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BlimeyGrimey
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Psilocybe sp. in Seattle 11-04-2009
#11389014 - 11/05/09 03:35 AM (14 years, 4 months ago) |
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Collected 21 specimens of this Psilocybe species.
The big one.
Printing process.
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Re: Psilocybe sp. in Seattle 11-04-2009 [Re: BlimeyGrimey]
#11389019 - 11/05/09 03:37 AM (14 years, 4 months ago) |
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Very interesting.
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Re: Psilocybe sp. in Seattle 11-04-2009 [Re: BlimeyGrimey]
#11389026 - 11/05/09 03:39 AM (14 years, 4 months ago) |
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Very pretty, Blimey! Any ideas as to which ones they are?
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BlimeyGrimey
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Re: Psilocybe sp. in Seattle 11-04-2009 [Re: Bobzimmer]
#11389127 - 11/05/09 04:45 AM (14 years, 4 months ago) |
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It's probably the same as this species; Washington Psilocybe.
Quoted from sporeworks;
"Comments: Initially thought to be Psilocybe cyanofibrillosa but the presence of abundant pleurocystidia and the larger average size of the carpophores and spores indicate a different species. Microscopically similar to P. cyanofranciscana nom. prov. but distinctly paler in coloration and with a more northerly distribution."
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Re: Psilocybe sp. in Seattle 11-04-2009 [Re: BlimeyGrimey]
#11389139 - 11/05/09 04:52 AM (14 years, 4 months ago) |
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Are those with the duller brownish dome caps different from the more orangeish saucer ones or is there just a large variation in the species?
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BlimeyGrimey
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Re: Psilocybe sp. in Seattle 11-04-2009 [Re: BlimeyGrimey]
#11389167 - 11/05/09 05:08 AM (14 years, 4 months ago) |
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Variation I suppose. Might send one off for microscopy, though I found many similar ones last year, some almost looked white.
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Re: Psilocybe sp. in Seattle 11-04-2009 [Re: BlimeyGrimey]
#11389519 - 11/05/09 08:10 AM (14 years, 4 months ago) |
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yeah, those are friscosas. I've seen a few of those pale variety down here in friscosa homeland around SF. I think it actually has more to do with the substrate than anything else, nutrients, types of chips.
I remember one patch where one part of it was pale, and the rest were a nice normal color like cyans.
basically friscosas are cyans, same potency, just shaped different, and they can get bigger
You'll also have a powerful urge to eat sourdough bread and dungenous crab, ride cable cars, buy 'escape from alcatraz t-shirts, hang out in Golden gate park drum circles and listen to the good ol grateful dead while tripping on friscosas
......OK OK, Curecat!
I'll stop playing with the PNW'ers and go back to my cave
Edited by auweia (11/05/09 08:54 AM)
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Re: Psilocybe sp. in Seattle 11-04-2009 [Re: auweia]
#11389536 - 11/05/09 08:16 AM (14 years, 4 months ago) |
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nice find blimey! i hope those fiscosas keep coming north!
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BlimeyGrimey
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Re: Psilocybe sp. in Seattle 11-04-2009 [Re: auweia]
#11390505 - 11/05/09 11:58 AM (14 years, 4 months ago) |
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Quote:
auweia said: basically friscosas are cyans, same potency, just shaped different, and they can get bigger
In my experience, fresh friscanas tend to be slightly stronger than fresh cyans. However, cyans tend to hold potency better after drying. Though, I'm sure potency varies from patch to patch.
I do know that I thoroughly enjoy the friscanas more than cyans.
These were growing in an area that looked like it was wood chipped, maybe, 10 years ago? Lots of broken down wood in the dirt but not very many chips or chunks of wood.
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Re: Psilocybe sp. in Seattle 11-04-2009 [Re: BlimeyGrimey]
#11390595 - 11/05/09 12:23 PM (14 years, 4 months ago) |
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nay, you've just been getting slightly different strains from different nutrients and chips...different substrates can affect potency
overall they're pretty much the same as cyans..some strains can cross breed with cyans. if you were to chop up a bunch of cyans and friscosa into little bits, people would have a heck of a time separating them under a scope
basically, I've been mixing both of those up for years and nobody could ever tell the difference in the long run...kind of hard to tell when they're dried except for the big obvious ones
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Re: Psilocybe sp. in Seattle 11-04-2009 [Re: BlimeyGrimey]
#11390643 - 11/05/09 12:32 PM (14 years, 4 months ago) |
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That's a cool find!
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BlimeyGrimey
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Re: Psilocybe sp. in Seattle 11-04-2009 [Re: auweia]
#11390657 - 11/05/09 12:36 PM (14 years, 4 months ago) |
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Quote:
auweia said: if you were to chop up a bunch of cyans and friscosa into little bits, people would have a heck of a time separating them under a scope
Agreed, I used a friend's microscope one day and looked at cyan gills and friscana gills and couldn't see much difference in spore or cystidia size/shape. The only real noticeable difference is that friscana usually have, on average, slightly larger (1-2um) spores.
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Time Ed
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Re: Psilocybe sp. in Seattle 11-04-2009 [Re: auweia]
#11390660 - 11/05/09 12:37 PM (14 years, 4 months ago) |
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Those look very similar to Psilocybe ovoideocystidiata. A slight difference in the shape and color but you said you found some that were almost white. Ovoids turn white as the mushroom ages and dries. just not supposed to be in PNW
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BlimeyGrimey
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Re: Psilocybe sp. in Seattle 11-04-2009 [Re: Time Ed]
#11390664 - 11/05/09 12:39 PM (14 years, 4 months ago) |
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Time Ed said: Ovoids turn white as the mushroom ages and dries. just not supposed to be in PNW
These never have an annulus. I'm 100% sure these are just a Ps. cyanofriscana variant. Ps. cyanofriscana are known to lighten up as they dry too.
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Re: Psilocybe sp. in Seattle 11-04-2009 [Re: BlimeyGrimey]
#11390680 - 11/05/09 12:43 PM (14 years, 4 months ago) |
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I was just going to say that about the absent annulus.
Cool mushrooms there Blimey.
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Time Ed
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Re: Psilocybe sp. in Seattle 11-04-2009 [Re: BlimeyGrimey]
#11390684 - 11/05/09 12:44 PM (14 years, 4 months ago) |
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I didn't know that, it sure is the land of actives there
I have found some without an annulus but probably due to age and weather. 90% do have it.
Just got excited and overlooked that
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Edited by Time Ed (11/05/09 12:51 PM)
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Re: Psilocybe sp. in Seattle 11-04-2009 [Re: BlimeyGrimey]
#11390847 - 11/05/09 01:16 PM (14 years, 4 months ago) |
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Very Nice Blimey, Got to love the PNW and all of it variants of species. Keepin us hunters on out toes.
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Re: Psilocybe sp. in Seattle 11-04-2009 [Re: BlimeyGrimey]
#11391226 - 11/05/09 02:15 PM (14 years, 4 months ago) |
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Doesn't look quite like cyanofriscosa to me, the stem is thin and it dries differently.
Maybe real close though.
I would call it Psilocybe sp.
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auweia
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Re: Psilocybe sp. in Seattle 11-04-2009 [Re: auweia]
#11391640 - 11/05/09 03:13 PM (14 years, 4 months ago) |
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here's a recent example from near San Francisco. It's not the best example, but you can see characteristics of both cyans and friscosas....It's probably merged
I've seen all kinds of variations like this. Thin stemmed, thick stemmed, long and short stemmed. In some places it's become sort of a generic cyanfriscosa, not really any distinct shape
but it's all good
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Re: Psilocybe sp. in Seattle 11-04-2009 [Re: auweia]
#11392218 - 11/05/09 04:43 PM (14 years, 4 months ago) |
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Cool find whatever the fuck it is!
Nice Job Blimey!
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