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I am still blown away by how amazing this event was. I had such an awesome time. and those pics are fantastic A BIG thankyou to the whole ega crew. you did such an amazing job and i cant wait till the next one. Cheers, Obtuse

Hi Ed, hope i didnt upset your dog too much. i wasnt sure if it was you, and i felt a bad afterwards about coming over to say hi and then upsetting him/her. really sorry about that mate. and hey its cool about not saying hi. if you werent feeling well thats cool, i understand. i had a lovely chat with Eileen, and i hope you had a great camping trip. always good to take a beak from the world out in the wilderness. Thanks so much for your gift, they both have a lovely new home, and will be well cared for. I feel quite embarrassed with your generosity, as they are so lovely. cheers mate, thanks so much, cheers, Obtuse.

that IS hilarious... im gong to be having nightmares now.... lol

wow, that is brilliant. very good indeed.

Hey Naja, Happy birthday. have a great day, enjoy. cheers, Ob. (wow, cool snake!!!)

I will be, and i'd love to met up with you reshroomED. cheers, Obtuse.

Im currently reading Richard Spruce "Notes of a botanist on the Amazon and the Andes". I bought the books ages ago knowing that most of the maps had been removed. Anyway i was wondering if anyone else here either, has a copy of these books (its in 2 volumes), or has access to complete copies. if you do, i would love copies of the maps. Not only do they show where spruce has been, but also contain interesting bits of info about the geography/landscape. I did find pdf's online and who-ever scanned them didnt fold out the maps, so not much help. Anway, it would be really appreciated if someone could help me out. BTW links to the pdf's: volume 1 : http://www.archive.org/details/notesabotanisto01sprugoog volume 2: http://www.archive.org/details/notesabotanisto00sprugoog Thanks in advance. Cheers, Obtuse.

I personally am of the opinion that its spin, and someone is just using it as a very successful marketing name. People love the exotic! I wouldnt have thought Tasmania would have the right climate, but having said that there are parts of Tas that given just the right circumstances it might happen. They certainly wouldn't have been native, but perhaps someone here let some spores go, and had some mild success and did in fact develop a strain that could survive a Tassie summer. do a search on this site, and the shroomery, as there are a couple of posts about it. Cheers, Obtuse.

sounds cool. put me down for 200g. cheers, Ob.

This is fantastic, lol Thanks for posting. cheers, Ob.

seconded. would love to see a coffee table book of your photos ronny. I really like the mood you seem to capture. cheers, Obtuse.

wow. That IS a really good setup. and definitely worth it. I'd be very tempted to buy it, but im interstate and im sure my partner wouldn't be impressed with any more stuff cluttering our house. but if it does get split up i call dibs on the ‘Eurolab’ 5L Ultrasonic humidifier. If your in melbourne and want to get into this great hobby, you should buy this. its a great kit. cheers, Obtuse.

Softcover or hardcover? (lol, i must be tired, tantra has already asked) Well done with the purchase. $1 WOW.

all fixed. sorry everyone. cheers, Obtuse.

Happy birthday Torsten, All the best. have a great day. whether you have a nice quiet day, or lots of friends around, Enjoy. And Thanks for everything you do for the community, its highly appreciated. Cheers, Obtuse

100... surely. trick question?

no, i hadnt quite looked at it quite like that lol, - well not with the stars as pins anyway. but stamets in "mycelium running" brings up how the universe seems to have organised itself in a similar fashion as to mycelium. as has the internet, etc. it seems to be an archetypal thing.

I remember reading somewhere about using a mix of wood chips and bran. I cant remember where, but i think it was along the lines of 60/40 woodchips/bran, pc'd of course. i would recommend your friend experiment.

Just thought some members here may find this interesting: Rare Bone Taino Cohoba Blower Interesting to find something like this on ebay, but i guess they turn up now and then. But at $US600, you'd have to be a keen collector, my pockets aint that deep. cheers.

Not surprised about euc mulch, pretty well a given ime. But im surprised about the pinus radiata needles and pine bark, as i've never found subs anywhere near pine trees. There's a good experiment there for the curious to try out. Here's a question. How about wattle bark or foliage? I have a lot of silver wattles in my region, and again i've never found them near these trees. Cheers.

I'm repeating whats allready been said but: yes. once mycelium has fully colonised a substrate, or in this case a cake, it can be manipulated quite easily, as the risk of contaminants is a lot less than in earleir stages of colonisation. so you can cut it in half, or break it up as ace has mentioned, its up to you. cheers. (lol. beat me to it Genesis. thanks for posting that info.)

Ok problem sorted. i will revert the website back to the .com as the primary address later tonight. Thanks to all those who helped document the quick fixes while i was busy sorting out where the problems were. all back to normal. Cheers, Obtuse. BTW, Tantra im looking forward to catching up with you again, and this time hopefully have a proper chat with you. I was a bit overwhelmed last time, being my first ega and all. And yes hoping a good percentage of both SAB and AE'ers are gonna be there too. But hey we're all tarred with the same brush arent we

hey all, Pretty well as above, so i wont repeat what has been said. but yeah temporary dns issues. i have fixed up the silly .com to .org issue so that you dont need to do the cut and pasting. And yes if there are ever any temp issues in future there is the backup forum to let you know what is going on. apologies for any problems this has caused anybody. cheers, Obtuse.

hey Hunab, What is the preferred wood of Azures and Subs I cant tell you much about azures, but from what ive seen of subs, they seem to like eucalypt sticks, bark and leaves a lot (so by virtue of that fact also sawdust or chips). I've noticed they also like blackberry branches, bracken stems and tea-tree branches, so id say they would happily take to a lot of things. I guess whatever is available to them given the opportunity. In urban, semi-urban areas as ace said they turn up in all sorts of woodchips. They seem to be very adaptive so keep your eyes open. they turn up in the oddest places ;) cheers, Obtuse.