A truly magical festival!

[Sperge]

Slypsy has texted to say there's loads of 'special' mushrooms growing in the field where he's camped.

Not that anyone is going to pick any of them up, of course.

[leah]

could you 'not pick' me a few?

christ, it's only july... bodes well for the autumn

[Beatmonkey]

Yea all reports I've heard so far are that it's gonna be a good year for not picking the fruits of the forest

[leah]

having a magical day are yous?

[acid]

Slypsy has texted to say there's loads of liberty caps (shrooms) growing in the field where he's camped.

that is quality.
are you sure he aint having you on. i've never heard of them coming out that early before.

[ilfracombe]

That is early. Anyone know any good locations near Leeds/ Huddersfield for observing these funghi in their natural habitat? I collect photos of mushroooms, but since moving to the area I have been unable to photograph the beautiful gills of the liberty cap. (I can point you in the right direction in North Devon though). I promise I wouldn't pick any.

[k3str3l]

thats awsome, didnt realise liberty caps came out so early

[Beatmonkey]

thats awsome, didnt realise liberty caps came out so early

Maybe they don't and some fucked up hippy with bad flora identification skills has poisend an entire festival where nobody stopped and really looked at what they were eating in the mad rush for a free high!

[leah]

if you have half a clue it's pretty difficult to mis-identify a liberty cap, right? and apparently it's lookalikes are only tummy ache bad.

unless you mistake an immature death cap for one. possibly not so good...

sperge, please post!

[WaveyRaveyDavey]

It's all down to this global warming/climate change.

Haven't you heard?

July is the new October!

[Slypsy]

I am happy to report that we didnt die or suffer any tummy upset.

[leah]

excellent!

[Sperge]

if you have half a clue it's pretty difficult to mis-identify a liberty cap, right? and apparently it's lookalikes are only tummy ache bad.

unless you mistake an immature death cap for one. possibly not so good...

sperge, please post!

Still alive.

But of course I didn't eat any liberty caps, that'd be against the law and stuff.

[leah]

of course not!

so, a pleasant weekend in the country?

[Sperge]

Slypsy has texted to say there's loads of liberty caps (shrooms) growing in the field where he's camped.

that is quality.
are you sure he aint having you on. i've never heard of them coming out that early before.

Don't forget Slypsy has a PhD in soil science and he contacted a mate who has very detailed knowledge of fungi, who confirmed they were the good shit.

Remember that the season for them in Wales is mid-summer to September - and Eastnor is only a few miles from the border with Wales.

And yes, they certainly did contain psilocybin. Erm, allegedly.

[acid]

NICE.

[pd2h]

Whooo you found them at the chill nice work!!!

We found some too but they weren't growing and no illness to report!!

[Sperge]

Here is a nice wildlife shot taken at the Big Chill.

[Slypsy]

Slypsy has texted to say there's loads of liberty caps (shrooms) growing in the field where he's camped.

that is quality.
are you sure he aint having you on. i've never heard of them coming out that early before.

Don't forget Slypsy has a PhD in soil science and he contacted a mate who has very detailed knowledge of fungi

Actually, i am a soil microbiologist/microbial ecologist, not a soil scientist!

I was certain that they were liberty caps, but as with may others, had never heard of them coming out so early so called up my friend how did his whole phd on soil fungi (and now uses the username Dr Mushroom ) to double check. And liberty caps indeed they were; although of course my interest was purely academic.

[acid]

That is so cool.