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The remnant veil was not visible from that angle. Given that this mushroom grew in july I would say the spores have not dropped due to low humidity (if distracted's comments are correct - RH = relative humidity yeah?)

I hope they mean that it does include the components most BENEFICIAL to mental health. Mandatory CBD with our THC? Less expenditure on chasing cannabis users and distributors, more capital for focusing on serious crime? I like to think that maybe some people in positions of power have good intentions. Not saying that these agencies haven't had vested interests in drug trafficking, just that its not universal amongst all law enforcement personel.

Yeah nice film! Neal Cassady is a rare bread of human, kinda out of place with a group of acid heads though. Tragic to hear how he shot his wife and died walking alone at night along a train line in mexico, man must have had some big inner demons. I loved how down to earth ken kessey was, how he truly believed what he was doing was true to the american spirit - would have been an interesting time to be alive! And to see that Leary, Alpert et al at Milbrook were conservative in comparison is an eye opener too, goes against the typical image of them as trouble makers.

nice fresh specimens man, like the pics wild cubensis are the shit (or maybe thats in the shit), don't let those victorians tell you otherwise good on you for being a bit entrepreneurial too!

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nice one, what software do you use?

nice one! wow can't believe he actually went through with it

A tab of acid can have anywhere between 0 to 100's of micrograms of LSD, whereas to take the equivalent of an LSD overdose in psilocybin would mean eating a small bucket full of fungus. Mushrooms are certainly not mild, they just require more fore-thought/courage/stupidity to overdose.

So did the Dutch government really overlook sclerotia because they were advised they were weaker? This sounds pretty flimsy to me. More likely they wanted to be seen to the public as taking action against drug distribution while not turning away too many tourists from Amsterdam.

^^^ looks cubic to me, based on the yellow with white colouring, sexy curve of the stem and bluing at the base of the stem where u must have picked it. I have found that under abnormal growing conditions (ie early or late in the season) the gills can be quite pale. also this one looks like its a day or two past its prime and many of the spores may have already fallen. another example of a cube with pale gills: there are other possibly dangerous mushrooms that grow out of cow dung in the same season as cubes, but none that I am aware of that have the same yellow/white colouring and stain blue. To be sure, I would tear a bit of the stem off, crush it, and watch for the blue oxidation reaction. hope you guys get lots of rain over the summer and lots of shrooms to photograph! jealous.

Look out for the Les Hiddins sample

Well it was not today but a few months ago, and when I was still in Oz, but this is what I last did with my cacti: Before: After: Took a whole weekend to prepare the soil, it was infested with bulbs and roots and rocks, mighty tough work! Transplanting the cacti into the ground is a difficult task, and in rushing I got a couple of bridgesii and peruvianus spines in my fingers. Had to smash one of the small terracotta pots as the cactus was so root bound it wouldn't budge. Miss these guys, hopefully there is lots of rain in SE QLD over the summer to keep them happy. Would be awesome to come home to a thriving garden full of cacti

Yeah smart shops are selling fresh Psilocybe tampanensis sclerotia quite openly in Amsterdam. Technically I think they are legal, for the moment. The good strains are very potent, needing only 15 fresh grams for a strong trip. Really interesting fruits don't taste too bad either, and over 2 times more potent that cubensis is impressive. In my experience not as visual as other psilocybes, but an intense trytamine euphoria.

Wow thats different – beer with clam broth? Really?

A very special place indeed, needs to be protected.

Synchronicity, Myth, and the New World Order An interesting take on conspiracy theories. The author acknowledges the strangeness of world events: He proposes that supposed 'conspiracies' are not the result of malevolent peoples, however, but a manifestation of individuals' psyches on the physical plane in the form of synchronicities: This article really resonated with me as I had come to a similar conclusion regarding conspiracy theories myself - at least the idea of conspiracy theories being a projection of fear in the psyche onto the world around us. And I have personally experienced the ability of psyche to influence physical events, so the hypothesis that events coalesce to seemingly prove conspiracy theories such as the NWO appears to have some merit. I would be interested to hear what other people think of this idea. I feel conspiracy theories project a lot of negative energy onto the world, and it is something we need to transcend if people are to be empowered.

ahh should have known Paul Stamets would have already done this... cheers! and thanks for the original image of the bee man strange brew. I can make out a few 'shroom' looking objects at least, would be amazing to see this rock art IRL.

sounds like he was dreaming of sinking a brew on the beach when he got out

There are original images of the rock art on pages 6 and 7 of that link I posted. But I can't see any resembling the bee man or the mushroom runners. From reading Graham Hancock's book 'Supernatural', I would think that most anthropologist would say they are hunting magic drawings with the mushrooms actually being arrow heads or something like that. It's strange that given all the speculation about prehistoric use of mushrooms by man (outside of the americas), that these two images are all the evidence we have. The mushroom experience seems so profound and easily accessible that it really confuses me as to why its image is not more prolific. edit: this is where the originals of the 'mushroom' images are published - 'The Rock Paintings of the Tassili' by Jean-Dominique Lajoux, 1963, pp. 71, 72-73.

Its not overdosing that I am currently worried about (I believe tropane alkoid dose for bronchodilation is quite a bit lower than that for psychoactive effects). It is that sometimes I get bronchoconstriction so bad that any smoke would cause me much trouble (ie asphyxiation). I really want a smooth way of apply the alkaloids to my lungs. I haven't tried brug flower in the volcano yet, don't have it with me. Have only tried in a MFLB with indiscernible effects. Not sure if the volcano would be any better (launch box is thought to reach high temps than the volcano), as the the tropane alkaloids are of high molecular weight and have high boiling points (ie hyoscyamine free base boils as 430C (compare this to 190C for THC!). 430C is way outside the range of all commercial herb vapes. So I reckon a tropane alkoid solution used in a nebulizer or similar to deliver aerosol droplets to the lungs would be the way to go... much more complicated than a spliff tho

yeah I think the ones circulating the net are Kat's drawings. Will investigate further... Edit: The original photographs were taken by a guy called Jean-Dominique Lajoux in 1961 (link)