I went hunting for magic mushrooms, but I am not an expert. I have read it's possible to find about 8 different varieties of mushrooms in Georgia that contain the psycho active ingredient called psilocybin. I did find a delicious variety of color fungi on my bike ride and took my Fuji X1Pro to document this adventure; other bikers and joggers gave me funny looks as I foraged through the woods off the bike trail. They must have thought I was looking for a place to take an emergency #2. Let's look at what I found!
I have no idea what these are but I know they aren't magic mushrooms
From my research there are a lot of different species of shrooms but they almost always turn blue in color when bruised and have a dark brownish color under the gills. These guys were yellow/white and no bruising occurred. If they are magic little devils tell me and I'll go pick 'em. Hahahaha.
When I saw them from a distance I thought I had hit the mother load of tripdom.
Yellow/White and strongly resembling psilocybe cubensis, but obviously the wrong color.
I rode along the river about 10 miles and casually stopped to forage when I saw an area that looked good for hunting.
Deep in the woods at Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area I discovered an old chimney. No shrooms found.
Then I ran into this guy. Destroying Angel 50% of the people who eat this mushroom die. It sure does look tasty! You EAT, YOU DIE
I found this lonely little guy in some pine straw, looks like the psychedelic variety, but I don't think so...the top of the cap isn't smooth.
A small ragged shelter. I did find the following shroom nearby...
White underneath the gills, it didn't bruise. So no magic. I found these turned up and half eaten on 5 different occasions.
World War I buffs taking photos in the woods. Weird. Maybe they were tripping balls...
Cute little guy, but no bruising. So I moved on...
Not turkey tails, maybe they are some sort of oyster mushroom. I was on a mission for magic, so I jumped on the bike and moved on.
Here you can see a fallen tree along the river path and the bike my friend, Gregg, loaned me.
A snail doing snail things.
Impudent Stinkhorn Apparently they smell horrible, but not poisonous.
Puff balls? I'm not sure. I didn't dig one completely up, but they were stiff.
WTF!? Strange AF!
Mycelium and some rotten mushrooms that may very well have been magic shrooms. Mycelium is some weird shit, read about it.
Some sort of oyster/turkey tail looking things growing on a log.
Gooey and weird.
A patch of yellow stiff but gooey fungi. I saw this from about 25 yards off the trail and climbed through thorns for he photo. You're welcome.
The Georgia forest loves it's log shrooms.
Thank you may I have another!
I rode along this path; a refreshing change of pace from being under the canopy. Brisk out today...50F and wet!
These guys were spongey and looked edible. No idea. Let me know.
Okay! No magic was found, but a great cardio/foraging ride. Enjoy !