Why did you join Mycotopia

[JROC]

I also joined to learn how to grow shrooms. all the different teks are interesting!

[DrAstronaut]

Like TCO said, this is a lonely hobby. SWIM's (ha!) friends are mostly clueless about the science and more complex points of what goes (or doesn't) on around here. It really is beautiful to be able to talk shop and learn from such a diverse group of people all on the same mission. Communication seeds advancement in our endeavors.

I joined this forum because it is full of INTELLIGENT members. You guys all have (mostly) REAL things to say and avoid the general ass-hattery that goes around on other boards.

[preschooler]

just wanna say whats up!!! this is my first post here.... long time member of the shroomery and i thought id finally give this site a try....seems cool so far

[CoyoteMesc]

Welcome aboard!

[Chubbynugs]

I joined up to further my knowledge in growing all things. I am a pretty damn good plant grower and would like to extend that greenthumb into a fungusthumb.

[ted the head]

I joined to converse with fellow heads across the globe.




< thought this guy was rubbing toilet paper on his face

[southpaw]

To expand my knowledge on cultivating mushrooms and other ethnobotanicals for my own enjoyment and personal exploration, peace.

[Deutchen]

I'm just gonna go with the advice of saying hello, and indroduce myself.

I joined to learn more about extraction of DMT, and I think I've now read every tek out there. Interesting indeed. Still got a few basic questions that I haven't got answered though, but I guess I'll save that for another thread.

Gotta say I love the attitude on this forum, cosy as hell

See you guys in the mist...

[forfun]

i joined to find an old friend from overgrow

[dascylus]

I don't in any way want to perpetuate the rivalry but I joined here after a horrible reception at a competing site. They hated me, they hated you. Seemed a good fit. I must say I'm loving mycotopia and I am so glad I have made friends here. Thanks again.

[mullugh]

I joined when compiling research about mushrooms after the British Government decided to make them illegal (2004/5). One then decided one had to start growing my own after mushroom fans failed in our campaign to keep them legal. I still think prohibition was an illogical move.

One now grows his own.

[vantastic]

I kinda lurked here...but then SWIM needed help with a mescaline extraction, and needed to register to post. I kind of just have a general interest in mind altering substances

So, here I am.

[claykrys]

A couple years ago I was interested in growing some shrooms. I ordered some stuff on Ebay and was surfing around the web trying to do a little research. I stumbled across Mycotopia and asked a couple newby questions. I felt very welcome and people were very polite despite my dumbass questions. Two and a half years later I am still here, still learning and very happy I found this place. I am still amazed at the amount of knowlege one can aquire by hanging out here.

[PreCubescent]

I just joined recently but have been lurking for awhile i joined to teach and to learn and to share

[Orijin]

I joined to learn. That's about it.

[DrDee]

Greetings Mycotopians!
I'm an old 60s guy, dropped acid in 1968 as my initiation to tripping. Years later I found myself living in Florida where cobensis grows wild. Had my second round of tripping then. Now I'm up in cold country and so growing my own is the only option. So I want to learn to grow shrooms and this seems like the place. Also I have several old sporeprints from McKenna's
Amazonian strain (Syzygy). They may not be viable but I have stored them in the refer all this time. Once my skills are sufficient, I'll give those a try.
Peace,
Dee

[ValHala]

I joined because the members seem friendly and to gain more knowledge on growing weed



=O)

[THE BIG OYSTER]

I joined to learn about growing techniques. I'm an avid hunter for the dinner plate Below, in the pics are Amanita calyptrata. I only take pics of those...can't get myself to eat anything from the genus Amanita.

[pubensis]

I don't remember why, but I'm glad I did.

[i patch]

for the education

[Yellowbeard]

To expand my horizons and commune with like-minded folks. I've learned a good bit and gotten a few good laughs already.

[CRAMKO]

i was recently introduced to the hobby, and all i have been able to do is soak up the info like a sponge (which just occured to me is just like an other worldly fungus type). Very interesting stuff. Peace to the community.

[twilight]

To learn about the topics and meet people who may have the same interests.

[Fuct]

-to learn- interact- share- discover

[rob_531]

Joined to learn more about mushrooms, thanks for the great forum! Have a Happy New Year!!!

Regards,

Rob

[Alan Rockefeller]

Below, in the pics are Amanita calyptrata.

You should eat those. I can see they are not death caps, no reason to throw them away.

The Agaricus you have is probably Agaricus cupreo-brunneus.

[dream]

Came in to pick Eatyu's and others brains.

[Cultosaurus]

Originally Posted by Hippie3

it was either join up or go to prison. no, wait, that was the Army...

it seems that this thread just keeps itself alive.

I am a newbie to mycroculture. I just find it a fascination that is too hard to resist. I read on this and other forums of PPL's focus on growing. Its something that I see as both enjoyable and helpful to my inner health. Like the C. S. Lewis statement repeated in the Jefferson Airplane song, "Feed Your Head".

I have to both feed my head and heal my soul. I find shrooms a very useful tool, or more closely, a useful "Clandesitine Self Medication", as has been described elsewhere.

I hope to learn much from the experts here, on both the growing and appropriate uses of my chosen meds.

Mother Nature has never given us things that we cannot use, only useful ones, if we so chose. And I chose.

Peace
Cult

[stumpnutz]

joined to read what other people have experienced during their travels, see what i could gather to form my own opinions about how to be a happy grower . hope to find good information here and hope to also share what goes right/wrong with my experiences as well.

[kiddo]

Yogi got me to join because he knew I really wanted to learn about mushies and learn before i tripped and i stuck around all these years because i like you all so much.
and im smart now so i can talk mush

[Lucid_Interval]

I havent been on here in years and just rejoined actually, good to see this place busy as usual and good to be back!

[Kozmik]

I joined because my Colombian girlfriend is interested in Yage...

Thanks guys for all the advice!

[mycobrain]

I became very intrigued when I came across several beautiful orchid plants one afternoon a few years back. I started growing different species of orchid and built a small green house of sorts. The growing process of plant life had me hooked. Making the most healthy and abundant specimens was always a goal. I was exposed to the mushroom world now and again through some friends and I knew this was my next step. So when I began researching some "how to" knowledge on the internet I came across mycotopia. I do love the atmosphere here and the knowledge is abundant. I love learning and observing things from the experiences of others on this forum. It is my hope to become superior in different forms of mushroom cultivation, then perhaps I may teach those who come here after me. just as the people who were here before I. Thanks to the community. Much love

[cl1328]

just tryin to get my grips on having my own growing experience.

[masterplain88]

i am new to mycotopia! i have got information and read threads on this site for a while now. i have decided to get a little deeper into the site to get back on track to were i was 2 years ago. i have many questions some just to brush up on old skills and others to help me advance my experence in some teks. i also am interested in many of the other herbs,and spices. ...........like i said im new and dont understand a whole lot of the thread and post situation going on.

thanks

[Howard Esteban]

I joined because i have always been interested in this type of stuff.
I was about to start growing some cacti from seed and i thought it would be good to have a forum where i could get advice on that and whatever other shiny things catches my attention

[DoseMeHomie]

Started in shroomery, just here expanding my horizons

[kozmoe]

I'm a little freaked by amanitas, too, but I found some locally growing muscaria and did try some a couple of months ago. I didn't eat much, just a nice slice of very pretty cap...fresh stuff (maybe few grams) sauteed (sp?) in butter. It was delicious and I did have a mild sensation of flying. It was cool. No adverse gastro-intenstinal side effects. OMG that reminds me; I had some wild boletus mushrooms that were delicious fixed the same way but they gave me the worst ...uh... let's just say I had to spend a bunch of the next day in the bathroom!

[kozmoe]

So... eating a mushroom doesn't end the organism's life?? ..I'm considering that spirit, or "soul", might exist in every living thing. Yeah, I can hang with that. Hey...mushrooms don't really do well in the sun, anyway!

[kozmoe]

So many reasons..BNL are cool, shroom info is cool, peeps are cool..just a very cool site.
I'm an amateur wild mushroom hunter in the SF bay area and don't yet personally know anyone else to go hunting with or compare notes with. I've seen very good stuff posted here and I have added Ps. cyanfransiscosa (sp?) to my hunt. I saw some pix of them a couple of days ago on here and will have to look them up again and maybe drop a line to the author. ..Very cool; growing on wood chips..waiting for some rain..

[tightxman]

Because I want to know more about shrooms.

[CoyoteMesc]

Well you're in the right place. Welcome to topia everyone

[TheGreatHarvest]

I joined this wonderful website because there seems to be more of an active community here (I came from shr**mery, lol). and you people are very considerate and generous. i also would like to learn some gardening techniques for various psychoactive plants, and maybe this site will help me ease off the mycoporn and into some horticulture...

[Hippie3]

you can lead a horticulture
but you can't make her think...

[Mephistophelian]

Wandered my way over here to double the fun between the Shr-my and here.

I've seen a few fellow Shroomites around here...but I've seen alot of good feeling folks in here too. Its definitely got a different energy around here, much more open for conversation and better vibes...'instead alot of arrogance.

(not to say arrogance doesn't live everywhere) but hell...why not join a second club. Always good for more flavour =D Can't wait to jump into the pool with you guys.

[RyanBm9]

because it kicks ass!

[carolinagrower]

I joined because I was searching for some old posts from overgrow and this is where my search let me, did find what I was looking for (BOG's soil recipe) and I am always trying to learn more about what is my one passion in life - to grow the best damn buds that I can

[Ruditchka]

I joined to see some pics after reading some informative posts while searching for answers, but have many questions to hope have answered by the "pros" directly during my first shroom growing and learning experience. I'm into it and am even thinking of growing some regular edibles since I've learned so much about mushrooms already and their health benefits. It is definately a hobby I feel I'll get into!


Go Shrooms!

[mr mojo risin]

if knowledge is power then mycotopia is a psycadelic power house i stumbled across it very much by mistake but knew straight away that i was too spend many hours here reading and learning. my religion is a strange one, i believe that mother nature is our god and that she is in each and all of us from the whale to the ameoba,so we too are gods. for me this is a place where i can read and learn of others experience in the presence of mother nature. not many places i have found contain as much valuable information a i found here. long live mycotopia and the peace therein. A1 site all day long. jim

[Ohayoco]

Hello all, I've just joined!

Foaf's mainly into DMT and mescaline. He hasn't eaten psilocybin in 9 years (cubensis and Thai), but has decided to learn more about shrooms after trying a.muscaria recently.

Also I wouldn't mind learning where to go to meet girls who enjoy posting artistic pictures of themselves covered in mushrooms haha!

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