm Via this page: http://www.hiddenforest.co.nz/fungi/family...ophariaceae.htm and yet more pics hmmm, i'm going to have to keep my eyes open for this one. problem being though is i would feel uncomfortable removing something so rare and beautiful from its natural habitat in order to get samples. fascinating, thanks for the link Himdumb. Cheers, Obtuse

Hi everyone, I purchased these recently 1). This first one looks like a short spine Trichocereus pachanoi, but i'm not so sure having read some of the other id's for cactii in this forum, could be a Trichocereus scopulicola, but i've no idea. And i'm not sure how rough has to be rough. 2). No idea. 3). No idea. 4). This looks like a Myrtillocactus geometrizans, again i don't know enough to say. The place where i had bought these had generic labels in the pots, so no indication was given to their identity, and the staff had no idea. Thanks for your assitance, Cheers, Obtuse

Thanks Michael Much appreciated, It's nice to know what they are. I'd be keen to know more about no.2 . I've had a google for both Ferocactus and Thelocactus, and i can see why it's hard to choose. If anyone else happen to have a better idea on this one i'd be keen to know. Cheers, Obtuse

I went and inspected my greenhouse this morning, and to my surprise i noticed a peganum harmala seedling had finally come up. I had thought it was a weed and was going to chuck it any day soon so i could use the container. Thanks to Hagakure who mentioned the leaves look like little tridents Now that i know what i'm looking at i realised i also had another in the same pot, and another in a different pot. we've just had quite a few days of solid heat here in tas so i guess that helps. but the elder of the three is a couple of weeks old now, I just didn't realise earlier what it was. I am including a photo of the container and the completely crappy soil these two are growing in. The soil is a mixture of crappy soil from my backyard, river sand and a little seedling mix. Originally I was soaking the soil completely and then letting it dry out, thats probably why that green stuff started growing. Then i stopped bothering and just watered just in case, but only rarely. This seems to have done the trick. all the other weeds died. Anyway, I'm pretty happy. Now its a matter of keeping them alive. cheers, Obtuse

Gee, Don't they test this stuff before they release it. Talk about irresponsible. Some of the drugs they release onto unsuspecticting public are totally bizarre and you wonder what on earth they were thinking when they did. It just goes to show what happens then you turn some of those switches on or off in the brain. We just don't know enough to go stuffing around. I had FOAF's who loved rhohypnol and did wierd stuff. That was bad enough. any way my 2c's cheers, Obtuse

(Bump) Don't forget people this is Next Saturday, certainly a good reason to come down and visit Tasmania. Sorry I can't help you out DreamingNagual, i'm down south. How many other people from the forum are going? cheers, Obtuse.

Hi Bluemeanie, In a fairly sophisticated forum system like this i would have thought very difficult indeed. Unless a password can be guessed, of course. Cheers, Obtuse

hahahahahahaha hahahahahahaha (wipes tears from eyes) hahahahahahaha I love this line: The british do indeed have a way with words, and it for reasons like this that their comedy is the best. And agree, the cat shit is the icing on the cake. Thanks Tepa for finding and posting this. hahahahahahaha.......

Yeah. Well done Gerbil. This is a fantastic writeup. I second Ace's suggestion that perhaps an Information Archive would be good idea. There is lots of info on the net and i find myself UTSF all the time, but i generally don't get quite the answers i want, or i get too much and get confused. Thanks again Gerbil for making this info available. cheers, Obtuse.

Thanks bluemeanie, info on Panaeolus cyanescens appreciated. cheers, Obtuse.

Ok, With thanks to Bluemeanie we have a fairly good list of whats psilocybe species are found in Tasmania. I have had many discussions over the years about what species we have in Tas, and for me this finally clarifies what species are indeed present. I remember there being a really good book (it was part of a series) at Tas uni that went into a lot of detail about the psilocybe species in general (i can't remember what it was called - we're talking 15 years ago) and agonising over what we had here, the photos being in black and white didn't help either. I don't think i ever came to any conclusion. Anyway i know there are lots of others out there who will appreciate this information being available. So what we've got: Psilocybe Subaeruginosa - Pretty well everywhere - Tassies main species Psilocybe Semilanceata - central highlands Psilocybe Alutacea - Mt Field national park And then we also have the following: Psilocybe Tasmaniana - appears to be very rare Psilocybe Brunneoalbescens - (anybody have any ideas on where it may be found?) And there may also be: Psilocybe Strictipes (which an internet search reveals is a variation on Semilanceata - thus its other name is Psilocybe Semilanceata var. caerulescens - this info via http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id126542) Psilocybe Aucklandii And of interest: Panaeolus subbalteatus - (While my interest was specifically Psilocybe species thanks for pointing this out Bluemeanie.) While doing my various I found mention of quite a few misnomers, with loads of sites additionally reporting the following in Tas: Psilocybe Cubensis Psilocybe Australiana Psilocybe eucalypta With the exception of Psilocybe sp., ‘bruni-islander’ (via http://www.tasfieldnats.org.au/bulletins/bull315.htm - what is its real name? Is just a subaeruginosa particular to Bruny Island?) we can pretty well rule these out. Any objections? As a point of interest Erowid has a great page: http://www.erowid.org/library/books_online...oms_aunz6.shtml with heaps of really interesting info. they report the following being in Tas: Psilocybe australiana (no) Psilocybe cubensis (no) Psilocybe semilanceata (yes) Psilocybe subaeruginosa (yes) Psilocybe tasmaniana (yes) And of interest: Copelandia cyanescens - perhaps someone can tell us more. (http://www.erowid.org/library/books_online...mushrooms_aunz/) Some of Erowids info generally is really good, tho some to be taken with a grain of salt, and this article is particularly interesting as its about OZ and NZ. Remember I am only concentrating on Tas and have no idea on the accuracy of the info for the rest of Australia at this point. With winter well on its way here in Tas looks like it might be a good year for mushroom growth. Thanks again Bluemeanie for your assistance, thanks also to reshroomED. cheers, Obtuse.

Hi Evil Genius, My understanding is that teflon is incredibly carcinogenic, and that once the teflon layer is scratched the toxins can start permeating your food. I have never trusted the stuff, and refuse to use it in my kitchen. The more chemically aware members of this forum will be able to tell us more no doubt. I think the fact that your friends birds died in such a way says a lot. I am not sure how sensitive they are to toxins, but yes they use to use them in mines in case of gas leaks. If the bird suddenly died, everyone was ordered out. In my opinion, Throw your pans out, yesterday. cheers, Obtuse

hi Luke, Yeah I'm sorta in the same boat, but fortunately this forum is a great help, and i have already been helped considerably. I started a thread recently asking about my sick obtusafolia. The responses i got were very helpful indeed. you may find it interesting as a starting point. (http://www.shaman-australis.com/forum/inde...showtopic=11877) Some links i found and still find helpful are: http://www.australianplants.org/fsheight.htm http://www.worldwidewattle.com/infogallery/cultivation/ And of course: http://mulga.yage.net/acacia/ Make sure you have a good look through www.worldwidewattle.com - there is really good stuff in that site. I agree with gerbil that it is important to start growing our own and leave those in the wild alone. Definitely the responsible thing to do. Anyway, good luck with your seedlings, Cheers, Obtuse

Cool Ed, Thanks for the tip. You can never have enough reading material. Thats what i reckon anyway. cheers, Obtuse

Thanks Harry, Well done. Thanks for posting the link. Cheers, Obtuse.