First large mushroom picking in hawaii.

[Zermes]

2 Different Boxes was a good couple of days. Dont remember what type they where if any one can tell from these photos i would like to know for record.
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[BriarRabbit]

You should make some mushroom prints and give them to members.

[Zermes]

No print from those sadly digested most of them :) some went bad i left them under my car seat on a hot day. But i ate like a half o at a ziggy marley concert i dont remember any of it but im pretty sure i had one of the best times of my life.

[HorseFungus]

haha wow. Do you know what strain they were?

[Zermes]

I believe i used to know but i do not remember any more. They where every where in this one pasture of i know of. Spent like and hour on my knees, was slightly tedious. But i will look it up and see if i can figure it out. These ones where different than any of the other mushrooms i picked around the island. Bigger and lighter, the rest where small and brown.

[HorseFungus]

Cool beans. I Never found any in the wild but here I don't believe any would grow until later on in the summer. It just started to get warm a few weeks ago.

ALso im in New England

[capnjack97]

Cool beans. I Never found any in the wild but here I don't believe any would grow until later on in the summer. It just started to get warm a few weeks ago.

ALso im in New England

New England!! Wootwoot! Up heeyah in Maine :D

[mycospora]

2 Different Boxes was a good couple of days. Dont remember what type they where if any one can tell from these photos i would like to know for record.
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There are five varieties of Copelandia species in the Hawaiian Islands, one Panaeolus subbalteatus, and Amanita muscarica on Kuaui.

There are no P. cubensis in the Hawaiian Islands except what people grow in their basements or attics./
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See http://www.mushroomjohn.org/articles.htm for published papers with photos of the Hawaiian shrooms, about 4-5 articles by me on the Hawaiian shrooms. To see them up close and personal, then look at this page for Copelandia species. Then click on that link to Copelandia cyanescens and the other Cope species.

http://www.mushroomjohn.org/species.htm

I examined your photos, not the best, but most appear to be Copelandia cyanescens and then some. IT seems you also have some non-active Panaeolus antillarum in your collection, I can tell from the particular shape of its caps. That is non active. Putting shrooms into a box or bag because they grow in the same cow pie can be dangerous when you have two or more different shrooms when picking. That species takes 7-10 mushrooms of medium size and one to two grams dried. They lose a lot if you mishandle them and cause massive oxidation like i see in your specimens. Check my pages on Copes and also my Exotic Forays trips with massive cope collections of pounds at a time. All looking fresh just like in the manure and no bluing or damage except to a few. There is a method to picking without damaging and from the looks of the picture you need to learn how. Also, the fact that you ate more than was necessary indicates you apparently have a high tolerance. Users in Hawaii are known to eat from 50 to as many as 200 specimens to get high. That many copes would get about 20-to 25 people very high. You made it sound like you ate more than needed. Read about the kid in Hawaii who died from just ten magic mushrooms on oahu. ITs in the news section of my site on shroom busts, etc under Hawaii in the Grape Vine/ Good six articles from the Honolulu Star Bulletin
mycospora