|
Some of these posts are very old and might contain outdated information. You may wish to search for newer posts instead.
|
0.01
Stranger


Registered: 06/27/16
Posts: 24
Loc: Cape Town
Last seen: 2 years, 9 months
|
ID Cape Town psilocybe
#23387343 - 06/27/16 10:49 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
|
|
Hi
These were found growing among pine needles and long grass at the edge of a pine forest in Cape Town towards the end of June. As far as I know, there's been no recorded sighting or documentation of psilocybes in the Cape before, so was very surprised to see these. I'm only aware of 2 species from South Africa - p.natalensis and p.transkei, which grow much further north. My first guess was that these are p.cyanescens, but think they could also be p.ovoideocystidiata. Any help with identification would be greatly appreciated.
The caps ranged from about 1.5 - 4cm in diameter. Hygrophanous. Caramel brown to chestnut in color and a more pale, straw like color in drier specimens, bruising deep blue, almost greenish, concentrated mostly at the edges of the caps. The stems are a whitish color with flecks of blue where handled. The stems are also quite tough with quite a vigorous root-like mycelium attached. The spores are a dark purplish color. The night time temps were around 8-13° C at the time.
Edited by 0.01 (07/07/16 08:26 AM)
|
Anglerfish
hearing things



Registered: 09/08/10
Posts: 18,646
Loc: Norvegr
Last seen: 4 hours, 53 minutes
|
Re: ID Cape Town psilocybe [Re: 0.01]
#23387358 - 06/27/16 10:53 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
|
|
Nice find! I'm wondering what those are, they look kind of close to P. subaeruginosa.
--------------------
★★★★★
|
0.01
Stranger


Registered: 06/27/16
Posts: 24
Loc: Cape Town
Last seen: 2 years, 9 months
|
Re: ID Cape Town psilocybe [Re: Anglerfish]
#23387419 - 06/27/16 11:19 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
|
|
Thanks...just checked them out and yeah they do look quite similar to p. subaeruginosa, but I'm still not sure - will keep looking.
|
Anglerfish
hearing things



Registered: 09/08/10
Posts: 18,646
Loc: Norvegr
Last seen: 4 hours, 53 minutes
|
Re: ID Cape Town psilocybe [Re: 0.01]
#23387425 - 06/27/16 11:23 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
|
|
Sorry, I was too hasty there, I meant P. subaeruginascens.
Check and compare to this find on Mushroom Observer, also from Cape Town: http://mushroomobserver.org/122795
--------------------
★★★★★
|
0.01
Stranger


Registered: 06/27/16
Posts: 24
Loc: Cape Town
Last seen: 2 years, 9 months
|
Re: ID Cape Town psilocybe [Re: Anglerfish]
#23387764 - 06/27/16 01:33 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
|
|
Excellent! Thanks. A very useful link.
|
Anglerfish
hearing things



Registered: 09/08/10
Posts: 18,646
Loc: Norvegr
Last seen: 4 hours, 53 minutes
|
Re: ID Cape Town psilocybe [Re: 0.01]
#23387832 - 06/27/16 02:00 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
|
|
Well, I see similarities but the lack of annulus in your specimens gives me doubt.
Definitely an active Psilocybe sp. Micro and/or DNA sequence would be useful (and maybe necessary).
--------------------
★★★★★
|
SatanicShroomer
Anti-Cosmic Chaosophist



Registered: 05/17/14
Posts: 512
Loc: Ohio
Last seen: 8 months, 8 days
|
Re: ID Cape Town psilocybe [Re: Anglerfish]
#23387880 - 06/27/16 02:13 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
|
|
Those look POTENT!
You should definitely pass some material along to someone to get them ID'd. Seeing some amazing species from Africa this year, they look like.ovoids and subs had a super potent child....lol. Beautiful finds man.
--------------------
"The good Reverend McCoy speaks. Few listen, even fewer understand..."
|
fungimunch
collector



Registered: 06/18/16
Posts: 33
Last seen: 7 years, 2 months
|
|
thy do look good, the same find of the link on top may have a thread here to on page 4 under shrine, very good discussion bout P. subaeruginascens. would love a spore print or dry cap to experiment on if you willing to send samples, i have a microscope with basic experience still working on my skill and functional lab to make cultures. live in mosselbay so relatively close. gona go see up by our plantations if can find, havnt been hunting for couple days as doesnt seem to be much fruiting at this time. this find makes it woth goin out in cold, look for some liberty caps while i am in there near farm lands. if wane send some stuff lets get connected
|
fungimunch
collector



Registered: 06/18/16
Posts: 33
Last seen: 7 years, 2 months
|
Re: ID Cape Town psilocybe [Re: fungimunch]
#23387990 - 06/27/16 02:52 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
|
|
see combine the 2 threads sure guys there wouls also be very intrested
|
Anglerfish
hearing things



Registered: 09/08/10
Posts: 18,646
Loc: Norvegr
Last seen: 4 hours, 53 minutes
|
Re: ID Cape Town psilocybe [Re: fungimunch]
#23388007 - 06/27/16 03:01 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
|
|
Could they perchance be Psilocybe cyanescens? Import by accident?
Just wondering...
--------------------
★★★★★
|
fungimunch
collector



Registered: 06/18/16
Posts: 33
Last seen: 7 years, 2 months
|
Re: ID Cape Town psilocybe [Re: Anglerfish]
#23388040 - 06/27/16 03:17 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
|
|
few samples of active mush have been popping up around , could be escaped spores from a growers or i was more leaning towards global warming and climate change, but could also be spontaneous due to odd weather patterns during past months, weeks. who knows just glad some species are popping up , i have been hunting western cape for couple years when can, and so far been nothing to interesting. cant say on the cayn Q wish can be never seen them in real life, only pics, some share that description from looking at them caramel type color and wavy caps, prob need more intensive identification. thy do kinda resemble the P. subaeruginascens discussed in the other thread 'Psilocybin mushrooms?' by shrine
|
fungimunch
collector



Registered: 06/18/16
Posts: 33
Last seen: 7 years, 2 months
|
Re: ID Cape Town psilocybe [Re: fungimunch]
#23388053 - 06/27/16 03:22 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
|
|
only seen and played with some pan. species.. cubes... and liberty caps and p.mexicana truffles. the other i am unfamiliar with but gona try help out here to identify.
|
morrowasted
Worldwide Stepper



Registered: 10/30/09
Posts: 31,377
Loc: House of Mirrors
Last seen: 4 days, 22 hours
|
Re: ID Cape Town psilocybe [Re: fungimunch]
#23388091 - 06/27/16 03:36 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
|
|
whatever they are they look potent as shit
nice finds
africa seems like an untapped mystery land when it comes to psilocybin mushrooms
they do significantly resemble cyans though
|
fungimunch
collector



Registered: 06/18/16
Posts: 33
Last seen: 7 years, 2 months
|
Re: ID Cape Town psilocybe [Re: fungimunch]
#23388100 - 06/27/16 03:40 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
|
|
from these pics and from another ct sample in other thread your ones has that central depression , spot that is not clearly present on the others, both seem to have straite margins and thick strong rizamorphs at base and prob all over substrate.some article also mentioned P. subaeruginascens growing at edges of pine or among pinur radiata bark chips. grow from complex substrate of soil, leaf litter, woodchips and twigs, prob manure and other organic matter. will check out more later
|
fungimunch
collector



Registered: 06/18/16
Posts: 33
Last seen: 7 years, 2 months
|
Re: ID Cape Town psilocybe [Re: fungimunch]
#23388109 - 06/27/16 03:46 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
|
|
true true, on both accounts haha. having a correct name is always nice.. definitely there still plenty of treasures to be found, wish thy would make it a bit easier to find them, hard works prob makes the find so much more better haha
|
0.01
Stranger


Registered: 06/27/16
Posts: 24
Loc: Cape Town
Last seen: 2 years, 9 months
|
Re: ID Cape Town psilocybe [Re: Anglerfish]
#23388419 - 06/27/16 05:20 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
|
|
Yes I'm also doubtful they're p.subaeruginascens - they're overall much smaller and no annulus zone - although the annulus zone in the pics on Shrines post from the above link does make me think that what he found was more likely p.cubensis and not p.subaeruginascens. I still think they could be p.cyanescens.
I guess the only way to tell for sure would be lab analysis. Either way it's quite exciting to have found these!
Edited by 0.01 (07/17/16 10:54 AM)
|
0.01
Stranger


Registered: 06/27/16
Posts: 24
Loc: Cape Town
Last seen: 2 years, 9 months
|
Re: ID Cape Town psilocybe [Re: fungimunch]
#23388530 - 06/27/16 05:58 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
|
|
Yes there have been some bizarre weather changes here recently. I was out looking for boletus when I found these and also noticed that there were a ton of amanita muscaria's out this year compared to recent years...and not so many boletus. I'd pretty much given up looking for psilocybes years ago so these came as quite a surprise...and sure, if I get a decent, clean spore print I could pass it along. Good luck hunting around Mosselbay.
|
Alan Rockefeller
Mycologist

Registered: 03/10/07
Posts: 48,276
Last seen: 1 hour, 58 minutes
|
Re: ID Cape Town psilocybe [Re: 0.01]
#23389038 - 06/27/16 08:38 PM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
|
|
Looks like Psilocybe cyanescens or something closely related.
|
0.01
Stranger


Registered: 06/27/16
Posts: 24
Loc: Cape Town
Last seen: 2 years, 9 months
|
|
Yes I'm also leaning towards p.cyanescens, but would like to get them tested to be sure.
|
Heyowana
Hex10 line2


Registered: 04/01/14
Posts: 1,980
Last seen: 1 month, 15 days
|
Re: ID Cape Town psilocybe [Re: 0.01]
#23390142 - 06/28/16 06:48 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
Cool find. Someone from USA or Europe would put a P.cyanescens ID on them. Whereas an Australian or New Zealander would go with P.subaeruginosa. Capetown is about 34degrees S? Maybe its something new that shows those characteristics of cyanescens and subaeruginosa. That's what I'm hoping for anyway.
|
Signeg


Registered: 06/09/12
Posts: 1,545
|
Re: ID Cape Town psilocybe [Re: Heyowana]
#23390242 - 06/28/16 07:37 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
I'm going with Psilocybe cyanescens, such a similar species to subaeruginosa though. Nice finds.
|
leschampignons
Biochemistry + Mycology


Registered: 08/30/13
Posts: 1,583
Loc: NY/NJ/ME
Last seen: 4 days, 5 hours
|
Re: ID Cape Town psilocybe [Re: Signeg]
#23391267 - 06/28/16 02:31 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
These look like ovoids to me
|
myceliups
Builder



Registered: 01/24/15
Posts: 1,671
Loc: Philthadelphia
Last seen: 5 months, 2 days
|
|
Quote:
leschampignons said: These look like ovoids to me 
I can see that
|
inski
Cortinariologist



Registered: 02/28/06
Posts: 5,720
|
Re: ID Cape Town psilocybe [Re: myceliups]
#23392695 - 06/28/16 11:42 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
This is something from Section Cyanescens, I agree with Alan, probably P. cyanescens.
|
fungimunch
collector



Registered: 06/18/16
Posts: 33
Last seen: 7 years, 2 months
|
Re: ID Cape Town psilocybe [Re: inski]
#23394586 - 06/29/16 03:15 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
p.cayn would be nice, hope it spreads more around the country. we've had a odd autumn/winter up my side with hot dry conditions, then wet humid and cold then back to warm windy and so on, recently got pretty cold, more coming over weekned. temp in my wooden house at nigh has drop to 10 deg C on many occasions, in day 17 for while, so much colder outside well least in my location. except on those warm dry days went up plenty.. what a turn around. didn't see any a.muscaria this year but found tons of boletes in certain areas, and pine rings, not as much russulas as other years. found lots big cow boletes and cepe's but baboons break cap off and just takes the stems, least got a couple unharmed.. a print of any kind be great can even make a swap if want, doesnt need be clean, have made clean cultures from mushrooms that came to me in weirdest of ways haha fun times... best i can do for now to id if get sample is can get spore size and shape , and maybe some info off gills if can get them to grow if no fresher samples, or dry ones. cant take pics though my microscope on old side and no adapter type object to connect camera and scope will, can try to make a make shift device.
|
Alan Rockefeller
Mycologist

Registered: 03/10/07
Posts: 48,276
Last seen: 1 hour, 58 minutes
|
|
Quote:
leschampignons said: These look like ovoids to me 
No need to guess, I'll be sequencing this one. Probably not until October though, I am about to go to Mexico for 3 - 4 months.
|
knarkkorven
Entheoholic


Registered: 06/22/05
Posts: 1,707
Loc: Sweden
Last seen: 1 month, 15 days
|
|
Nice find!
|
fungimunch
collector



Registered: 06/18/16
Posts: 33
Last seen: 7 years, 2 months
|
Re: ID Cape Town psilocybe [Re: 0.01]
#23401597 - 07/01/16 04:11 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
Quote:
0.01 said: Yes I'm also doubtful they're p.subaeruginascens - they're overall much smaller and no annulus zone - although the strong annulus zone in the pics on Shrines post from the above link does make me think that what he found was more likely p.cubensis and not p.subaeruginascens. I still think they could be p.cyanescens. They also bear some similarity to the new species found in Germany recently, p.germanica. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/enhanced/figures/doi/10.1002/dta.1795#figure-viewer-dta1795-fig-0002
I guess the only way to tell for sure would be lab analysis. Either way it's quite exciting to have found these!
went to look at them and went to see a lot of newer finds,new species. kinda amazing how every year or other year and even a more than one in a year new species just seem to pop up, same with the animals new species every other year. not sure about plants though but sure them to , makes you wonder sometimes if thy have been out there all along and just overlooked or was given other name. some probably fall under that category. maybe it is new we are seeing evolution of species taking place as thy also are trying to adapt and survive the ever changing earth.
|
0.01
Stranger


Registered: 06/27/16
Posts: 24
Loc: Cape Town
Last seen: 2 years, 9 months
|
|
Yes I guess we'll have to wait until Alan gets back in October to know for certain what these are...
I went back to the same spot today and found more. They seem to be quite well established over an area of about 50m running down the edge of the forest. I took a few more pictures and also managed to get some pictures of spores from under the microscope:

Edited by 0.01 (07/04/16 05:22 AM)
|
inski
Cortinariologist



Registered: 02/28/06
Posts: 5,720
|
Re: ID Cape Town psilocybe [Re: 0.01]
#23408488 - 07/03/16 09:14 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
The shape of those spores is a good match with P. cyanescens
|
fungimunch
collector



Registered: 06/18/16
Posts: 33
Last seen: 7 years, 2 months
|
Re: ID Cape Town psilocybe [Re: inski]
#23410350 - 07/04/16 01:10 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
some definitely have the look. cap color and wavy margin. nice spore pics look much better that others, probably the cam zoom that also made the difference there. sure everyone can start puzzling it till allan comes back. keep our brains active, gain knowledge in process. gona be awesome find for SA if it is p.cyan.
|
bluelou
NUTCASEdrugbucket!


Registered: 05/11/02
Posts: 1,086
Loc: $hroom Central
Last seen: 6 years, 4 months
|
Re: ID Cape Town psilocybe [Re: fungimunch]
#23410692 - 07/04/16 03:00 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
GREAT FINDS!!!
Lovely pics,and the colors also.....
-------------------- Have you tried my(black kow) pile style tek outdoors!!!!!!!!
|
Hashed
SHROOM HEAD

Registered: 03/04/16
Posts: 1,933
|
Re: ID Cape Town psilocybe [Re: bluelou]
#23412005 - 07/04/16 09:50 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
Oh yeah, I'll be watching this one.
|
Heyowana
Hex10 line2


Registered: 04/01/14
Posts: 1,980
Last seen: 1 month, 15 days
|
Re: ID Cape Town psilocybe [Re: Hashed]
#23416229 - 07/06/16 07:56 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
Love the blue stems and the staining around the cap edge. Colour of the caps and habitat reminds me of the wavy capped P.subaeruginosa that are so prevalent here in NSW. Keep those beautiful pics coming.
|
fungimunch
collector



Registered: 06/18/16
Posts: 33
Last seen: 7 years, 2 months
|
Re: ID Cape Town psilocybe [Re: Heyowana]
#23417148 - 07/06/16 02:33 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
just for comparison for spore pics above a few pics of web

p.cayn

p.cayn
 p.sub
 p.sub
 p.ovoid


|
fungimunch
collector



Registered: 06/18/16
Posts: 33
Last seen: 7 years, 2 months
|
Re: ID Cape Town psilocybe [Re: fungimunch]
#23417209 - 07/06/16 02:47 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
the cell walls if i am using correct term in 0.01's spore pics look very thick. thicker than other ones in the pics, can environment also influence it or might be just the type scope/cam view?
|
0.01
Stranger


Registered: 06/27/16
Posts: 24
Loc: Cape Town
Last seen: 2 years, 9 months
|
Re: ID Cape Town psilocybe [Re: fungimunch]
#23420024 - 07/07/16 11:59 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
Thanks fungimunch for the input - and to everyone else who has given comments, opinions and theories...it's much appreciated. This mystery so far has been a good learning experience for me and loads of fun too.
Looking at the comparisons of the spore pics fungimunch sent, to me they look most similar to ovoids, but also cyans in some ways...but I've never tried to identify by spores before so could be dead wrong. Also, the microscope I'm using is very old (an O. Himmler circa 1910), with an old Sony cybershot over the eyepiece, so the thickness of the 'cell walls' could just be an exaggeration or some light aberration. For what it's worth here is another pic of the spores and some pretty blurry cystidia (I think):

|
Joust
Mycotographer




Registered: 10/13/11
Posts: 13,392
Loc: WA
|
|
Quote:
Alan Rockefeller said:
Quote:
leschampignons said: These look like ovoids to me 
No need to guess, I'll be sequencing this one. Probably not until October though, I am about to go to Mexico for 3 - 4 months.

These are really interesting for sure. Excited to see results!
-------------------- ~~~~~~***Psilocybin Mushrooms***~~~~~~ _________A Practical Guide To Psilocybin Mushrooms_________ "Think about the species, not your scale". -NeoSporen "Mr. Joust, I see you don't actually partake in the psilocin, but it looks like it may partake in you!" -Gojira
|
fungimunch
collector



Registered: 06/18/16
Posts: 33
Last seen: 7 years, 2 months
|
Re: ID Cape Town psilocybe [Re: 0.01]
#23420456 - 07/07/16 02:53 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
..cool pleasure 0.001 i also still learning about the microscopy.this inspires me to wane learn more and aid in situations like this-more ones aides the more one learns. have had my scope couple years and used on and off looking at spores and things, always had a battle to measure things.seemed very difficult, didn't know about micrometers, calibration. only got internet recently at home can learn better sucks on a phone. pc better. just having trouble getting micrometers, ocular and stage. heard of a tech of using a smartphone as a micrometer, have seen some info, but not getting it at moment, seems very technical. would like to understand it more in future. been growing gourmets for couple years so microscopy next on list.
at at time i also was leaning towards the ovoid, but thy more subglobose some have those edges that stand out in their width, hard to get all shape names or chart with all shapes and names or something close to it, have come across some odd ones. more leaning to cayn and subs, also noted that cayn is listed as been found in SA as on the old location file. its hard with spore pics,different magnification or objectives can probably alter look a bit, most of the one i posted was 1000x.
is that the pleurocystidia in last pics? that last one look nice. that dark nipple might be lihgt/shadow effect? have seen i think something like that somewhere.
gona make a nice description as well. will in coming weeks post my find and pics of experiments.
any one out there advice on measuring without micrometer?
|
Alan Rockefeller
Mycologist

Registered: 03/10/07
Posts: 48,276
Last seen: 1 hour, 58 minutes
|
Re: ID Cape Town psilocybe [Re: fungimunch]
#23423867 - 07/08/16 02:48 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
I'd just get a micrometer, they are like $10 on ebay or amazon. Sometimes I mount the spores on the micrometer slide, though if the magnification is consistent you can just take a photo of it and measure digitally.
I have thought about ghetto DIY micrometers in the past, but given the low cost of good ones it doesn't seem worth it to mess around with them. Red blood cells are around 8 micrometers but they can vary.
My micrometer was $10 from ebay and I checked it against an expensive Zeiss micrometer and found that it was extremely accurate.
|
Heyowana
Hex10 line2


Registered: 04/01/14
Posts: 1,980
Last seen: 1 month, 15 days
|
|
I was reading about Newlands forest in Cape town. It was saying that radiata pines and eucalyptus trees have been imported from USA and Australia and planted there. They have become weeds and are spreading competing with the native vegetation. Has anyone here from South Africa been there? It sure looked like a great place to hunt for active Psilocybes. There are pics on google of some of the edible mushrooms people find there.
Sorry for getting a bit off topic. It's like a puzzle I'm trying to solve as to how active mushrooms spread from one place to another. I know radiata pines are found in USA north to Monterey at 37degrees N. This is the southern limit of P.cyanescens there I think? Eucalypts or more importantly P.subaeruginosa can be found from 28- 38 degrees S or more I guess if I include Tasmania. So I guess either species could have been introduced. Anyway enough of my rambling
|
pan_hed
Stranger


Registered: 07/07/16
Posts: 55
|
Re: ID Cape Town psilocybe [Re: Heyowana]
#23426094 - 07/09/16 10:04 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
hahaha nevermind... you are talking about p. as in psilo cyanescens... not panaeolus cyanescens. damn..... wow man im tripping hard here. p. cyanescens means NOTHING on this forum ya'll as some of us interpret the :"p" in p. cyans as "panaeolus" as in the only mushroom that exists in my world that I care about... yeah that "p"... oh man,.. oh man... on and on and on.. also they are shy. im sure that 50 cent will be here soon to laugh at me and tell me that on THIS forum p cyan means psilo by default and that im the laughing stock of the world for not knowing this. in fact its probably true. why am i even bothering again? someone remind me why we try to socialize when we already know the game is rigged and its not about whats real or true but whoever the most popular lord of the flies tell us it is. reality is subjective isnt it' life including online forums are all about control and its all about being accepted. well guess what im never going to allow myself tyo be accepted by anyone or any group ever. i prefer being hated on the outside looking in but remember you can always come join me out here in the rain. hell you might get used to it. i have only met very few people on earth so far that could handle it though and you are not it... haha
Edited by pan_hed (07/09/16 10:39 AM)
|
0.01
Stranger


Registered: 06/27/16
Posts: 24
Loc: Cape Town
Last seen: 2 years, 9 months
|
Re: ID Cape Town psilocybe [Re: Heyowana]
#23431432 - 07/11/16 07:35 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
Quote:
Heyowana said: I was reading about Newlands forest in Cape town. It was saying that radiata pines and eucalyptus trees have been imported from USA and Australia and planted there. They have become weeds and are spreading competing with the native vegetation. Has anyone here from South Africa been there? It sure looked like a great place to hunt for active Psilocybes. There are pics on google of some of the edible mushrooms people find there.
Sorry for getting a bit off topic. It's like a puzzle I'm trying to solve as to how active mushrooms spread from one place to another. I know radiata pines are found in USA north to Monterey at 37degrees N. This is the southern limit of P.cyanescens there I think? Eucalypts or more importantly P.subaeruginosa can be found from 28- 38 degrees S or more I guess if I include Tasmania. So I guess either species could have been introduced. Anyway enough of my rambling
Yes Newlands forest is a good place for mushrooms. It's a popular hunting spot for Boletus which were most likely introduced into the Cape via imported pines which are indeed growing like weeds and taking over the indigenous flora, so you could be onto something there about actives being introduced with the importing of trees from Australia or USA. I've been looking at the South Australia and NSW threads on this years subaeruginosa season, and the types of terrain people are finding them are very similar to the place I found these, CT and Southern Australia are both around 30-34° S so the conditions would be similar and the subs do look very much like these I've been finding... Anyway, I've looked at a few other similar spots since finding these and nothing else has turned up yet.
A few more pictures taken today:
Edited by 0.01 (07/17/16 10:45 AM)
|
knarkkorven
Entheoholic


Registered: 06/22/05
Posts: 1,707
Loc: Sweden
Last seen: 1 month, 15 days
|
Re: ID Cape Town psilocybe [Re: 0.01]
#23431618 - 07/11/16 09:26 AM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
Nice Mantis-photo!
|
fungimunch
collector



Registered: 06/18/16
Posts: 33
Last seen: 7 years, 2 months
|
|
a micrometer is probably the better option, its just a bit more pricier here, found a guy who imports them costing around R230, think prices range, this price was for a 0.01mm was on a pic i used on my add looking for a micrometer he must have thought i was looking for that size, but have the contact now that good.
i read on a post about the slides, am looking out for them too. the guy might also have. i like the slide idea. in the end will get both, more than one slide. at the moment cheap is good, our pockets are not vary deep.
also saw on piximetre one can calibrate using a picture as a reference. i had the idea of borrowing one from vet or someone and taking sample pics using all the objectives on my scope and just use them till i can get what i need as i will be only using the same camera and scope. sure can get all other needed info from the pic info and so on.
|
fungimunch
collector



Registered: 06/18/16
Posts: 33
Last seen: 7 years, 2 months
|
Re: ID Cape Town psilocybe [Re: fungimunch]
#23432270 - 07/11/16 02:34 PM (7 years, 6 months ago) |
|
|
haha see my post out of line again must have just updated when i posted. should ma have quoted. nice pics man, i have also went out to look at similar places in my area which is about 400km also along coast from 0.01, also nothing so far, thy might be very restricted to only certain habitat features or micro climates within our country. maybe that patch is one of the starter patches and will spread from there. is very interesting how certain species have spread to south africa. similar to the import of p.radiatus pine and eucalyptus with the active mush heyowana was mentioning, read an article similar but with mushroom armillaria mellea the honey fungus that 0.01 informed me of growing in one of the gardens in cape town. also possibly introduced here by tree brought over as a pot plant think the article mentioned. thy did dna test with species from eu, usa, Canada i think to compare and see where came from. typing under correction but think it also matched more with specimen from the stated will just have to go back and look.
was pondering with my girlfriend about grassland, dung species brought over by imported cattle with settlers and so on and still today maybe.
|
Alan Rockefeller
Mycologist

Registered: 03/10/07
Posts: 48,276
Last seen: 1 hour, 58 minutes
|
Re: ID Cape Town psilocybe [Re: Anglerfish]
#24112415 - 02/23/17 12:09 AM (6 years, 11 months ago) |
|
|
Quote:
Anglerfish said: Could they perchance be Psilocybe cyanescens? Import by accident?
Excellent guess.
The ITS sequence matched the holotype sequence of P. cyanescens 100%.
GCGTGGTTGTAGCTGGTCCTCTCGGGGGCATGTGCTCGCCCGTCATCTTTATATCTCCACCTGTGCACCTTTTGTAGACGTTGAAACTGGATAGGAGAGGGACTTGTCCTTCAAGTTGAAGGATTTTTCGGCGCTCTACGTTTTCATATACCCCAAAGAATGTAACAGAATGTATCTTATGGCTTTATGCCTATAAACTATATACAACTTTCAGCAACGGATCTCTTGGCTCTCGCATCGATGAAGAACGCAGCGAAATGCGATAAGTAATGTGAATTGCAGAATTCAGTGAATCATCGAATCTTTGAACGCACCTTGCGCTCCTTGGTATTCCGAGGAGCATGCCTGTTTGAGTGTCATTAAATTCTCAACCTTACCAGCTTTTGTTAGCTTGTGTAATGGCTTGGACTTGGGGGTCTTTTGCCGGCTTCTCTCGAGATGTCAGCTCCCCTTAAATGTATTAGCCGGCTGCCCGCTGTGGACCGTCTATTGGTGTGATAATTATCTACGCCGTGGACGTCTGCTCTCAATGGGTTGAAGCTGCTTCTAACCGTCCGTTTATTCGGACAGCACATAATGACAATTTGACCTCAAATCAGGTAGGACTACCCGCTGAACTTAAGCATATCAATAagCGGAGGAA
I wonder if these are wild or cultivated.
|
dracolusus
Eternal Noob


Registered: 01/22/16
Posts: 242
Loc: In a state of being
Last seen: 1 year, 8 months
|
|
So awesome, guess i know what i'm doing in CT when i go down next time.
-------------------- Need cultivation questions answered, head over to AMU Q&A
|
catnip40
xฬ็



Registered: 03/09/12
Posts: 703
Last seen: 8 days, 19 hours
|
Re: ID Cape Town psilocybe [Re: dracolusus]
#24112677 - 02/23/17 05:52 AM (6 years, 11 months ago) |
|
|
|
Cubenzos
On A Hunt.


Registered: 02/23/16
Posts: 49
Loc: Kent Washington
Last seen: 1 year, 7 months
|
Re: ID Cape Town psilocybe [Re: catnip40]
#24113595 - 02/23/17 01:51 PM (6 years, 11 months ago) |
|
|
-------------------- citizens of the universe I bring fourth to you the good time On the mothership
|
0.01
Stranger


Registered: 06/27/16
Posts: 24
Loc: Cape Town
Last seen: 2 years, 9 months
|
|
Fantastic news! Thanks Alan. How they got there and for how long they've been there is still anyone's guess. Looking forward to see if they reappear again this year...
|
SkagitHunter
Forager


Registered: 09/30/14
Posts: 725
Loc: PNW
Last seen: 3 months, 22 days
|
Re: ID Cape Town psilocybe [Re: 0.01]
#24121692 - 02/26/17 05:13 PM (6 years, 10 months ago) |
|
|
Awesome find. Stunning pictures man.
|
ambc
mycominded



Registered: 10/16/08
Posts: 2,646
Loc: PNW
Last seen: 1 month, 16 days
|
|
Those last pictures made me pretty sure that they would turn out this way. But, I could say the same thing about many collections of P. subaeruginosa. Awesome!
|
BlueDisa
Friend


Registered: 03/02/17
Posts: 170
Last seen: 7 days, 11 hours
|
Re: ID Cape Town psilocybe [Re: ambc]
#24135572 - 03/04/17 08:46 AM (6 years, 10 months ago) |
|
|
Very cool!
Great to know those might be around.
|
|