Found ANY Liberty Cap / Shrooms Yet?

I've been wondering whether it's time to make an annual excursion to my usual spots. I've seen other field mushrooms out in great quantities both in the Midlands and down in Cornwall over the last week so I was wondering whether anyone has found any liberty caps yet. Dont worry I don't want to know where you spot is, more whether with all this sodding rain we have had the little blighters are rearing their lovely little heads yet?

[globalloon]

is still too warm down here in cow pat county... although some in random fields around devon after chlly nights about two weeks ago.

heard of large scale growth in cheltenham and lots of spots further north recently.

too much rain can be a bad thing, as waterlogged land rots the spores.

a nice dry september with misty dewy morings would be ideal for the little fellas

it's that time, obv

its certainly feels like it. chilly and damp mornings will get the littluns up. i'm heading up to manchester next week to have a look at my spot.

i've had a few up in Nottinghamshire, ever a couple in my back garden, but my normal spot is still empty ?

After this warm spell, misty damp september mornings will provide us with a few i'm sure.

[PixieO'Fubar]

yay, Season. I a happy pixieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

hail the Season, for it is good..

got to go a huntin soon..

[kai]

We had a load come through last week in Huddersfield. I know this as I came home friom work one night last week to find my flatmate and his bird tripping their tits off on them! was well funny!

good news. the spot i know is in teh general direction of huddersfield. will be heading up there this saturday for a day out picking.

[kai]

Would that be out past Holmfirth by any chance (up at Yateholme)?

That's the best spot I know of in Huddersfield, although I've heard Marsden has some good spots too.

[poppadom]

Live near the airport but moving to headingley. Anyone seen anything in these spots, wheres best to look, i usually find a few on cricket pitches but never come across hundreds?

[reargurner]

they are fucking everywhere.

theres more out already than all of last year. wet summer innit.

if anyone wants to come up with a tent and pick, let me know.

i got about 500 at the weekend. think i'll pop up again this weekend to get a few more to see me through to christmas at least.

[kai]

Went up picking yesterday - spennt last night quite nicely trashed.

[willywonker]

yeh wentie pikinon da weekend, found a nice little spot where we hadnt been before, and piked bout 500, there is definetly an increase in numbers this year, prob the weather int it. any one been pikin on dartmoor yet, i would like to know where yer fav spots are to be. pm me and ill let u in for a few.

chars

[globalloon]

mushrooms have several cycles; there are three potential flushes each day if conditions are good (ie cool and damp, but not too cold or wet). There are roughly three stages of potency during each season, with the strength declining as the season goes on. There is also a three year cycle of strength:quantity. So, if one year there are very few they should be strong, the next year there will be more but less strong and the following year there will be lots of fairly weak ones (obviously the waether has some impact on all this)

This explains why one year you might munch a few heads and be proper high and another year drink a brew of hundreds for the same effect.

BTW Willywonker, I prefer making the trip up to Exmoor... some spots near south molton that tend to be good. Watch out for the ram tho :eek:

[kai]

They seem to be good this year - at least where we're picking them. Not that many out, but munched 30 on Sunday night and was well fooked!