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  1. It's a long standing screen name I've used since quake became something you could play online. There was a bit of a progression starting at Quickshot.
  2. I've seen a few books by Paul Stamets. I'll probably pick up The Mushroom Cultivator, but Mycelium Running has a newer copyright. I grabbed an older book as a primer called "Growing Wild Mushrooms: A Complete Guide to Cultivating Edible and Halucinagenic Mushrooms" by Bob Harris. It's source material is old, but many of the techniques seem valuable. Just the cursory read through I've given has produced several questions though, so i think more reading material is in order. I picked up Mushrooms Demystified, as well as the Peterson and Audobon Society books. I find the pictorial guides a little helpful, but I haven't picked through Mushrooms Demystified yet. I'm hoping there's more information regarding habit and habitat in that reference. I've been spending more time reading about cultivated mushrooms practices though so... we'll see.
  3. Thank you for the reply. I'll give them a thorough read.
  4. So, what field guides do you guys use? There's a few of them out there, but I've heard not all field guides are created equal. After that, is there any good resources for raising mushrooms? I'm kinda interested in a myco-culture, but, again, not all sources are created equally, so which ones have helped y'all?
  5. I'd seen a photo of lyophyllum species that did appear close, but i wasn't sure. I'd read on a website that psilocybe can have white spores, which is why i initially went with that ID, but if that information is erroneous, I might stand to have good mushrooms in the area. I'll keep researching things. Thank you for the information.
  6. =T I don't think i can move it.... It should be under that heading. =/
  7. So, as i mentioned in my intro, i recently moved to Oregon. I had, previously, developed a fairly solid understanding of what grew in my neck of the woods in Utah, but I'm not as familiar with things in this new place. Any way, The Mushrooms I'm curious about are mostly growing on shaded mulch piles near the road at my apartment. I first tried making a spore print, as it was one of the primary tools i was introduced to. The spore print came out White (note: i don't have a photo of it, partially because it was on regular lined paper, and the image of fine white spores on white lined paper seemed harder to resolve then my camera was capable of doing.). I then took note of it's habitat and habit. The mushrooms are growing on aged mulch in an area that receives partial shade from broad-leaf maple trees. The mulch appears to be bleaching. The mushrooms grow in tight bunches, outlining the pattern of major roots from the maple trees that are a few inches deeper in the soil (completely covered by the mulch). You can see the bunching in three of the pictures I posted. I could not find evidence of a volva. The mushrooms seems to have erupted directly from a mycelial matt, which I attempted to photograph. The gills look adnexed to me, but they might be adnate. I dissected a couple of the mushrooms. Larger mushroom caps do not appear to connect to the stem at all, but that could be due to age. The one pictured is a smaller, probably younger mushroom. Caps do not form a consistent shape, in part due to the tightness of the bunching that seems to occur. The get very brown. This is probably due to partial sun exposure. The mushroom does not exude any latex when bruised (from cap or otherwise), but does get quite wet. There is a distinct mushroomy smell. Reading available material, I think these are psilocybe stuntzii mushrooms, but I'm not sure.
  8. Hello... I joined up because i recently moved to Oregon and I'm extremely unfamiliar with the stuff that grows round here. I'm not a super experienced mushroomer, but I know a bit about things that grow in Northern Utah, mushroom and otherwise, so maybe i can help out a little bit if you're in that part of the world. I am interested in established and developing myco-culture practices, though more as a hobby then as a career or financial venture. Anywho, thanks for having me.
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