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  2. Posted · Edited by Hyphalknot

    I personally have never met anyone who has had 'psychedelic psychosis' from one single psychedelic experience, but I have heard many rumours of friends that have had friends who knew a boyfriends best mate's cousin who had gone permanently crazy from 'trippin on shrooms'...

    I have however seen first hand that psychedelic abuse (like abuse of any psychotropic substance) lead to some issues where people become just a bit too 'far out' in their everyday lives and suffer from what I would consider a form of psychedelic a psychosis.

    My advice is use not abuse.

    If you do happen to have a history of mental disorders or substance abuse in your family, then perhaps you should look at that as a potential problem for yourself and blow caution to the wind and steer clear of all substances, both naturally occurring AND made made, altogether.

  3. Posted

    Gas exchange is critically important. If your cakes can't breathe a tiny bit (they don't actually need fresh air exchanges, but they definitely need gas exchange), then they will stall, often stopping completely. Failing that, I would agree that it could also be moisture content, but I if the top colonised ok then its probably more likely that they are starving for air.

    Poke some holes in the foil tops with a syringe (dont worry about contams at this point - your dry verm layer will act as a filter) and turn the cakes upside down, then take all the blankets off them and hope for the best.

  4. Posted

    As far as i can tell most funky mushrooms contain a drug (eg psilocybin) and an array of other wierd compounds, some of which could be regarded as poisonous etc.

    I'm just wondering about the side effects of taking mushies. Do they kinda fuck your brain so-to-speak. Would the side effects be caused by the psilocybin or the other unwanted compounds, or both?

    What sorta long-term side effects could one be in-for if experimenting with shrooms?

    -Cheers

    Initial side effects can include stomach cramps and generally feeling a bit sick as you try to digest them. This can be helped by drinking ginger and peppermint tea with a tiny bit of honey. Laughing until your mouth hurts from smiling is also common.

    Long term side effects include understandings of the rich tapestry of the interconnectedness of energies and personal realisations of what are the best ways to direct these energies in your own life and to help those around you. (These are obviously some of the POSITIVE side effects).

    Seriously though, there are some negative side effects of abuse of this substance (as with the abuse of ANY susbtance), though they are not usually witnessed in a physical sense. The drug itself has a very low toxicity in the body and is generally considered physically safe.

    The negative side effects are usually in more of an emotional form, where one can start feeling detached from the reality around you.

    A theory of mine is that this is due to one becoming TOO aware of the 'rich tapestry of interconnectedness' and realising just how much the the structure of the human species is desecrating it, naturally making one to want to remove themselves from that structure altogether (the profit driven corporate environment etc.). The problem here is that there is no other structure! Things are how they are and we simply have to accept it, which can be tough and seem hypocritical.

    Like all substances, moderation to experimentation is the key! Don't be go overboard and don't dose too often, they are not a toy.

    Follow the rules for psychedelics and use only in a safe and comfortable setting, with people your are comfortable with, and only when you are feeling emotionally stable and happy.

    Used sensibly, psilocybin and the sacred mushrooms are a powerfully beneficial and very safe medicine to be treated with the utmost respect.

    But MOST importantly, they should be enjoyed with a laugh and a smile... :shroomer:

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    is it possible to get another fruit cause we have had alot of rain the last couple of days and the temp is droppin to 2 tonight!

    I wouldnt be surprised actually! This weather has been very strange, might be enough to pop a couple up for sure - especially with the rain coming at the end of this week as well...

    If anyone has the time for a hunt PLEASE post back with the results!

  7. Posted

    hehehe passive not my birth place that one one day i will have to show you the place i was birthed when i go back to WA :) very similar to that one but i pm'd hyphal and i was way out so there you go :)

    and i bet there were plenty of acacia's around there man thats acacia country ay

    The psychedelic outback... :wub:

    Thanks for looking guys!

  9. Posted

    PM me Velvet and I'll let you know if you are close...

    I dont claim to have found this either by the way, just wanted to make everyone drool over the pics - I was told about the spot by someone else who had only stumbled over it 2 days beforehand, and I really wanted to go and get some shots. I have heard rumors of it existing before though, by a member here. I have a strong feeling its the same place he was talking about...

  16. Posted

    All over now, has been for a while. Depending on the weather the season can end anytime, basically when the rains stop so do the mushrooms. I've seen them end of August, start of September before.

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    I got the idea from the home grow mushroom kits for A. bisporus (button mushroom) which consist of peat and spawn.

    With those home grow boxes, the peat is in a seperate bag, not mixed in the substrate - and is used as a casing layer.

    Peat isn't used IN the substrate, though I'm sure a little wouldn't hurt at all, there just wouldn't be a lot of reason to.

  20. Posted

    I personally don't think you need worry about Organic flour. any thoughts?

    although it wold be nice to have an all organic product. :)

    Agreed... Brown rice, from Coles, ground to a flour is fine.

  23. Posted

    Great post.

    Resolves a mystery for me.

    A fungal contaminant that was a very bight pink.

    Like cotton candy always.

    Awesome looking.

    You could be referring to Lipstick Mold – Sporendonema purpurescens (Geotrichum candidium), or Pink Mold; Red Bread Mold – Neurospora.

    LINK

  24. Posted

    I read that insect agar is great for starting cordyceps...

    I use anywhere from 18 to 30 live crickets per liter of agar mix. Any other insect could probably be used, but crickets are easy to get and work well. Just blend them up into the water and agar-agar before sterilization.

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  25. Posted

    These are actually not at all easy to grow

    I've only grown them from a shroom kit from Kmart many years ago (when I was in my early teens). It wasnt from scratch - pretty much just a case of opening a bag of colonised substrate and letting it fruit in a warm, moist area. I think if you can get it to the colonised point it is an easy one to fruit but getting to that stage is probably riddled with difficulties, so I probably lied in that regard :blush:

    Could you expand on your comment for my info? I'm curious to the difficulties involved :)

    Yeah for sure man...

    I thought you may have been referring to one of those store bought ready-to-go kits - they are great fun and as easy as it gets...

    But germinating your own Agaricus bisporus spores is a different story...

    This is a quote from 'Workman' from THIS THREAD which explains it a little more -

    The spores are reluctant to germinate on agar. There is a trick to get them going. You need to put live mycelium on one edge of the plate and spores on the oppostie edge. The metabolic gases from the live mycelium stimulate quick germination. Otherwise you need to heavily load the plates and hope for at least one volunteer spore to go for it to stimulate the rest. It doesn't always happen. Tissue culture from the store is easier.

    And a quick gloogel search found THIS ARTICLE.

    And this is an interesting article but doesn't mention the difficulty in germinating spores, rather just outlines how to start a commercial button mushroom farm HERE.

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