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Psilocybe cyanescens spores? (400x microscopy pics)
    #14033773 - 02/26/11 11:44 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

Preface: today is my first time looking at mushroom spores under my microscope. I'm a total nub to this. I do not currently have a reticule nor any calibration/measurement information on my scope.

A friend brought me back a vial of alleged Psilocybe cyanescens spores from the Bay Area. The spores are suspended in water, and I think they're from a couple of hunting seasons ago by now.

I put the spores under the scope at 400x and got some pretty bad photos, and I'm wondering if anyone has any ideas about the ID and/or quality of the spores (they do look quite similar to the known P. cubensis spores that I looked at today, and based on my limited knowledge, this is the general appearance of Psilocybe spores.) I ask more for curiosity sake than any practical necessity.

The contents of the vial stink like shit, I'm guessing due to organic junk mixed in (I'm sure the spores were collected and prepared by a dirty crust punk with no idea about cleanliness.) There are also little black dots and other spore-sized bits of stuff floating around in the liquid.



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Re: Psilocybe cyanescens spores? (400x microscopy pics) [Re: freespeech]
    #14034270 - 02/27/11 02:39 AM (12 years, 10 months ago)

Those could be Psilocybe cyanescens spores, the shape and color is right.

Next time use tinfoil for spore prints so they last for years instead of days.

The smell is bacteria.


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Re: Psilocybe cyanescens spores? (400x microscopy pics) [Re: Alan Rockefeller]
    #14035471 - 02/27/11 11:45 AM (12 years, 10 months ago)

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Alan Rockefeller said:
Those could be Psilocybe cyanescens spores, the shape and color is right.

Next time use tinfoil for spore prints so they last for years instead of days.

The smell is bacteria.




Thanks. I didn't collect the spores, they came to me in a vial (I do use foil when making prints.) In this case, "AFOAF" is actually what it means and not secretly me :wink:


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