kingev said:

My understanding is that an Australian researcher, Alistair McTaggart, has been sequencing subaeruginosa and comparing it to cyanescens and azurescens. His findings seem to suggest that they nestle into the sub genome enough that they aren't separate species, but I'm sure someone else might have a more nuanced understanding of it.

https://alistairmctaggart.weebly.com/magicmushrooms/intraspecific-variation-in-the-its-region-of-subs

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BU4O said:

I want to ask ppl on the thread that now what I will ask...
Some time ago someone on shrooomery told me that p.cyanescens, p.allenii and p.azurescens are actualy Psilocybe subaeruginosa subtype and are all the same mushroom is that true?
Can someone explain?

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thirdeyewild said:

So I took a little nibble of the P.smithii 'stones.' and there is no way I'm choking those back fresh, the taste was horrendous and bitter. Drying them now and will take it in capsules later this week.
Just a little bit made my tongue go instantly numb.

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SingularFusion said:

From my observations here Bigworm, it does not matter when chips are added, except for obviously that is not desired right before fruiting or delays or non-fruiting may happen

The conventional wisdom says to feed them in spring, but I also felt like I should cover them with something to protect them from winter before, so some of my beds got wood right as the season finished and snow and freeze hit. All fruited the next season without incident. So I am not sure if it matters honestly, but if the guys with years of WL experience say to do that in spring then it may be worth listening

The soil with grass is my go to method, I do it pretty much like a thick casing layer. The cheap 3 dollar a bag potting soil that is made from composted forest products and a wood fibre peat replacement. You can see little flecks of wood in it. They fucking love this material. The casing layer from the last year then is lost the next season as I start layering the wood and soil right on top, I give zero shits about the grass, as does the myc. It all gets swallowed up as a I build it up with layers over the early part of the season and then put the same casing on again on top, planted with fresh grass seed. I am just using dirt cheap lawn seed, but there may be grasses with a taller and leaner character that are better suited to this, I am still playing with different cover materials

I still have much to learn and have nailed cyans but the rest of the clade has been more of a challenge for me here, but above has been my experience of things so far. Some pics in my gallery. Hope that managed to be helpful to you anyway mate

good luck

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thirdeyewild said:

So I took a little nibble of the P.smithii 'stones.' and there is no way I'm choking those back fresh, the taste was horrendous and bitter. Drying them now and will take it in capsules later this week.
Just a little bit made my tongue go instantly numb.

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If you support the idea of microdosing, it might be good for it too.