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Here's some of the mostly dried - i reckon they are about 80% dry.. they just need some more time with the epsom salts for full dry. Still quite impressive, since the drying process tends to shrink them a fair bit. Shit quality - camera is dead so it's a phone pic :-( Sorry, should have had something for size comparison.,.. errrm, i have 'normal' sized fingers!??

Yep - Been vego since traveling thru india... hence the whole Lentil thing. We are thinking of getting a female and calling her Patty.

haha gold ... Yep - totally gonna play the positive reinforcement game with the sausage man and see how we go. Interesting observation on the catsears / grass ecosystem ... i have to pay more attention to this stuff in the forests... at the time all you are thinking is "subs, subs, subs, subs, subs, " rinse, lather, repeat. Hang about, i'll take a photo of the size of some of the big ones almost fully dried (4 days in the wind tunnel) and post it.

hehe yeah ... tis' a rule, you can't have a sausage dog, which in itself is comical, and give him a normal name. A friend has one called Mustard. Another Bratwurst .. you get the idea.... Now if only i can train him to find sniff out subs! I'm sure it's possible!

and yeah it's not just me eh!? those are friggen massive. My gut does backflips at the thought of downing one.

Cheers Sally / at0m... These babies are already cracker dry, as these pics were from last Saturday ...I usually create a mini wind tunnel with a fan, a sheet and some clever peg positions and blast them on full for at least 3 days. Follow that up with moisture squeezed (oven baked for 2hrs) epsom salts and an air tight container. A solution passed on from the Shroomery crew some years ago before that site, or at least the melbourne thread in particular, got infested with f-tards. Seems to work really well, for long term storage. RE: the leech - bugger, i thought salt was a sure fire solution with the least implications! They really seem to not like it. Makes sense that they would regurgitate into the wound before falling off. Just checked out Lentil's leg where the wound was and it's all good. He was straight on to it with puppy licks anyway and I assume the saliva has a lot of healing properties in it.... Should have seen his reaction though since he copped a massive hit of salt on the first lick. Hahaha classic. Thanks for the tip amigos... love ya work.

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worth it, i reckon!

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Yep, bush produce is certainly tastier IMHO. I'm not saying that we all need to be paranoid and abandon urban hunting... Alls I'm saying is just be aware of what happens during the fruiting process. And just think about what conditions they are growing in before going whole hog.

Before you get too excited, It's worth mentioning that when any species of mushroom is fruiting, it absorbs quite a lot of the toxins in its relative proximity. They are great at doing this. So, if you are picking mushrooms next to a highway or a busy road/intersection, I would be a little concerned if you are planning to eat a large quantity of them, since you won't know what kind of other unknown toxins will be in them. Citation needed? Sure, over to you Paul Stamets; http://agroforestry.net/overstory/overstory86.html See: "Mushrooms and Toxic Wastes" That's why i only pick in the forests. Not only is it more fun on the hunt, and a great day out, but you know they are 100% organic! ;-)

Ah...Time for another hunt then! Went for a forest wander 2 weeks ago plus a casual suburbia look here and there. Many different species about, none of the interesting variety though. Seemed a little early, but you could tell it was about to take off. Images to follow, hopefully!

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This might be a little too electronic for your liking... i'm not sure... But this is how I roll Loads more here: http://soundcloud.com/matter Have been playing with all sorts of instruments all my life, but I only ever release my electronic vibes. Avid guitarist too, but only campfire stylee. Zen Peddler - i love what you've got goin on there. Great atmosphere in your tunes. The drums in that first tune sound very 909 or 303... are they from hardware or samples?

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*raises hand* ... I will be attending the eclipse2012 doof and very much looking forward to it. Managed to get in early and score a few 1st round early birds for 250. :-) The organisers are absolutely top notch. Rainbow Serpent, for me, is the greatest festival of all time... and i've done all sorts of crazy festys, all over the globe. Also 'The Glade' are involved - top notch UK Glasto team who also usually throw a bloody good festy. If no-one has been to either of these festivals before and are wondering whether or not your money will be well spent.... then don't ... worry that is.... because you are in incredible hands.

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