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i have magic mushrooms growing in my veggie bed ....... they weren't there before, so can only have come in from the compost .....



this is definitely they lol ...... mushroom soup anyone?

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Careful or you'll end up with a good crop of wrecked hippies too - they're looking for somewhere to chillout after Glastonbury and your heap could be just the right place for a mellow come-down!

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I don't reckon they will be Lynda, they normally only grow in late Sept/early Oct. Or that's how it was in my misspent youth

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I couldn't possible comment.... *whispers - ask me when Snowdrop isn't here

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Nothing normal about these times in which we live ; )

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well i'm not gonna try them out to make sure lol i remember my brother eating far too many of them, i turned up just after he'd puked down the wall, and was picking them out and eating them ..... kinda put me off forever lol

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This particular variety of mushroom was our drug of choice for a few weeks in the Autumn throughout the early 80's, and one thing I know about them from many hours of picking, and extensive research on where to find them, is they grow on grassland, and the fruiting growth which appears above ground is very dependant on an undisturbed, and well watered fungal system below ground. Our favourite place for picking was a local cricket ground!

Erm, that's two things isn't it...

Cheers, Mark

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Local cemetery was our picking place !!
Did you know it is not illegal to pick them and eat them in their natural state but if you dry them, make a soup or tea from them etc - i.e alter their state from the natural, then possession is an offence.

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Reminds me of a quote by the late, great Bill Hicks, "Doesn't making nature against the law seem... ummm... unnatural?". ;-)

The law changed in 2005....

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Geo..

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excellent ....... lets hope the police don't come round then, cos if they spot the poppies and the mushrooms, they might get a bit too inquisitive about other things lol

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*covers Snowdrops eyes

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Look on the bright side - they might arrest the spider...

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nah, i can leave anything dodgy in my shed (not that i have anything dodgy at all in the slightest ever cos i'm a good gurl) and put a notice on the door saying warning man eating spider ...... anyway, their cuffs aren't big enough

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Err...why are you growing thistles in your veg bed?

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*lost* i'm not growing thistles in my veg bed lol

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I find that article very dubious factually, if not irresponsible of the BBC. The photograph certainly isn't of liberty caps and it final comments almost suggest that fly agarics are a more legal, if rarely employed, option. They are bloody dangerous as they vary so much in strength and are potentially fatal.

Regarding the nanny state...oh its just ridiculous, I am sure they couldn't care less for our wellbeing- it just offends them that they can't tax them! I had some great times but like everyone else I grew up and lost interest....never did me any harm...zerrrrwooooohooohic!

No lynda they aren't what you think. As with all fungi (halluciongenic or not) it is advisable to be shown by a seasoned collector and not identify them from pictures.

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But the picture you posted shows the mushrooms growing amongst thistles, and you said they are growing in your veggie bed - from all of which, I'm assuming (guessing...) that the pic you posted isn't of your own mushrooms?

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the picture i posted was off a website lol, they weren't my mushrooms, i was saying my mushrooms look exactly like those ....... which are magic mushrooms ...... now that's cleared up, i may not be able to tell the difference between most weeds and veg/flowers, but i do know what thistles and dandelions and dock leaves look like

now all i have to do is figure out whether i have actually got any veg or if i'm lovingly tending a bed full of blinga ringa weeds

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Although I grew up in the sixties I never did come across any magic mushrooms. I was quite content with the normal weed and got quite addiicted to that and in my prime smoking career manage 4/5 packets a day. Thankfully have now been given up 28 years (still got the cough though).

Ian