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  1. Posted · Edited by Girl Shiny

    Legal issues. Even the two (three?) native Erythroxylum are illegal to possess.

    All Erythroxylaceae are illegal to possess without a permit anywhere in Australia

    That includes the 250+ members of Erythroxylum - many of which do not contain cocaine.

    Google and Hansard will confirm that - uninformed "opinion" will contradict. (pick one :wacko: ).

    Additionally there are shipping issues - the berries are only viable for a very short period of time. When I've purchased them they've been express shipped in damp sanitary pads. If they arrived within a week they were viable or already sprouting. Over a week and they're expensive compost.

    Novogranatense is reliably available for sale over the internet (no sources to be posted on the forums).

    HINT: growing it was a major industry in Australia - and in what was Java and nearby.

    It'd be interesting to hybridize with the native varieties - which, despite a lot of psychotic bullshit, do not contain cocaine or useful precursors. Yes, at a stretch you could produce very small amounts of cocaine from the roots of one of the natives - but the equipment and processes involved would yield you far better returns from Datura (and probably easier and cheaper to just go the fully synthetic route).

    NOTE: I'm not advocating synthesis (nor will I discuss it here) - quite the reverse.

    G.

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  2. Posted

    I have acres of Phalaris aquatica. Mostly the seed is infertile, but a piece of tussock ships fine. Note that while they do contain tryptamine goodies (use a wheat-grass juicer) the stagger grass/gramine reputation is more likely due to ergotism, though others disagree (something to bear in mind, perhaps?).

    Content seems to be highest just before they begin frosting off at the start of Winter.

    PM me if you are interested.

    G.

  4. Posted

    For forums either:-

    GIMP -> Save for web... -> JPEG -> Strip Exiv (apt-get -y install gimp gimp-plugin-registry gimp-data-extras)

    Nup. updated OS and up to GIMP 2.8.10 and it doesn't have that for Mint/Ubuntu. I'll check 2.8.14, what version are you running?

    Way off topic, normal transmission resumes. I got some lovely bolete shots locally last week and I need to ID

    Debian (not an unstable repackaged derivative, or a unstable repackaged derivative of a unstable repackaged derivative :wink: ). Stable with Backports.

    gimp -vGNU Image Manipulation Program version 2.8.2git-describe: GIMP_2_8_0-194-ga42a02eusing GEGL version 0.2.0 (compiled against version 0.2.0)using GLib version 2.32.4 (compiled against version 2.32.4)using GdkPixbuf version 2.26.1 (compiled against version 2.26.1)using GTK+ version 2.24.10 (compiled against version 2.24.10)using Pango version 1.30.0 (compiled against version 1.30.0)using Fontconfig version 2.9.0 (compiled against version 2.9.0)using Cairo version 1.12.2 (compiled against version 1.12.2)
    dpkg --get-selections | grep gimp | cut -f1gimpgimp-datagimp-data-extrasgimp-gapgimp-help-commongimp-help-engimp-lensfungimp-plugin-registrygimp-texturizelibgimp2.0

    Try:-

    apt-get -y install gimp-plugin-registry

    If that fails Try this

    (this probably belongs in "Privacy/how not to broadcast your identity, details of your phone, or where you took pictures")

    G.

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  5. Posted

    Lazy question for bonus points: what software do you use to strip out yr exif data? I tried a few, they were clunky. Want something for Mint which strips exif data only. And mebbe something similarly streamlined to check/ confirm

     

    For CLI - exiv2

    Installation: apt-get -y install exiv2

    CLI use: exiv2 -v rm $File (removes all Exiv data from $File)

    KDE ServiceMenu use:

    $ cat ~/.kde/share/kde4/services/ServiceMenus/copyrightimage.desktop[Desktop Entry]Type=ServiceMimeType=image/jpeg;image/tiff;image/pngX-KDE-ServiceTypes=KonqPopupMenu/PluginActions=copyrightImage[Desktop Action copyrightImage]Name=Embed copyright notice in imageIcon=image-jpegExec=YEAR=`date +%Y`;COPYRIGHT=`kdialog --menu "Select a copyright notice:" -- "Copyright Example $YEAR. All rights reserved. Example Services trading as Example - [email protected] ABN:example" Example "Copyright Shiny Girl $YEAR. All rights reserved. [email protected] ABN:example" "Shiny Girl"`;exiv2 -M "set Exif.Image.Copyright $COPYRIGHT" %F

    (provides a right-click Add Copyright Information option to images with Dolphin).

    For forums either:-

    GIMP -> Save for web... -> JPEG -> Strip Exiv (apt-get -y install gimp gimp-plugin-registry gimp-data-extras)

    or Gwenview -> Plugins -> Images -> Metadata -> Edit all Metadata (apt-get -y install gwenview kipi-plugins)

    For general image collection management - DigiKam (apt-get -y install digikam kipi-plugins kipi-plugins-common)

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  6. Posted

    Thanks for the reply.

     

    Was checking out Bolete species yesterday, and saw something similar, now can't find it Were they local to you and found recently?

    Bolete's are my favourite edibles - which is why I posted the pics. Local (it's a neighbouring property I'm hoping to buy), and found the same day I posted the pictures - I'll be back there next week (after three days of predicted rain). The owner is selling the lease due to infirmity, but I've been agisting there for a few years so I have free access.

     

    Get a spore print, take one on white paper and one on black. Add them to pics, it helps

    I hope to next week - if it rains. I left those ones in place but I took a soil sample for analysis - I have similar geology on my lease, and similar vegetation.

     

    FungiOZ app has a wider section on bolete ID than Fungimap. There's also an ID app for iPhones iFungi AU, but it's not ported for Android yet and I haven't tried it

    FOSS Programmer != iPhone "fan" :wink: (nor a fan of 'squint-o-vision' on any platform!)

    I do have actual computers though, and a netbook I usually carry when fungi hunting. On this occasion I was riding and seed collecting so I was limited to phone pictures (I stripped out the Exif data before posting for obvious reasons - it's private land). speciesfungarum is also good - but I prefer/am used to(?) working with keys than working with photos. mykokey is great, the QLD mycological society also have some good information,

     

    Also grab the Hunter Catchment pdf, it's handy for phones or tablets and is an excellent guide

    I've got it (and I'm no where near there). What it covers it covers well - but there's a lot that it doesn't cover. I suspect that's for the same reason members of my local "fauna group" won't map psychotropics (some even apply fungicide to those areas they deem unworthy). (sigh).

     

    Both suggest it could be Strobilomyces sp. tho your cap seems to be a different colour. Not a lot is known about Australian boletes apparently

    Thanks - I suspect you are correct. I suspect I mentioned that those photos were washed out... To get to them I had to lift branches and the sunlight screwed the photos (cheap Android camera). The photo of the small, fungus infected, one is more representative of what the mature specimens looked like - a light chocolate brown. If you looked at the full size images you'd have seen they were titled "tasty looking". :)

    I do still have the high-resolution originals, including some macros showing the spores on the cap of the larger mushroom. I might put them up later if I don't find more after the next rains - or get distracted by other hunts for B. edulis at some other likely location around here.

    Kind regards, G.

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  7. Posted · Edited by Girl Shiny

    Anyone know a source.

     

    To the described mushroom...

    Are you after live cultures for cultivation or locations of wild specimens?

     

    I was joking (satirizing the press release) and wondering if others knew more. But since you ask - I'd like to start with the truth.

    Aloha Medicinals in the USA sells cultures, tho you'll check AQIS to see if an import is permitted.

     

    Aloha sells half a dozen variants of the relatively common Phallus sp. None of which are, as claimed in the sensationalist press release style "paper" in a "science" publication (which was strangely short of any scientific information): orange, previously unknown, or grow only on fresh lava, or even allude to the properties originally claimed. I've never seen the claim made before of any fungi, or since - which is strange considering the huge potential market and the large number of research projects dedicated to it. (and the "photo" of their main Phallus product looks a little, um, blurry, small, uh, photoshopped - and not just the removal of the veil). The whole sales pitch sounded like a typical Deadhead car-park dealers pitch. If that sounds cynical, it's because I am. A certain amount is healthy in a world where you shouldn't swallow almost everything whole.

    I'm familiar with the Australian variety - it smells like a decomposing corpse in a car that's been parked in the sun for weeks, and inspires nausea and the overwhelming desire to wash with a scrubbing brush and bleach.

    I have it on my property, the stink goes when you wash off the spores, and it tastes good. I'm also familiar with Chinese medicine which attribute aphrodisiac properties to a large range of materials - except for those mushrooms.

    (technically I don't think it qualifies as a true aphrodisiac, the same as wild, hot, wet sex doesn't).

    Who says?

     

    :huh: I do, and anyone else who thinks there's a major difference between the desire to go bushwalking, and what it feels like when you've just finished a good bushwalk? :)

    Welcome to the forums. Loving your work.

     

    Thanks. G.

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  8. Posted

    G'day all, wish I didn't have to be asking for such information... last night my cousin was arrested and charged with drugs trafficking (the worst kind of em...) amongst 6 others charges in QLD.

    The rest of my family has left him out where he is and aren't really offering any help in ways of getting him legal advice or visiting him etc. I know I know, not good charges but I only need advice to at least try to help him. (Ps no it's not me !!! )

    For starters, where's a good place to start to find a lawyer, I'm guessing it'll be legal aid or state appointed, i just wanna get a ball rolling for him if the cops haven't already.

     

    If the charges are serious, and the evidence weighty - then he doesn't need a lawyer (solicitor), he needs a QC. Seriously. So get him to sell a kidney, whatever it takes, so he can hire a solicitor to instruct a barrister - to brief a QC. If he wants freedom he needs the best representation he can get.

    Legal aid! Fuck no - some washed out bum carrying his lunch and old newspapers in his briefcase won't work. It's like betting on a horse just because it has long odds - except that Legal Aid won't do diddly for the average joe who is pleading not guilty. The only way Legal Aid is useful is if you carry enough weight to choose the legal representation, and they send their bill to Legal Aid (only politicians seem to be able to do that). Otherwise Legal Aid will only urge him to plead guilty (and who needs a solicitor to do that?) and attempt to plea for mitigation (which is better achieved with character witnesses).

    How would I go about contacting him in the meantime? I wouldn't mind offering some family support whilst there's not much. I know which LAC he was picked up in but that's about it.

     

    That's a start - ring them. He'd probably appreciate the visit (which is what you'll need to do - though you can try getting them to forward your contact details).

    Do be aware that you are unlikely to be able to have a private conversation with him - regardless of what you might be told. Unless... you have the balls and ability to carry off a "I'm a paralegal" and mumble the para. (I've done similar and posed as a clerk for a friendly solicitor so I could have a quiet word with a sibling who was jailed).

    And anything else you think I might need to know with starting the two above processes? Unfortunately I'm in NSW and have never been faced with such a predicament and am well out of my depth offering support here....

     

    I have (been faced with a similar predicament - in that state) - the money I spent on good defense was the best investment I've ever made.

    • All drug charges are based on possession.
    • Possession charges have a "reversal of onus" - which means if the person charges fails to demonstrate "reasonable doubt" they are guilty as charged.
    • Possession means sole knowledge and sole control of the drug.

    That means three things:-

    1. If you can't demonstrate reasonable doubt that the evidence of drugs (analysis and chain of custody) meets the standards of scientific evidence - the drugs are drugs. You need a good criminal lawyer for that. Mary Todd of the Botanical Gardens said on the basis of her observation that the green herbaceous material had cysolith(?) hairs and turned purple in response to the Dusometing test this is cannabis - which a good lawyer will beat like a rented mule.
    2. If you can't demonstrate reasonable doubt that you had sole knowledge of the drugs - you had knowledge of the drugs i.e. were they in a place that is would be "reasonable" to presume other would know of their existence? e.g. the back seat of a car others have ridden in since you last cleaned it, the laundry of a shared house.
    3. If you can't demonstrate reasonable doubt that you had sole control of the drugs - you had control of the drugs i.e. was it in a locked room to which only you had the key?

    Important point - if the drugs were in a common area in a shared house you should argue that in court. Then either the police produce compelling evidence and argument that all tenants had knowledge and control - or you all go free.

    "Taking it like a man" is something you do when you lose in court (and apparently many men don't enjoy it). If you believe the laws suck - then don't play fair when you get caught. "Man up" is what you do when you lose in court - not the same as "give it up" (which is what you shouldn't do in court - or a police station).

    Can the charge/s be beaten? Depends on the drugs - with "soft drugs" the fools who get busted generally convict themselves (more people fight traffic fines than minor cannabis charges). So statistically if he's been charged with pot offences he probably made it easy for the cops - and they would most likely have done little to prepare for a not-guilty plea and competent representation. I've had a pot possession charge dismissed as a result of paying a QC to write a letter to the magistrate, the other two in the car got fines and criminal records (there's a lesson there!). So it depends on how competent and confident the cops were, how informed and experienced (or silent) your relative was, and how good the legal representation is (and maybe, whether the QC plays golf with the Judge and the Prosecutor wants to leave the Public Service for higher pay at the QC's chambers).

    I'm guessing this is an indictable offense (or he'd have made bail) - so a good suit (unless he's a prominent footballer), haircut, professional advice on conduct and composure, reputable character witnesses, and a well dressed respectable crowd of supporters in in court would also be helpful.

    Hope that helps.

  9. Posted

    Anyone know a source.

    Apparently it only grows on recent lava flow in Hawaii - it might be edible, and has a very interesting aroma. I've got an old key to Dictyophora but unless it's the same as the Javanese multicolor it's not listed.

    If the rumors are true it could make for an interesting perfume - that's if Eveready don't nuke Hawaii to prevent sales losses.

    Cheaper_Than_Batteries.jpg

    :)

    (technically I don't think it qualifies as a true aphrodisiac, the same as wild, hot, wet sex doesn't).

    It's been over three minutes and no-one has replied, so I'm looking for cheap flights to Hawaii (or swimming)!

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  13. Posted · Edited by Girl Shiny

    I've had subs produce when the air temp was between 24 and 34oC. They survived -6 to 40oC (but didn't survive being left without watering for 6 months over last Summer). I just spread the chips onto the existing grass, about 18cm deep, laid out my colonised corrogated cardboard (beer boxes), put my dripper lines on top, then covered over with another 18+cm of wood chip. As it was an unshaded area for much of the day I strung up old shadecloth (full of rips and tears) above it. Eucalypt seedlings like the torn shadecloth so I figured subs would too (it seemed to work).

    My guess is that your "grasses" are going to soon cease to be anything other than Nitrogen food for the wood chip decomposition process - less labour to leave them in place, little benefit in removing them.

    I had noticed that when it got hot other fungi started to appear - so be sure to dominate the wood chip with runners. The other fungi weren't noticed when temperatures dropped.

    I used freshly chipped timber and leaves, and started in Spring.

    This time I'm starting in mid-Summer (thanks Pimento), but so far temperatures have been very mild so it might be successful. Belt and suspenders though - I'll keep a bag running inside in a cool room, and spores in the 'fridge.

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  14. Posted

    Hey.. know you're probably sick of me barking on about this but I checked today and noticed that you've got a self signed cert set up for the site (thank you!).

     

    Keep barking - I agree, for some reason I'd like to restrict the number of people who can monitor and misinterpret what I read and write on this site.

    Actually - this "site" doesn't have a certificate - self-signed or otherwise.

    It does serve a self-signed certificate for another domain name - host.cloudshaman.net

    This "site" (domain name) is shaman-australis.com (though I note you could be viewing the GTLD .au due to, um, "novel and interesting" site administration)

    The certificate is for:-

    Domain Name: CLOUDSHAMAN.NET

    Registrant Name: PRIVATE REGISTRATION

    The certificate should be for either (but not both - and one should redirect to the other anyway):-

    Domain Name: shaman-australis.com.au

    Registrant: WANDJINA GARDENS PTY LTD

    Registrant ID: ABN 70099507856

    or:-

    Domain Name: SHAMAN-AUSTRALIS.COM

    Registrant Name: PERFECT PRIVACY, LLC

    Registrant Organization:

    And even then it wouldn't work - as it's a non-wildcard certificate for a specific subdomain (host.cloudshaman.net). Lack of SSL and inconsistent domain name records doesn't built trust...

    Partial solution - get a certificate for www.shaman-australis.com.au (you can get non-wildcard certificates for free) and redirect from the .com to the .com.au

    However apache ain't serving it at the moment and it's pulling 404s when connect over https/

     

    404 is page not found error. https://shaman-australis.com (and .au) are misconfigured in cPanel to use a redirect cgi (instead of simply using .htaccess). There is no redirect in place so you wind up stuck at the defaultcgi page.

    Just to confuse things further - shaman-australis.com.au uses a different, but also wrong certificate, and the same broken cgi redirect.

    No further comment as I'm using a pseudonym for a reason. :unsure:

    (was there a plan?, there has to be a plan, if you think I'm expensive wait till you see what unqualified amateurs cost)

  15. Posted

    I just opened another thread a couple days ago saying i bought a san pedro from bunnings. They definitely do sell trichos

    And let's hope some journo never reads it - because Bunnings will pull them quicker than they'd ban a permit allowing The Shooting Party to put a fund-raiser sausage stall out front. The small amount they might make from selling them isn't worth the bad publicity.

    Apropos of little - most similar forums have rules against posting sources....

  16. Posted

    My favourite is easily fresh porcini (Boletus edulis).

     

    Agreed! Better than Perigold truffles IMO, and I'm comparing fresh local with dried imported Kings.

    They can be found in the Adelaide hills from March to early July. I don't believe they fruit anywhere else in Australia currently, but I may be wrong. I'd love to know if people have found them elsewhere.

    I haven't confirmed it yet - but I'm told they might be found at a few specific locations*1 in Southern NSW, and I've been shown a photo of one possible found at the most likely site. The picture I was shown was poor quality, and the mushroom was badly maggotted. Apparently one related Bolete has been found in the area. If I find one I'll post pictures - but given the small size of the areas relative to the Adelaide Hills I won't post the locations

    *1 Where the right species of trees were imported prior to the inception of AQIS

    They are amazing fresh just fried in butter or olive oil, even a combination of both butter and olive oil is good.

     

    I like them marinated in Olive oil with a dash of Tamari.

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