PsiloPsychIn said:

Duplicate post - trying to hit the main places I used to post:

Hi Folks
I’m not going to assume anyone recognizes me or cares I’m back. Nonetheless, there are probably a few who sent me PMs or maybe were waiting on my side of a trade when I completely disappeared- for more than two years I think. So I thought I’d apologize and explain a bit and say that I plan to be dropping in to the Shroomery at least occasionally going forward.

So what happened?
Mush Cult was definitely a hobby for me - not a side hustle, or an attempt at developing into a job (gourmet or otherwise). On top of being a Dad (to 2 20 somethings) a husband, and a career white collar professional, I (we) added being full time elder care to the mix. Basically when my wife retired we moved her folks into our basement. Her Dad was pretty independent (but by no means fully independent) her Mom was entirely dependent on us - even having trouble getting in and out of her chair.  There was constant drama - her folks getting sick, going in and out of the hospital… my wife crumbling under the toxic influence of her Mom who was super demanding but would never say please or thank you. I mean what kind of entitled fuck has you taking them shopping, wheeling around in a wheelchair, cooking, cleaning, bathing, whipping their ass - literally! And then refuses to be polite?!

Anyway, I digress. It was A LOT, so all that ate into time for my mush cult hobby. In addition, 1-3 days a week a nurse or social worker or some kind of support person would come in to their space (our house) and potentially see all my mush cult stuff in the spare room down there. It was giving me anxiety to think one of them nigh decide to “do the right thing” and tell their friend or brother who is a cop that there is a “grow op / drug lab” at such and such an address.  All together, it just got to be too much.  I was going pretty much full tilt - a lot of exotics, some nice Cubensis isolations, some interesting edibles (Pleurotis Nebrodensis & Maitake), and then one day something extra at my day job got added on and or some nosey helper person asked “what kind of mushrooms are those?” And mentally I just kind of snapped! I locked the door on my cultivation space… and didn’t do anything for 6 months or more.
Dozens of cultures on agar plates, several LCs spinning endlessly on stir plates, a dozen or more inoculated big spawn bags, 30-50 jars of grain spawn in various states of colonization, 4-6 tubs in fruiting. They all just sat in there with nature running its course!  About 6-8 months later I opened the door and at least threw out the tubs, and bags, then closed the door again!


I did not even mention my two All Americans - filled with jars grain spawn that eventually after a year or more started to smell…

It was horrible in so many ways. I feel really bad for the folks who I was supposed to send something to for a trade or a promised gift. I just ghosted everyone!  It would be too dramatic to call it a psychological break, but it kind of was to be honest.

Here is the good news. After 2 + years my wife’s folks moved back to Nebraska and have professionals coming into their home M-F and their 55 year old son who never really left home to take care of them on weekends.

They moved out for good about 10 months ago. Other good news - I retired about a month ago. I put in 23 years there, another 5-7 years other places and of course all sorts of other jobs since I was like 15. I’m 62. Started mushroom cultivation in the late 70s 🤪. I have a comfortable pension so now I can get back to exploring mycology with plenty of time.

I’ll be going through a huge backlog of PMs, making good on trades and gifts if I can. I sincerely apologize to those I left hanging and wondering where I was / what happened!

PsiloPsychIn

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Welcome back, dear friend
You've been heavily missed. I'm truly sorry in the bottom of my heart to read the painful things that happened but also deeply relieved to see you alive and still fighting the good fight. We did the roasted chicken tray grows together. I cherish the beautiful memories

ps,
A special thanks to Costco for always providing excellent quality take-out trays to growers around the world.

PhenoDreamers said:

Pan sp. Tea Tree results



This MIGHT be the same species as Mystery SA (Beach Pan) but it was found over 40km away from the location

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Great! Thank you for sharing, man. Just transfered Tea Tree from spore-to-agar plates. Super stoked.
And I want to say that I'm impressed by the amounts of serotonin, norbaeocystin, and tryptamine in the sample. The readings are very high.

PhenoDreamers said:

They're such a beautiful species too. You will really enjoy them I would love to see someone who's actually good at growing things close to bisporus do them. Unlike myself 😂

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Thank you! It's a very nice picture! I will try my best
I haven't been able to get consistent results with bisporus yet. I guess it depends on which culture was chosen on agar, so it's kind of a lottery since they're not very domesticated, along with the growing conditions as a second factor. Correct me if I'm wrong about that.

PhenoDreamers said:

They're such a beautiful species too. You will really enjoy them I would love to see someone who's actually good at growing things close to bisporus do them. Unlike myself 😂

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I have them germed.  But I'm sure they're mystery after seeing yours in person.  Both grow in woody debris too.  And the South Africa folks believe they're the same.  I guess we'll know for sure when both are sequenced.

My best grow, the top down more honest shot



And the glamor shot.



They're mystery sa   (95% sure, but I guess scoping them both would make me 99% sure )

Churpee Choozle said:

Holy fucknuts, 2.2 %...
Bra, analysis of cinctulus also shows very high 5-HTP / 5-HO-T levels. I think it was Gartz who proposed it just indicates the biosynthesis pathway.

I don't know about (relatively new) breakdowns of the alkaloid profile of cyan, bispo, tropicalis etc, but IME cinctulus was an incomparable trip. Only thing that ever gave me the 'facerush' of bufotenine. But that might very well have been expectation bias.

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PhenoDreamers said:

Lol Reddit....

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