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re the cap: no not slimy, but sticky. but this stickyness disappears as they dry, unding up being smooth and leathery in very dry specimens. (edit: if its been rainign lots, i guess they may be a little slimy) yes they can have sort of orange colour sometimes, but more like an orangy brown, not so much deep orange. but wavy sounds good. but this also happens in other species. multistemmed clumps, while this does happen often, it is the exception rather than the rule. check the gill colour, and check for blue staining. if they are slimy, in my experience not them. stropharia semiglobata is a good example of sliminess as a comparison. if your going to ask about id here, you really need to post pics, cant really go by text descriptions. spore print may be of some assistance in id though. cheers, Obtuse.

i guess a few things. has the stem stained blue, do the gills stain blue. is the stem thick and fibrous, with a thin hollow cavity through the middle, and curvy. is the cap viscid, with a thin but stretchy transparent layer that can be peeled off. does the cap have a nipple. has the top of the cap stained blue, as the cap dries, it yellows from between the nipple to the edge, and goes a pale yellow, with occassional blue staining. you've really got to pay attention to these when you pick. if you start worrying about this stuff when their half dried, it may be too hard to differentiate till you get spores and gill fragments under a microscope. once you know a few differentiating rules 99% you cant miss out in the field. from what i can see in the first post. no, not a sub, the stem is not right, and i personally dont think the gills, the cap, and cap margin look right either. amazonian, that upside down cap may be ok. is that blue staining on the edge. the group photo, they all look ok. Cheers, Obtuse.

happy to send you a few leaves if you want. but the leaves have a quite obvious gland on the upper edge of the phyllode just above the base. http://www.worldwidewattle.com/speciesgallery/obtusifolia.php cheers, Obtuse.

yeah like in the carpark at the local beach for example. go figure. cheers, Obtuse.

oh yeah, and what gerbil said. oh, and sorry T, getting very off topic. cheers, ob.

from what i remember Neoshaman has been quite busy these last few months. pm him to see whats going. the NNSW seed ring is def not active. and last time i updated the site i didnt get a clear answer as to whether or not it was still going, but it definitely isnt now becasue he has moved, and while there was meant to be someone taking it over, it didnt happen. there is a listing there for melbourne, which is not right because its negative. and i have been too busy these last few months to keep an eye on things. i know its very unprofessional and i apologise for that. remember tho im only the site administrator, you need to chase up details with the specific chapter. give me two weeks and i can get onto it, and update the site, and chase people up and see whats going on. If you want to volunteer, sounds great. pm me and we can organise details, and site specifics. cheers, Obtuse.

seconded. duds. as you noted stems and caps the wrong colour. better luck next time. Cheers, Obtuse.

Im even southenerer than wooddragon. I have a couple of candidas that have been outside the last couple of winters, and survived, but havent flowered because i think their pots may be too small. they do tend to lose their leaves in winter tho. I also have a couple of arboreas that survive winter outside and flower like mad come spring and summer. they also lose their leaves in winter. But yeah B. Sanguniea is the go down here. and Flava, the sanguniea and arborea cross. I finally procured a cutting from my neighbour who has a really healthy plant. They flower like mad, one of my sanguineas is still flowering. Gotta love the brugs. so sexy

Dude, yeah man that was the time ey. awesome albums you got listed there. but.... you missed the best compilations of them all the TIP albums, yellow, orange, blue, phosphorsecent, beyond colour.... i still play orange and phosphorescent on a near weekly basis, sometimes daily.... Cheers, Obtuse.

I just reread this thread, and i realise it sounded like i was questioning your ids. i hope this wasnt the case. I think this is brilliant, and i think it also shows that we as a community are becomming more sensitive to the diverse range of fungi in our midst. there is so much more to learn. I'm looking forward to hearing what workman has to say about the sample you have sent him. have you found anymore since, as it would be great to get much better pics of these. but i know it can be hard sometimes. i dont know how many times ive done really bad pics during my long walks. anyway, cheers, Obtuse.

are your look alikes stropharia semiglobata? with slimy feeling stem. Cheers, Obtuse.

Can this thread be moved, and title changed? Cheers, Ob.

I can give advice, and help with most of what you want to do. Used to, and occassionally still do it for a living. my only problem atm is time. undertaking my own change in career! are you working on a business plan at the moment. the first part is working out what you want to do, and where you plan to go. perhaps you need to break down various elements of your ideas into seperate ideas, and in time focus on which one is most successful. find a niche. its easy to run a couple of web sites from one hosting account. as i think with web sites they really need to be focussed, you cant just have a "this and that" site, doesnt work. cheers, Obtuse.

whoops double post.

Had that same problem last year. they were everywhere. not so much this year, what with the wierd weather here in tas. Cheers, Ob.

Hi Guys, Might be a good idea to refer to rules regarding prints here: http://www.shaman-australis.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=19747 also good to specify what species of edibles you are after, as there plenty of folks who dont mind sharing out some oyster, etc. prints or even plates if your lucky. edit: edited as per najas post post below Cheers, Obtuse.

sweet !!! their georgeous apothecary. good see some great action going on over on the mainland. finally happening here in tas. Cheers, Ob.

been missing your pics Ronny. as always, thanks for your georgeous imagery. love those landscapes. Cheers, Ob.

yeah

You can take them out and remove the seed coat even at this point. it was at this point that i got worried. I had a small group of seeds that got stuck in the seed coat and rotted, so i didnt want a repeat. and after reading a post by torsten about removing/loosening the seed coat if seeds hadnt shown growth after two weeks, i tried this method, and they are but all worth experimenting with if you have enough material, id rather not take too many risks with this species, and i have sadly lost more than i would like to have. i have had similar issues with some obtusifolia seeds as well. Cheers, Ob.

I've also had about 4 out of 5, once i worked out a few problems. the trick with these particular seeds is that the seed coat is rediculously hard, and the poor little plant seems to have a hell of a time trying to break free from it, and either stagnate or rot. I would scar the coat, soat, and plant, and nothign would happen. a little reading via the search engine revealed others had had the same issue. What i ended up doing was completely removing the seed coat, very (and i mean very) carfeully with a scalpel, and then planting with the eye pointing down to facilitate upward growth while in such an unprotected state. Seems to work for me. perhaps it time for some pics Cheers, Ob.

Thanks for posting those pics and links Chiral. cool Cheers, Obtuse.

White fly... annoying little critters In my experince not a good sign. get on top of them, they will breed like crazy. they will stress your plants no end if you dont. just spray them with water as it seems to kill them ok. but they love to breed on the underside of the leaves so you need to do every leaf. some plants handle them ok, my brugs do, but i still dont like them. Cheers, Obtuse

few more pics: this one has quite a brown stem as does one in the first lot of pictures. from what i can see the younger ones have white stems. these were found on a cattle farm, one of the back grazing paddocks in the shade facing south, about 400 - 450 ft above sea level altitude, lots of dew - like really wet dew. they have that awesome stickyness on the cap that subs have, and the stems are quite fibrous in the same way, so they certainly feel like psilocybe sp. to hold. they dry out really quick tho. I am taking a print for further identification purposes. Cheers, Ob.

Chiral, i have spent the entire evening scouring my books. i am trying to be careful to not convince myself that it is. shall i post more pics here or start a new tread with additional pics do you think? Cheers, Ob.