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spacecadet12
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P. Subaeruginosa indoor cultivation and identification
#27102032 - 12/22/20 05:41 AM (3 years, 1 month ago) |
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Hey, I'm new here but I thought I'd share my first growing experience.
I bought "Tasmanian" psilocybe spores from Western Australia and I assumed they were P. Tasmaniana. After some research into how to cultivate wood loving mushrooms indoors I decided on the Broke Boi Tek by Philly Golden Teacher on Youtube with a plain Coco Coir substrate as I figured it is basically wood. This is by no means specifically for wood loving mushrooms but I thought for a first attempt it would do since its cheap and easy.
Today I harvested my first mushroom! (Pics attached) Now, from reading Paul Stammets PSOTW, this mushroom does not look like a P. Tasmaniana but more like a P. Subaeruginosa. So I looked around on here to see if I could better identify this mushroom and with 90% certainty I say its a P. Sub. Spores were a dark purple almost black on the veil remnant but I did not take a spore print as the tub it grew in had some blue mould on the top so did not want the contam to get past this tub and into the second larger tub (just started pinning!) or future grows.
Now, I would like some confirmation on the ID simply because it is not what I was expecting. I know the conditions mushrooms are grown in affect the macroscopic features so subtle differences could be put down to the fact it is grown indoors in a rarely naturally occurring substrate with probably sub-optimal moisture and fresh air levels. The gills are creamy white, spores were dark purple-black, stem is about 2cm wide at the widest point and not hollow, cap is slightly lighter orange/brown than expected and does not have striations along the edge as I've seen on most pics of wild subs. Obvious blue bruising which looks like it will be a pretty potent species. The main thing that makes me think it is a sub rather than a P.tasmaniana is the width and colour of the stipe, which should be 1-2mm wide and white to nearly concolourous with the cap. It could still be a Tasmaniana just with a thicker stipe because of different conditions? Any help with ID would be appreciated as you can never be too careful even when buying spores. Also want to know if its safe to eat, obviously, its a psilocybe mushroom from the blue bruising but just want to know if there is any cause to be concerned?
But to all you people out there that want to grow P. Sub indoors, it can be done! I will update this thread with more picture or some videos if people like of the second tub.
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evlyshrooms
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Re: P. Subaeruginosa indoor cultivation and identification [Re: spacecadet12]
#27102105 - 12/22/20 07:19 AM (3 years, 1 month ago) |
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gratz on first grow! What you have pictured here is psilocybe cubensis
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spacecadet12
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Re: P. Subaeruginosa indoor cultivation and identification [Re: evlyshrooms]
#27102111 - 12/22/20 07:23 AM (3 years, 1 month ago) |
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Thanks! Pretty stoked.
Seems to be a common occurrence for spore suppliers to label cubensis as something more exotic. I do have a friend who has experience with fresh P. Subs and he reckons it is a sub but I agree that it looks more like a cubensis
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Re: P. Subaeruginosa indoor cultivation and identification [Re: spacecadet12]
#27102115 - 12/22/20 07:32 AM (3 years, 1 month ago) |
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I think seller was likely referring to 'tasmanian' cubensis, a particular variety of this sp. I'm thinking of starting my first grow soon as well, hopefully ill have as much luck with similar tek.
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Re: P. Subaeruginosa indoor cultivation and identification [Re: evlyshrooms]
#27102827 - 12/22/20 05:31 PM (3 years, 1 month ago) |
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Ahh yes you are right, guess I got confused haha
Broke Boi Tek is very easy and cheap for a first grow and Philly Golden Teacher really makes it simple for us noobs. The good thing about Coco coir as well is that it's naturally resistant to bacterial and other contamination, pretty sure I didn't even hydrate it with boiling water. Contamination came from me being too excited and fanning too much and not being sanitary enough during the fruiting of the tub
Edited by spacecadet12 (12/22/20 05:34 PM)
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