Picking MagicMushrooms in Ireland

Kazu · 30-07-2004 10:46pm #1

Has anyone any experience in picking magic mushrooms what time of year do they grow and in what conditions and what do they look like and could someone please post a pic of magic mushrooms picked in Ireland worth a try anyway

The Real B-man · 30-07-2004 11:50pm

:eek: okay...............

Kazu · 31-07-2004 12:18am

The stem is usually brown or beige coloured, and the caps will often have a 'nipple' at its brown point.

http://shrooms.ireland.lunaticsworld.com/

Liberty Cap and Fly Agaric mushrooms Liberty Cap mushroom (Psilocybe Semilanceata).

http://members.aol.com/scissorfish/da/damushrooms.htm

Agent Smith · 31-07-2004 5:39am

you answered your own question's....

Kazu · 31-07-2004 11:53am

well i found info later on and said i might as well share what i found out

answered your own question's why does it matter

Caesar_Bojangle · 31-07-2004 12:06pm

down with this sort of thing!

remember what happened to the kids in glenroe when they went picking magic mushrooms?

fizzynicenice · 31-07-2004 12:16pm

October is mushy season!!!
we're close now, night will come soon, or something..

but yeah October!

mongoose · 18-08-2004 6:29pm

cool
well those two links dont work!
can u post some more?

Tommy Vercetti · 18-08-2004 9:35pm

Caesar_Bojangle wrote:

down with this sort of thing!

remember what happened to the kids in glenroe when they went picking magic mushrooms?

well cook a cat I remember that, scandalous I tell you

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 19-08-2004 1:08pm

haahhahaha, glenroe

omg, I remember that

/me falls over

but yes, mushrooms. fun.

midget lord · 19-08-2004 1:15pm

Sept/Oct is the high season, or so a friend told me...

PH01 · 19-08-2004 2:37pm

It's nearly that time of year alright.
Just take yourself to Marley Park (Ballinteer) and watch all the mushroom hunters at work.

Badly Drunk Boy · 19-08-2004 3:00pm

The Curragh is another favoured spot. You should see the sheep after they've eaten a bellyful of them....

ApeXaviour · 04-09-2004 11:41pm

Good thread, it's practically time now.. Anyone able to confirm or dispute that they grow near the papal cross in the phoenix park? Or where abouts in marley park (or is it all over the place?). Would yis reckon they're out now?

simu · 05-09-2004 12:00am

Can't hurt to look but they're usually not as strong when they first appear.

Isn't nature wonderful?!

D-Generate · 05-09-2004 11:37am

Tell us all about what happened in Glenroe!

Lenny · 05-09-2004 12:05pm

Go up towards wicklow mountains, near the devils glen. but of course this place will already have been raped for them. so go kinda further up,
saw some there last week, not enough for a few lads but one of two people. its been an odd summer for us with really wet conditions so thats why they're out a little early

simu · 05-09-2004 11:20pm

D-Generate wrote:

Tell us all about what happened in Glenroe!

They introduced some teenaged characters in an attempt to attract younger viewers. The kids took shrooms one day, they giggled a lot and one of them made a speech about being the high druid of Glenroe iirc. Mad stuff, cringy in that special way only RTÉ can manage.

On the other hand, that was probably where I found out about shrooms in the first place so it wasn't all that bad.

Wouldn't it be interesting to film yourself on shrooms and watch it later? Anyone ever done that?

hacx · 10-09-2010 12:30am

Don't mind me, just bumping a six-year old thread.

But shroom season is upon us once more.

Auldloon · 10-09-2010 12:37am

Ah but they are dirty dirty illegal shrooms nowadays. Banned they are so they don't grow anywhere anymore. Ok.

filthymcnasty · 10-09-2010 12:43am

surely theres easier and more hygienic ways to get high

http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychoactive_toad

ApeXaviour · 10-09-2010 2:27am

Can't believe I made that post 6 years ago

wild_cat · 10-09-2010 2:29am

ApeXaviour wrote: »

Can't believe I made that post 6 years ago

Hahah, were you in luck in the end?

aurelius79 · 10-09-2010 2:43am

Find a nice field where sheep have been grazing but have been moved off for about a month or so. Cow fields are useless. Mushies usually grow near tufts of grass as that's where the soil is most fertile. I found if you get down on your hands and knees and look across the level of the grass you'll spot the caps fairly easily. Spores are carried on the wind so if you find a patch of mushies, there will usually be a line of them across the field from that patch.

aurelius79 · 10-09-2010 2:45am

Lenny wrote: »

Go up towards wicklow mountains, near the devils glen. but of course this place will already have been raped for them. so go kinda further up,
saw some there last week, not enough for a few lads but one of two people. its been an odd summer for us with really wet conditions so thats why they're out a little early

We used to get a bus down to Tallagh and walk up the mountain. Some great spots as so many people hunt mushies up there and the more you pick the more they grow back next year.