trichpach

Wow, yes please.. This forum is blowing me away, i can't wait to spread the love back to it at the first opportunity!

tooth

PM'd! thanks.

ball

No worries Marcel! Certainly is something special eh. Very other-worldly. A soundtrack to the bardo methinks... Like the waiting music in the elevator at the end of existence.

slumber

I'll definitely jump in on this one - thanks heaps. I have a 'normal' cereus in the collection but have always been impressed by the patterns of the monstrose variety. PM'ing.

Oops! sorry about the double post... n00b and all that, yeah... how can i remove the other one?

I'll second that and add another spice in to the mix : the smell. In all my years (~10) of hunting around the world I've met loads of people who, after the obvious visual/touch identification then rely on smell for the final confirmation, myself included. If you've eaten a decent dose of fresh subs, that smell will never leave you (!) and be a constant hunting companion. Still... "if in doubt, throw it out" is a good mantra to repeat to yourself when starting out. Once you've got a good season or two under your belt you will wonder why it was ever difficult and start finding them all over the freakin' place. I usually find them in pine plantations / forest floor / field / landscaped areas etc. Pay attention to the trees they like to grow near too and other indicative species such as Stropharia Aurantica for those urban hunters.

Yo rumple - cheers for the welcome message. Feelin' the love... :-) have been a long time lurker, so I feel like i've been a member for yonks, and in the beginning stages of a full blown cactus fanatic. What better time to get involved. I'm in the inner west of Melbourne, and getting pretty excited about the up-coming sub season too! Warmer months == cactus porn, colder == shroom porn! Ah yes, sorry myco, mini-hijack... back to the lophs

I would be very keen to try my hand at raising some lophs from seed, will PM cheers.