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IpomoeaViolacea
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Registered: 12/25/03
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Loc: US, Ohio
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Psilocybe caerulipes (Blue Foot's)
#5631100 - 05/15/06 01:39 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Is anyone familiar with the different varieties of P. caerulipes mushrooms that grow throughout eastern parts of Ohio and into West Virginia?
From what I understand there is what is called the "Bethany Strain" which was named because of where it was first found.
There are pictures on SporeWorks, and if you look at them, they are obviously very different from other strains. They are of a different color, they are more robust, and they have swirling gills, not to mention they are, in my opinion, three to four times more potent than the other strains and cause less stomach discomfort.
Does anyone know anything about these? I am curious as to how this "rare and elusive" Psilocybe developed into a very potent psychedelic, having a potency level significantly higher than the others, and really how it came about in the first place.
My little hypothesis is that this species flourished so well in this small area that they sort of evolved and strengthened.
Does anyone have any insights?
Thanks
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mjshroomer
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Registered: 07/21/99
Posts: 13,774
Loc: gone with my shrooms
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Re: Psilocybe caerulipes (Blue Foot's) [Re: IpomoeaViolacea]
#5631514 - 05/15/06 07:08 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Sorry but it was reported from Ohio in the early 1920s.
In Albany, New York in 1923 by Peck, In Cleveland Ohio in 1923 by Walters, and in Tennessee by Miller in 1938. And in the east Coast of America by Singer and Smith in 1958. And again later by Smith in both Tenn and Mich. There are dozens of similar deposits of this species in Herbariums all along the East coast and in the aforemention states.
There is no mention of a Bethany strain or and the only subspecies is found in Mexico and that is Psilocybe syucaerulipes.
Also, many outdoor species when cultivated in doors will have different physiological attributes to its shapes, color and sizes.
A good example are the indoor grown wavy capped cubensis.
or the curled capped P. mexicana species, or the foot long Copelandia cyanescens mushrooms which hardly resemble their natural looking species.
mj
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GGreatOne234
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Registered: 12/23/99
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Re: Psilocybe caerulipes (Blue Foot's) [Re: mjshroomer]
#5633758 - 05/15/06 04:52 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Quote:
or the foot long Copelandia cyanescens mushrooms which hardly resemble their natural looking species.
I would like to see that.
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MadSeasonAbove
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Registered: 09/29/03
Posts: 3,143
Loc: Florida
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Re: Psilocybe caerulipes (Blue Foot's) [Re: GGreatOne234]
#5635600 - 05/15/06 11:15 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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I wish they were mine....alllllll mine! But they are not...
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mjshroomer
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Re: Psilocybe caerulipes (Blue Foot's) [Re: MadSeasonAbove]
#5636779 - 05/16/06 09:16 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Thanks MadSeasonAbove. I was going to post a similar image but you saved me the time of looking for one in my files.
mj
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MadSeasonAbove
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Registered: 09/29/03
Posts: 3,143
Loc: Florida
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Re: Psilocybe caerulipes (Blue Foot's) [Re: mjshroomer]
#5637019 - 05/16/06 11:08 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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No problem MJ
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