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[wildedibles]

Thank you very much I really love to be in the woods :)

I worked a longer day today and went into the woods after I am very tires but much happier ;)

[Xerces]

wild, I just want to tell you how much I've enjoyed all the adventures you posted regarding Amanitas. I've been reading a lot of past posts of your experiences with the mushroom and they have amazed me and encouraged me to try and meet the mushroom. I also suffer from seasonal affective disorder and ocassional depression since as long as I can remember, and I would like to experiment on low doses of this mushroom as a tonic.

 

I know for a fact that they grow in the area I'm living in now. It's been raining for over a week and temperatures have not been too cold (it's winter here) so I went yesterday to a pine forest nearby, and I could smell the sweetness of mycelium in the air, but it got dark too soon for me to keep looking for them. I'll probably head out there tomorrow earlier if rain stops a bit, and we'll see. =)

 

By the way... awesome photography.

[wildedibles]

Thank You so Much :)

 

with every mushroom it is good to check the identification with Amanita's it is very important there is some deadly ones in the bunch I found that this was a part of the healing with me getting over the fear of mushrooms ...My mom had a mushroom phobia we were not alloud to even touch one over coming my fear because I love the taste of mushrooms and wanted to taste every edible I could find  :) this has gotten me into the woods more and this is helps with stress it clears your head and gives you something positive to look at and the green the cooler or more less sever weather is always found in the woods :) exersise helps as well :)

and every mushroom has vitamin d i think they make it like we make it with the sun so when u expose your edible mushrooms to the sun before you eat them you r getting a boost of vitamin d which helps with seasonal effective disorder I believe :)

 

I sat with the other Amanita muscaria gussiwoi spelled something like that lol and they told me that if I wanted to heal they could help me but I would have to try too I believe these and the red Amanita muscaria were given to people to help them get threw cold winters dark cold winters I just had the worst winter I can remember it was soooo cold -40 way too many days usually we only have a few they helped me face this bitter cold to get out and get some sun on my face :) and that always helps with my depression just getting up and out is the hard part sometimes ;)

 

Thanks my friend for your interst and I am very glad these threads have helped you :) xoxoxoxoxox

[Xerces]

just a sidenote but sunlight, excercise and meditation had been the best treatment for me so far. and chocolate lol. lots of chocolate. 

 

anyway I'll se how the hunt goes tomorrow =)

[wildedibles]

chocolate chocolate chocolate :) now your speaking my language :) I have to watch some chocolate gives me bad headaches :( I think it is more the preservitives in some tho cause the pure chocolate or cocoa no issues ........???

I do have a few more pictures to add I have been sooo tired lately .....

#1

I like this picture I found a little friend on this one lol

this is the stem

and gills

 

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and this is the stem

 

#3

and the stem

 

and gills

 

 

These above ones were all found in town peoples yards I had one deformed one come up in my yard where the kids play soccer it kinda had no chance there :( but they will come up more now :)

 

this one was an hour into the woods

 

 

 

 

the area where we find them they r on the other side of the trail too :) spreading is good :)

 

here is a Lobster mushroom in the distance u can see the  red :)

 

These ones are more out into a field with ferns where I find the Amanita muscaria

 

 

 

 

 

and back into town

and stem

Edited by wildedibles, 03 August 2014 - 03:05 PM.

[wildedibles]

I found some more yellow Amanita's to share with you all :)

This one is found in the field with ferns and more grass than moss

mushroom #1

 

 

 

We havent found too many in the field yet they usually come closer to fall when it gets cooler but we did have a cold snap 8C at night this was the cool snap that brought some of these mushrooms up I think it is more temprature related when they come out

 

 

These r the ones in the deep woods

 

#2

#3 baby baby baby I think they r sooo cute at this stage :)

I thought this was neat the mycillium looking root like

..........more to come I think these deep woods ones r finishing up there is some baby's still popping up tho .........

Edited by wildedibles, 09 August 2014 - 02:35 AM.

[Xerces]

beautiful photographs! :)

[wildedibles]

here is the last of them from the last hunt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[wildedibles]

we found 2 in someones yard where there would be a side walk just next to the road so we can study there was a nice one by the house but leave this one alone for the people who life there and walk by to see the beauty :)

 

 

http://en.wikipedia...._var._guessowii

 

Amanita muscaria var. guessowii

Edited by wildedibles, 18 August 2014 - 06:14 AM.

[wildedibles]

I have started putting a small cap of Amanita frostiana in my water bottle for the day filling it up all day

 

no tiredness at all like with Amanita muscaria var. guessowii

 

but the one day I had birthday cake it was a wheat free one I wanted to try well I think the baking soda in the cake with the mushroom that day made me sick to my stomach I almost puked .....

 

same thing happened with crackers that had baking soda in them I actually puked that time

 

I havent drank anything carbonated for a long time cause with these mushrooms I will puke plus all that sugar isnt good for ya anyway

 

I should mention that weather its the hunt or the smell of the mushroom or the taste of it gets me kinda frisky ;) I would have to say they have their differences .....

 

I swallowed one cap in the water bottle by accident and nothing really happend out of the ordanary with this mushroom

that was 4-5days ago ...and had a 1/3 piece in my cold coffee this morning

I noticed that the dry mouth from the joint was gone so it helps the mucus membraines create more moisture I find many mushrooms have a slimy quality ...some witches butter or tree ear can be used on the hands for moisture healing cracked dry hands

helps my doggy too when she looses all her summer fir keeps her from drying out too much

the slimy Suillus can help with dry skin as well I have tried it out a few times :)

Edited by wildedibles, 19 August 2014 - 08:19 AM.

[wildedibles]

When I have tried this mushroom in the last little bit I have been licking the top holding it in my mouth against my gums not swallowing the mushroom.

 

I have not exceeded a small cap or a 1/4 piece of a larger one

 

I have more energy not feeling tired one bit

I have felt less inhibition ....wild is more wild :) ....

lol willing to try new things willing to take the steps I need to to heal.

willing to see hard things in my face and deal with them rather than ignore or push them away for later....

 

don't really trip on them ..... more feelings body kinda feels tingly noticed more saliva not drooling but dry mouth is gone ....I cannot remember anything else about this mushroom at the moment .....

 

they do taste good and they do make other things taste good I remember cooking them in scrambled eggs once one cap yum yum

 

I smell these mushrooms too cannot put my finger on   exactly but i feel different when I can smell them I have a bad sense of smell and do not really smell them but i will start humming a tune :) same one every time :)

Edited by wildedibles, 02 October 2014 - 01:09 PM.

[Spooner]

you  pix make me hungry

[wildedibles]

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[wildedibles]

I did get a couple more of these videos close up but I only managed to get 1 dried specimen... I left one out by my balsam tree it may have spored there hopefully... We have the variety of Amanita that loves spruce trees there I'm hoping both start there and then I can rule out habitat for they way they grow differently...??... Sorry people I need to catch up on adding material... It's getting cold out equals more computer time lolbrrr

[wildedibles]

There is a dried sample of mine in this video but more to come when I get my phone organized a little better

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[wildedibles]

Ok I have my first Amanita frostiana video of the year

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A nice fairy ring

I wanted to make a note on edible or not as well

I don't eat yellow Amanita well didn't last winter but some days were so hard to get up and moving with my aches and pains but tired too

I was taking vitamin d and it helps lots with my depression that I didn't need to didn't crave them at all

I don't suggest eating these unless you have looked into this mushroom that you know what your eating and how to eat this mushroom/s

These were all dried before I ate them
And I only ate a tiny piece in my water bottle or tea not a large amount more like a pinch

You can also boil your Amanita then fry and I did this then added eggs to fry longer as the eggs cook

I think it's a decarbonating process?

If you have carbonated beverages and eat this mushroom you could get sick to your stomach or even get sick
Because it becomes carbonated in your stomach again and the chemical that can make you sick becomes active again
(If anyone can explain this better please do lol)

Amanita there's many deadly ones please learn all you can about this family if you're interested in eating them there is some tasty ones making your meal yummy kinda like a MSG thing I believe happening
Wikipedia used to have lots of information on these ...it's probably been updated more...I didn't really eat
Amanita frostiana I was eating Amanita flavoconia and Amanita muscaria gussowii because A.frostiana is more rare and so beautiful
They are in a deeper part of the woods about an hour walk away :) more special they will bloom in different areas until frost time now :)
Some years plentiful some not
The year I was collecting for Warrior Soul there well everything rotted that year the mushrooms were always wet with rain and could not dry without bugs inside eating what was left...so I didn't have enough sample mushroom for him
But I'm going to try to get 3 samples of these mushrooms in not collecting to eat them
Much love xoxox thanks

[wildedibles]

Thanks Skye :)
I need to capture these beautiful mushrooms in some photos too
I just love the color and details on them
Very beautiful mushrooms

[ElPirana]

You’ve got some beautiful amanitas growing around you, what wonder pictures! Yesterday on a walk near my job I found some mushrooms, what look like amanita mushrooms to me anyway - these were mostly white colored rather than the yellow you are finding in the woods, but beautiful nonetheless. Thank you for sharing!!

[wildedibles]

You’ve got some beautiful amanitas growing around you, what wonder pictures! Yesterday on a walk near my job I found some mushrooms, what look like amanita mushrooms to me anyway - these were mostly white colored rather than the yellow you are finding in the woods, but beautiful nonetheless. Thank you for sharing!!

Beautiful but be warned the more white ones are very toxic or can be
You really need to study...i watched them for a few years and knowing mine were safe
White ones probably not

But still beautiful mushroom i think they are very pretty mushrooms
Happy hunting :)