bfogg8706 said:

Nice  Trouble with the spores is indeed embedded into the actual species. The problem with obtaining spore deposits is not due to environmental conditions but rather that the species just does not have a good spore production. Looking at this species under the microscope, the hymenium is almost sterile with very few spores visible. Getting prints of this species for cultivation uses is pretty much impossible, and most likely would end in failure unless a culture is created through tissue cloning.

When working with wild prints one must isolate clean cultures on agar. Once isolated, the cultures are usually are not pure, but contain five or six dikaryotic strains, unless strain isolation is performed. When working with fungi with a tetrapolar mating system, only one third of all the dikaryons are capable of producing fruit bodies, so as you can see with the lack of spores, it is very difficult if not impossible to get a fruiting strain. If you ever do produce some prints, even if they are barely visible to the naked eye, a few users on here would love to work with them, and possibly crack the code to making a set of genetics with good spore production. This is quite a unique species, and anyone that comes across it should try EVERYTHING possible to produce prints.

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It's the only one I can come up with, it is definitely not due to environmental factors but rather the problem lies within the genetics of the species, I was just talking with Symon via pm and explained that I have tried with hundreds of specimens and only very rarely acquired a very faint print, isolation of any viable cultures was not possible

Either way, the species has some beautiful macroscopic characteristics, I wish shroomydan had never coined that name though, I hate it, please stop calling it that, it is better to refer to it as an undescribed Psilocybe species belonging in Section Aztecorum.

subzero said:

I find them slightly weaker than subs in potentcy, more visual though.  Really hard to get a spore print as mentioned which is disapointing. They can be found on fruiting on grass/soil too if i read correctly.

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eLShaMukO said:

what about swabs from the gill section to agar  ?

anyone ever tried that ?

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xthrx said:

Does anyone have any opinions of if they lose potency when dry. Because I've tested both and I found fresh almost twice as strong as dried. Theyre a more 'steady' and less up and down trip also.

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