catnip40 said:

I think gandalfiana is called maluti now

The Fungi Files #001 - Alan Rockefeller - Two Novel Psilocybes from Southern Africa @ around 13 minutes. the link is time stamped

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the_chosen_one said:

Cross post from Exotics and journal..

Well, I haven't killed it yet..

Psilocybe aff. Hopii (Gandalfiana) agar to chips test day 25

But what I did kill, was E.T. He's just to the left of the S.


Psilocybe aff. Hopii (Gandalfiana) agar to chips test day 25

Additionally, I'm noticing they are seemingly more interested in the water than the wood at this point and seem to be drawing it out of the chips. Makes sense being it's a snow melt mushroom. Probably has to deal with a lot of water initially. Seeing them growing in a culvert drain field kind of supports my theory. I guess.

This one is likely an exception with pine as well. I really need to get it to grain and try some pine when I find a convenient pile.

copied from journal..

Copied from Fungal Diversity Survey (Facebook)

For our first post of the year we are highlighting a new Psilocybe species — Psilocybe “sp-CA02” found in May 2023 by Taye Bright and analyzed by Harte Singer. This undescribed species is secotioid (aka sequestrate) which means that it appears to be a "normal" mushroom, but its cap will never open.
Taye's notes are as follows: "Growing from soil organic matter in a saturated area close to a culvert just downhill from road in the 2021 Caldor fire burn scar, in Eldorado National Forest. Undescribed sequestrate Psilocybe species, ample blue bruising along the stipe."
Genetically this new Psilocybe is close to P. hopii, but not at all close to P. polytrichoides, which is the only other known secotioid member of the genus in California. This new discovery provides a remarkable example of convergent evolution, meaning that both distantly related mushrooms adopted the same secotioid strategy. And Taye’s remarkable find adds another example to California’s eco-evolutionary guild of fungi displaying a secotioid/sequestrate phenotype.
Psilocybe expert and California local Alan Rockefeller is in the process of describing this species. He plans to name it Psilocybe gandalfiana, as a nod to the tall pointed hat worn by the character Gandalf in Lord of the Rings!
Incredible finds like this one made by the CA FUNDIS team would not be possible without funding from the State of California and the California Institute for Biodiversity!!

>>>PICS<<<

Thanks to Workman!!!

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psychedelicmind said:

What is the best tek to start growing woodlovers?
Don't have any experience with any woodlover yet.
Have some Psilocybe cyanescens LC.
My plan is LC --> grain jars --> pasteurized woodchips --> outdoor bed
Is this method beginner-friendly or is there an easier way to start with?

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Yes that's a pretty standard protocol for woodlovers.
I usually use WBS for my grain, fermented/cold pasteurized hardwood chips.
If you live in the PNW alder is readily available but pretty much any wood except cedar or pine will work well.
Sitka Spruce (named after my home town and western hemlock are fine too.
Fermented chips work better than heat pasteurized ones, just soak them under water in a bucket or a tote in a warm-ish place for two weeks, drain for 4-24 hrs (I wait 24 hrs) and spawn.
1:4 grain spawn:chips is ok.
When you put them outside, especially the first year when there are still grains involved, be aware that rodents will fuck up your patch to eat the grain.
What I do is get some thick metal screen material, aka hardware cloth, and make an enclosed basket or box type thing to put my colonized chips/grain into. I dig a hole that it will fit into, around 6 inches deep, line it with rocks or gravel for drainage, and put 1-2 inches of chips, colonized or not, but without grain on top.
I also put some metal screen and wood shavings, a few small rocks and/or leaf litter on top of the whole thing.  Rats, squirrels, raccoons etc can't chew through metal.
Depending on your local climate you might need to water it throughout the summer. Choosing a good location is very important as well. A place that stays moist but not flooded, so
aking wet and anaerobic is ideal.
Just inside the drip line of a large bush seems to work well.
Cyanescens love to grow under rhododendrons.
If anyone has better advice I will be happily corrected.

Digit said:

Yes that's a pretty standard protocol for woodlovers.
I usually use WBS for my grain, fermented/cold pasteurized hardwood chips.
If you live in the PNW alder is readily available but pretty much any wood except cedar or pine will work well.
Sitka Spruce (named after my home town and western hemlock are fine too.
Fermented chips work better than heat pasteurized ones, just soak them under water in a bucket or a tote in a warm-ish place for two weeks, drain for 4-24 hrs (I wait 24 hrs) and spawn.
1:4 grain spawn:chips is ok.
When you put them outside, especially the first year when there are still grains involved, be aware that rodents will fuck up your patch to eat the grain.
What I do is get some thick metal screen material, aka hardware cloth, and make an enclosed basket or box type thing to put my colonized chips/grain into. I dig a hole that it will fit into, around 6 inches deep, line it with rocks or gravel for drainage, and put 1-2 inches of chips, colonized or not, but without grain on top.
I also put some metal screen and wood shavings, a few small rocks and/or leaf litter on top of the whole thing.  Rats, squirrels, raccoons etc can't chew through metal.
Depending on your local climate you might need to water it throughout the summer. Choosing a good location is very important as well. A place that stays moist but not flooded, so
aking wet and anaerobic is ideal.
Just inside the drip line of a large bush seems to work well.
Cyanescens love to grow under rhododendrons.
If anyone has better advice I will be happily corrected.

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Hi Digit,

thank you very much for your detailed reply. I really appreciate that!
Will probably go two different ways: Some outdoor beds like you recommended in your post and another bed in a flower box on my balcony.
Unfortunately i don't have a garden but maybe i can find some spots in the forest with rhododendrons.
I live in Germany. We have a lot of oak and beech forests here. And spruce and pine of course.
My cyanescens came from a liquid culture syringe i had bought.
Have transferred it three times now. Not sure if the plates look okay. They seem to be very tormentose and some look a litte bit powdery in my opinion. Can you have a look at them?
Agar recipe: 500ml water, 10g agar, 7,5g malt, 0.5g peptone.

NothingsChanged said:

This will take you there. Not much happening though.

https://discord.gg/PWE23q4y

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Hi NothingsChanged,

thank you for the invite. Just accepted it, but i need a telephone number to activate my account.
Will buy an anonymous prepaid sim card tomorrow because i don't wanna use my real life number for anything concerning mushroom growing.