Ergonaut wrote:
> Mycos <mycos@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
> news:e5trv397jcckp30vg5pu5427r05te2s2ed@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>> On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 03:13:19 GMT,
>>> For the record, I understand there are a few simple guidelines
>>> for IDing
>>
>>> shrooms you come across growing in cow**** when you are
>>> creeping around in cow pastures at 2am in Florida. However, I
>>> did want to confirm these
>>
>>> two simple rules, which will be the basis on which I will be
>>> deciding which ones to eat and which ones to chuck:
>>>
>>> - there are very few mushrooms that grow out of cow**** in
>>> Florida that are poisonous.
>>>
>>> - and that there are even fewer poisonous mushrooms that bruise
>>> blue as the Psilocybe Cube types do, particularly those found
>>> growing in cow****
>>
>>> at 2am in Florida.
>>>
>>>
>>> Am I mistaken or are these fairly reasonable guidelines to go
>>> by when?
>>>
>>> I will be in Florida by Monday - so, if I don't respond to any
>>> posts by next Friday, it is safe to assume that my
>>> "mushroom-IDing-in-cow-pastures-at-2am-in-Florida" guidelines
>>> are indeed
>>
>>> flawed.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks fellas
>> You might want to add the purple-black s****e-print and remove
>> the cow****. It's presence isn't necessary for the vast
>> majority of Psilocybe spp. Blue staining and purple-black
>> s****es are highly diagnostic of Psilocybe, although not all
>> psilocin/psilocybin containing shrooms are from that genus...
>> or even Family (Strophariaceae). Gymnopilus is one of the more
>> obvious ones not fitting that mold, but I suppose if you're
>> going to start straying into other genera/families, it's better
>> that you do some more book-work first in any case.
>>
>> Mycos
>>
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>>
>
> Remember...I think that it was Gordon Wasson who said, "All
> mushrooms are edible, though some only once."
Indeed...that is precisely my concern.
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=Simon=
"...there is no dark side of the moon, really...as a matter of fact,
it's all dark..."
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