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Zen Peddler

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  1. And the muscaria found in natives you speak of definitely wasn't amanita xanthocephala? They do look pretty different but to a novice they could be mistaken due to the similar redness of the cap.

    [EDIT] - Don't worry, answered my own question.

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21573836

    Hi - no it was definately muscara. I have photos some where. Suillus granatulas has also adopted native tea trees as a host and Tricholoma terreum turns up in all sorts of native settings now days as well. They are spreading ;)


  2. Haha thanks guys we thought about tyres actually. Yeah side load may be significant but its only 2.5 feet so not super high. Food for thought anyway. Id sooner put the effort in than pay someone $$$ and then come home to a crappy job


  3. We have to build two retaining walls both about 2.5 feet high and ofcourse our budget is way low.

    After dreaming about rock and other expensive options we were considering trying earthbagging.

    Anyone else used this method and can it be used for functional retaining walls or just aesthetic ones?

    thanks heaps!!


  4. Notice something interesting on some Gymnopilus junonius at a local park. I stuck a pin the cap a couple of places and in one or two locations the next day there was clear blue staining...

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  5. Hey folks - I collected a few wild specimens of what people around here call the 'rosy' or 'winecap' agaricus which we have deduced is actually Agaricus austrovinaceus. I cloned several and one took quite well and was transferred to a medium-sized bag of compost. When this colonised it was buried in a garden bed and in June 2014.

    to my surprise after so long the bag fruited after heavy rain last week.

    Schweet!

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  6. If they arent on the aqis list you cant import them but i dont think non list species are illegal to sell or posess. As an example 'white chestnut mushrooms' and maitake are not on the list but people grow and sell them at markets

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