Large, orangish yellow, with a ring on the stalk. Grows in clusters on stumps and trunks, on ground, or over buried wood. August–October. Cap convex; orangish yellow to fawn; texture smooth with minute scales. Gills broad; light yellow to rust; spacing crowded; gills attached. Stalk with equal sides or club-shaped; light yellow to ocher; covered with tiny fibers; has a ring. Partial veil thin and fibrous, pale yellow, leaving a line or zone on the stalk. Spore print orange to rust. Spores magnified are oval to elliptical, wrinkled. Odor like anise; taste (chew on a tiny piece of cap, then spit it out) bitter

FACTORS OF GYMS

1. All the Gyms that I have found were growing on the ground; not directly off of wood as is stated in many a field guide.

2. The 1st cluster I found, and a couple others, did not bruise blue at all. Many say that blue bruising is a must for an active Gym species, as well as an indicator of potency (the more blue)

3. Gyms are of weak potency.

4. Gyms are almost unbearibly bitter….mine were not.

Yesterday, I found several fresh clusters of Gyms, and after reading a post from another sight, found that Gym pins are more likely to show bluing when bruised.
Sure enough, I went outside and checked, and they did blue. Needless to say, I immediately harvested them and went to printing.
After the confirmation of this newest cluster, I decided that the time had come to try the dried caps and stems from my first find.
I ate a good amount as i heard that they were very weak, and you should eat @ least 10g. I don’t think I even ate 10g, but…within 15 minutes, I felt that familiar ramping up of the roller coaster ride feeling.
After that Everything changed…3 dimensional Entity’s/things/waves of patterns were flowing thought the room. It was filled, my house became changed, and I felt like I was In another dimention/parallel reality. It was truly Awe-some and beautiful. I felt it growing stronger, and I knew how to read the signals…It was time to go hunker down in the little time I had left and get into my bed…shit was about to go down.
about 3 minutes after i got into my bed, i felt like every pleasure sensation I was capable of was saturating me at 110%. I was a little nervous, cause it kept getting stronger and stronger. I peaked for 3 hours, and thought I was lost
This was just as powerful as a 10gr Ban Hua Thannon Cube trip I took a while ago (the farthest Iv gone.) The pleasure was so intense it was painful. My grip on common reality was annihilated as i got gang banged by the Universe.
I fucking got owned…and a part of me liked it.
I could go on and on, but im not sure how much to put out there.

My definition of that psychedelic experience = !!!!!Holy Rollin Mother Fucker Space-Monkey Be’Jasus Crap!!!!!!~ when you get there you’ll understand lol.

Not to be under-estimated.

When dried, they are thick and meaty…so more weight (and thus potency) per single shroom.

So the bottom line for Gym hunters,

1. They don’t have to be growing on wood, they can grow on the ground.

2. They don’t have to bruise blue….and If they don’t, they can still take you on a Cosmic Hellbender.

3. I didn’t find anything weak about them. I didn’t eat a pound, and I was their bitch for 10 hours.

4. The Gyms I found were not that bitter fresh, and were milder in taste than cubes when dried.

These guys are underrated, and Id like to learn how to cultivate them outdoors. They occur naturally all over the US, so im assuming that an outdoor bed has a good potential to spread.

I’m hooked:bow:

Here are a bunch of pics of the gyms that I’ve found. Hopefully they’ll help you in your own hunts. Spore color should be Rusty Orange…..

There’s some pics of bluing on the Gyms towards the end of the photos.

Lately Iv been finding Laughing Gyms (Gymnopilus Junonius) around my property out in the woods/country.

At first I wasn’t 100% sure, so I held off but collected them just in case. Since then, I have found several other clusters of the same species.

My reluctance to try them was based on 4 factors…

EFFECT OF GYMS

1. All the Gyms that I have found were growing on the ground; not directly off of wood as is stated in many a field guide.

2. The 1st cluster I found, and a couple others, did not bruise blue at all. Many say that blue bruising is a must for an active Gym species, as well as an indicator of potency (the more blue)

3. Gyms are of weak potency.

4. Gyms are almost unbearibly bitter….mine were not.

Yesterday, I found several fresh clusters of Gyms, and after reading a post from another sight, found that Gym pins are more likely to show bluing when bruised.
Sure enough, I went outside and checked, and they did blue. Needless to say, I immediately harvested them and went to printing.
After the confirmation of this newest cluster, I decided that the time had come to try the dried caps and stems from my first find.
I ate a good amount as i heard that they were very weak, and you should eat @ least 10g. I don’t think I even ate 10g, but…within 15 minutes, I felt that familiar ramping up of the roller coaster ride feeling.
After that Everything changed…3 dimensional Entity’s/things/waves of patterns were flowing thought the room. It was filled, my house became changed, and I felt like I was In another dimention/parallel reality. It was truly Awe-some and beautiful. I felt it growing stronger, and I knew how to read the signals…It was time to go hunker down in the little time I had left and get into my bed…shit was about to go down.
about 3 minutes after i got into my bed, i felt like every pleasure sensation I was capable of was saturating me at 110%. I was a little nervous, cause it kept getting stronger and stronger. I peaked for 3 hours, and thought I was lost
This was just as powerful as a 10gr Ban Hua Thannon Cube trip I took a while ago (the farthest Iv gone.) The pleasure was so intense it was painful. My grip on common reality was annihilated as i got gang banged by the Universe.
I fucking got owned…and a part of me liked it.
I could go on and on, but im not sure how much to put out there.

My definition of that psychedelic experience = !!!!!Holy Rollin Mother Fucker Space-Monkey Be’Jasus Crap!!!!!!~ when you get there you’ll understand lol.

Not to be under-estimated.

When dried, they are thick and meaty…so more weight (and thus potency) per single shroom.

So the bottom line for Gym hunters,