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  1. zelly (i think) posted a photo recently with a tbm bud pretty well developed, not sure if it ever bloomed, but there is definitely a possibility. i'll see if i can remember which thread... edit: post #170 on this page http://www.shaman-australis.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=33701&page=7 . i would'nt mind knowing what ever came of that bud if zelly reads this?
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    bellarine peninsula species

    possibly, but, seems i was a bit late for a few specimens that were quite old by the time i found them and succumbing to molds and rots themselves so hard for me to ID them for cert, although once i get photos up I'm sure someone here will know better. I'll make this an ongoing thread, start with the shitty specimen photo's i have now, go in different seasons until i find similar specimens to the ones i saw this time, then i figure I've had a chance to see as many as possible, assuming i hunt vigorously. kind of like the film 'the big year' only fungi instead of birds... i will try and include lichens as well but i know very little, just see many, some right on the shoreline where no mushrooms grow. the Russula and the Boletus, as well as some Agaricus looking numbers were all possibly edible to varying likelihoods, though. an old puffball or 2 were found, which would have been edible earlier on, and i suspect over the seasons i may find morels, puffballs and a few that i just plain missed this time.
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    bellarine peninsula species

    hey guys, i went for a bit of a walk today through a section of reserved woodland taking a few snaps of fungi i found, out of curiosity when i got home i tried to find a catalogue of endemic species and didn't have much success anywhere, so i figured i'd add my findings here. an endangered variety of eucalyptus (Eucalyptus Leucoxylon subsp. bellarinensis), Banksia Marginata, as well as Acacia sp. melanoxylon, sophorae and dealbata make up the majority of the wood and leaf litter with a few areas of black sheoak. native grasses and grass trees are plentiful and belong to many species, although clusters throughout the reserve were infected with cinnamon fungus (Phytopthora cinnamomi). Also present is the dung of the swamp wallaby and the red-necked wallaby. worth noting, i have not seen Psilocybe subaeruginosa anywhere around the area besides under pine trees and in chip bark in parks and gardens etc and i don't think, if endemic, this species is very well represented in natural areas. . i'm having problem with my PC at the moment and can't get photos off of my camera, so they will come in the next day or two, but i figured i'd start the thread no so i remember too. i will need help IDing a few species, but so far i have found Boletus, Galerina, Geastrum, Stropharia, Russula and quite a few more that i don't know off hand including ones that i suspect may be Stereum and some bright yellow numbers amongst a myriad of others. hopefully i get some photos up tomorrow, almost tempted to keep a mac around just for times like this... - dio
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    Wanted crystals

    i have a piece of ulexite somewhere you are welcome to if i can find it, which is unfortunately only a maybe (i am pretty shit at finding things when i need them). ulexite is pretty cool, i never cared much for the other stones my hippie pals would show me, but, the way it projects an image onto the other side of its self (hard for me to explain) fascinated me. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulexite link just to explain its fun property better, kind of like a stone optic fiber i guess.
  5. doesn't look like the plant I'd call T. Validus, definitely resembles a globular Echinopsis or hybrid of such to me. my validus only has 7 or so ribs.
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    your grave stone

    i'll just get the misses to spread my ashes on top of one of you guys' more clever stones, save me the thought...
  7. is the pharmacology thread officially going to be opened up now? i notice it currently says '0 topics and 0 replies' at the minute, i guess this means something is happening with them all?
  8. works for me as of now, didn't this morning.
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    reducing photo file size on samsung s4?

    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shoozhoo.imageresizer&hl=en something like this will do it, i didnt really chek this one out just found it as an example. android has many similar utilities available, just search in google play 'image resizer' or something. otherwise, do as torsten suggested. - dio
  10. the border around things, used to be dark red if i remember, has changed to non existent for me. not sure if that's related
  11. photo in the last post works for me, no idea what it is though sorry i'm sure someone will know
  12. lie detectors are just as bad as ice edit: lie detectors actually measure nervousness, the people who give the tests are trained to make you nervous with their specific tone and line of questioning. many families and lives have been ruined by these 'tests' when given for personal reasons, ie, did you cheat on your wife. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Yxs9JZm4kw this video is an okay look at the subject, although heavily slanted in the same direction as my comment. mean dudes pushing something for cash that breaks families? sounds like ice in a different format to me.
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    Post your track of the day

    i'm yet to here the original, but this bloke singing in korean is magic -dio edit: maybe not true korean, i don't speak the tongue myself, but a high likleyhood of being very broken
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    ID 2 Plants Please

    actualy on closer inspection im probably wrong, i only just noticed the third photo, being able to zoom in on the flower changed my mind. oh well, i'm no help now
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    ID 2 Plants Please

    if you are not in Oz, then, plant number one is probably Salvia Divinorum (or a very similar looking sage). I still can not I.D plant number two. - dio
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    ID 2 Plants Please

    not sure on plant 2, but, plant 1 looks like it could be something naughty, i'd think of taking that photo down if you are in oz
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    ID please

    Chlorophyllum Molybdites are poisonous, however, Chlorophyllum Brunneum are edible when (well) cooked. C. Molybdites will have a green spore (as apposed to white), but apart from that will look relatively identical. C. Brunneum causes allergic reactions often even when cooked, so, if you identify your mushroom as this eat only a small portion first etc. -dio
  18. bigoted ˈbɪgətɪd/ adjective adjective: bigoted having or revealing an obstinate belief in the superiority of one's own opinions and a prejudiced intolerance of the opinions of others fitting -dio
  19. wouldn't any fighter with Islamic views apply them to his fighting? are they only radical Jihadists when they fight westerners or Christians? i know my opinions are shit, but who is religious and who is not and what nationalism they are alligned with should not be the determining factor of criminality, be it drug smuggling or terrorism. all of our observations wont change the fact that people are getting shot at at bombed, the only option they have is to shoot at and bomb other people. how America is portrayed in the end game and weather or not children will be taught jihadist culture is ridiculous, America has no right to care.
  20. have a look at death rates from sanctioned wars, the 'war' on drugs, crack use in America (sold to the people to fund the contras), Obesity, tobacco smoke, liquor fueled driving accidents etc and you will soon realize a few people being killed by truly extremist groups (who are not indicative of an entire religion) is nothing compared to the form of death our own country deals through mandated corporatism. isolated incidents of murder happen everywhere, blaming Islam is bullshit and bigoted. many have killed in the name of cannabis, amphetamines, LSD, tobacco, alcohol, opium, heroin, cocaine etc, yet im pretty sure you wouldn't declare anyone who partakes in any one of these things backward or evil. Islam was literally founded to unite the various tribes of Arabia. this can not be blamed for the actions of current Sudanese men. they have their own fights happening right now that may seem to be islam v Christianity but no doubt runs much deeper than that. - dio edit: you are right, you won't find many zen bhuddist monks beheading people, but you will find many killing themselves and few becoming Taoists and killing people. if you look at a history book, Buddhist monks were actually quite proficient at guerrilla warfare, no doubt beheading many people in their day. any person can kill another, regardless of which god is an onlooker.
  21. where sharia law is enforced, beheading i believe to be pretty common, probably as common as the electric chair or similar in the U.S.A. the punishment may be reserved for specific crimes though, such as rape (although hard to prove i such communities), adultery and crimes against the will of Allah. some (definitely not all) people who belong to this forum and others like it are right into romanticizing the Aztec and Mazatec cultures that in the past have been involved in human sacrifice and all sorts of other weird shit in the name of god but when a middle eastern person does the same in the current age without psychedelic drugs they are a member of a 'backward extremist cult'. on a moral and philosophical stand point i don't support the Jihadists, nor do i support the western soldiers, nor do i support the free Syrian army or the many Kurdish insurgencies, but that doesn't necessarily make their view wrong for them. if you view some documentaries and media releases from such groups, you will soon realize that it is a mere real life game of call of duty to these people. as they run from cover to cover, firing unaimed pot shots at each other in the name of Allah, they joke and smile with their comrades and say 'i can't wait until i am a martyr for mother [insert country or deity name here]' and that's fine. i might want a home and a family and a nice garden, they want to be a martyr in the eyes of their friends, who is correct? both of us will die. they will be seen as a martyr and i will be seen as a capital estate. it is a tribal war that has gone on for centuries and the romance of it all has similarly got to westerners for centuries; all the way back to the crusades have white man been joining in for no real reason. even women take up arms with the Jihadists. the whole culture in these areas is based on small fights between villages. installing absolute dictators to better resemble western society is where shit has gone wrong, now villages fight other villages while fighting the 'government' while fighting international Jihadists while fighting NATO troops, it really is a mess, and the odd beheading shown on al jazira is just distracting from everything else going on (there and else where, through international governments supporting different insurgencies) -dio
  22. ^ behead one man on film and one hundred more men may not risk their lives coming to attack you. one hundred more lives you potentially do not need to end. the Qur'an suggests beheading as capital punishment. American men invade an Islamic village under a false pretense, killing many, injuring more and raping few. if this doesn't qualify for capital punishment, what does? if the same US citizen made those same actions in his own country he would be executed, so why not in Iraq or Afghanistan? because they are soldiers they are above the laws that they have no place in quashing? if you think lethal injection or the electric chair is more humane, I'd suggest some research. a lot of the local Jihadists in these countries are pretty standard soldiers, just wanting their country to be their country again. but, because they are Islamic anyway, of course they are going to believe if they are killed by their enemy they will be a martyr etc; that does NOT qualify someone as a bad person, just applying their every day religious views into their every day war-time life. it only becomes blurred when other central Asian and European countries who have established international jihadist organizations start sending troupe reinforcements, it remains to be seen weather these groups are helping fight to reinstate the countries' regular existence and withdraw once the fighting is over or try to instate an total Islamic state, eg the Taliban rule of Afghanistan. my 0.02 -dio edit: typographical
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