WA Gyms, tis the season

[wahunter]

2nd time also shared between 2.

[Mycot]

Thanks for the report.

Best up recipe here about 70g fresh mixed with coke.

WA hunters may be interested to know that anther active gym G.dilepis has also been reported from their state.

Edited July 27, 2011 by Mycot

[Mycot]

The gym interest is going beserk this year!

 

Sure is, recent find by Myco here and an explosion of WA gym purps finds at the Shroomery this year. More eye candy.

http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/14848130/fpart/all

http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/14860599#14860599

http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/14826258/fpart/all/vc/1

Some cultivation info in the pinned woodlover thread.

Edited August 6, 2011 by Mycot

[Bush Turkey]

WA hunters may be interested to know that anther active gym G.dilepis has also been reported from their state.

 

Please explain??????

[Mycot]

I haven't found a lot of info on G.dilepis in WA. What I did find were two records probably from the same collection made in 2008. The find is recorded on the Atlas of Living Australia site Here

More info can be found through the "View occurance records list" link and also on the "Australias Virtual Herbarium" site.

We've had a good number of G.purps from WA.

Here's another that appears to be G.purps from Vic.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/87791108@N00/3653819456/

Edited August 7, 2011 by Mycot

[myco]

this G.dilepis seems to look almost exactly the same as G. purpuratus

[Mycot]

On that last link thats because it most likely is G.purpuratus and not G.dilepis.

G.dilepis has a tendency to much coarser squamules on the cap than G.purps.

Here's what appears to be Australian G.dilepis:-

http://www.shaman-australis.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=24636&st=0&p=259257&hl=dilepis&fromsearch=1entry259257

Edited August 7, 2011 by Mycot

[myco]

On that last link thats because it most likely is G.purpuratus and not G.dilepis.

G.dilepis has a tendency to much coarser squamules on the cap than G.purps.

Here's what appears to be Australian G.dilepis:-

http://www.shaman-australis.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=24636&st=0&p=259257&hl=dilepis&fromsearch=1entry259257

 

i see wat you mean

the caps on the purps i found definately arent as course as that

[mud]

This thread, and this season will domino their popularity..

I can't wait to see grow logs of gym clones. As common as cube or pan cultivation.

Then, I think tinctures will rock it.

@Wahunter

any chance of a comparison to other species?

[Bush Turkey]

so is anyone still finding Gym's??? Im starting to think they only push out 1-2 flushes per patch??? 2 days of hunting came up with 2 gym's. Myco have you had any more luck where you are?

[myco]

i actually havent checked bak bt so not to sure there was definately pins there

wether they've begun to develop a bit more or not i dont know

also as you know where im from bt i should point out that im in perth at the moment and thats where i found them

however i've actually been going through some old pics of mine and it seems i may have found a purp from my local area a long time ago so i'll be checking out the area when i get bak home

(i'll dig out the pics and see wat people think)

if i get another chance to check the patch i found up here in perth i'll make sure i post and let you know if there was any more

[Bush Turkey]

Found these today! I really dont think they are purpuratus. Notice the blue/green staining at the base of the stipe.

notice the blue aborted pins where my thumb is

The big orange Gym at the bottom of the log looks like a alantopus but the stipe looks like purpuratus? Also the blueing pins below it?

dont know what to call them

[Bush Turkey]

after re hydrating them a bit i am pretty sure they are not pururatus. Notice the white dots evenly spaced around the edge of the cap.

re hydrated pics

[myco]

WOW thats quite an incredible find there bt well done

in my opinion they definately arent purps

i would love to know wat the hell they are though

the bruising on the stipe is very pronounced and those white markings are quite strange to

this ones definately got me scratching my head haha

maybe you have another newly discovered active there bt

its been a good year for new finds in W.A.

[Bush Turkey]

Thanks man! Im pretty sure the big orange one is alantopus. Im gonna try and take a print but them being quite old i doubt ill have sucsess.

[incognito]

u would have to be commited i guess. chugging 70gms of shrooms musnt be for the faint hearted, nor the weak of stomach

cool looking shroom though

[mud]

Looking forward to the gym print giveaway threads.. : )

lol.

[Mycot]

Amazing find Bushturkey. They are not G.purpuratus and may well be an undescribed active species.

Dry and preserve a number of fruitbodies from which identification and cultivation efforts may proceed from.

Regarding ingestion shrooms may also be made into a tea when one doesn't wish to eat large amounts of solid matter.

[Bush Turkey]

Thanks man! only 2 fruits were found They were growing of a fallen limb about knee high. I dont have the skills to start from a dryed fruit, maybe ill send to someone who does

[Bush Turkey]

i think that big orange one is not alantopus now as it has blue staining on it aswell!!!

[Mycot]

Thanks man! only 2 fruits were found They were growing of a fallen limb about knee high. I dont have the skills to start from a dryed fruit, maybe ill send to someone who does

 

While dry tissue itself may be used I have little experience in this method.

The easiest way is gill fragments on agar. It's even easier than working with spores a lot of the time.

Edited August 12, 2011 by Mycot

[Bush Turkey]

me and agar dont mix

[myco]

me and agar dont mix

 

haha sounds familiar i hate agar

for cultivation i'd stick to the unsterile outdoor cardboard type tek

i dont really use any specific teks for any kind of cultivation

just some knowledge of different teks and substrates and a bit of common sense

and you can pretty much make your own tek as you go

as long as theres something for the myc to colonise stem butts and even whole specimens are the go

fuck the agar to much messing around for the same results a few decent specimens and some saw dust or cardboard

its never failed for me not once

[Bush Turkey]

does anyone know the temps for Gym's? like with subs they fruit when the temp drops below 7 degrees. Anyone know if Gym's need the cold snap???

[myco]

in my experience i would say no they wouldnt need much of a cold snap

a bit of a cold snap might help get things going but i dont think it would be necessary

subs would definately need much cooler temps and alot higher humidity than gyms

i would be inclined to say gym's would probably fruit quite easily with lows of around 10 or even slightly higher

as oposed to the 7's & 8's suggested for subs

(i should also point out that in my experience subs can also fruit without temps under the 10's)

for example the first sub pins i noticed this yr showed on the 25th of april and the temps were not at all that low

thats just my opinion though dont take my word for it i could be wrong