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HONGO

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mexican fungi
#5432312 - 03/22/06 10:49 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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hello, i'm currently working on an photographic journal of psilocybe fungi of mexico. i've been doing extensive research on this project. the only down fall is that all the available literature on location of species is more then 50 years old. i don't want to make a trip and come up empty handed. with no photos, ecological or genetic material. i also understand that a few species are extinct or extremely rare and would like to speak with someone who frequents the area and knows the mycoflora of southern mexico. thank you for your time, asci
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mjshroomer
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Re: mexican fungi [Re: asci]
#5433101 - 03/23/06 06:40 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Unfortunately the available informaion on locations is not 50 years old as you have suggested. There are dozens of papers on the mexican fungi in journals and mostly they are written in English, And they give precise locations where various species of psilocybian mushrooms are found in Mexico. There is also the rare and hard to find field guide (all hand written by pen and ink) which sometimes shows up on ebay (Big D (Unlimited Staff). 1976. A Guide Book to the Psilocybin Mushrooms of Mexico. Mother Duck Press. A hand drawn printed guide provides detailed maps to numerous mushroom locations in M?xico. With many maps. Very accurate., Except that many pastures now have crops growing in them and the landscape for many of the maps of locations in this guide have no more pastures with cattle in them)
There are 53 known species of magic mushrooms growing in various locations in Mexico.
In fact, I just posted a current map of locations published last year in the Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms (2005) right here in this forum a few days ago.
As for pictures of species from Mexico, Guzman has the largest single collection of images of psilocybian mushrooms from Mexico, followed by Jim Q. Jacobs, Paul Stamets and I.
And they use the iamges for their sites and Paul for his book. Guzman keeps his photos to himself, as does Jim Jacobs and mj's are being contributed to Shroomster Enterprises Mushroom John's Shroom World.
The Genus Psilocybe (1983 by Guzm?n), lists over 115 species of Psilocybe from Mexico and the herbarium deposited collections are listed, as well as where they are stored, and the locations where they were collected form are all in dozens of recent journals as they are found and the papers on their taxonomy and distributions are noted there as well as in the Guzm?n books.
You need to go to a local Univeristy library and look those items up to find the info you want.
And Asci claimed that, Quote:
i also understand that a few species are extinct
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This is urbban legend. How can a species be extinct? Species in natural habitats are extrememly rare and in man-made environments are abnundant at times. SOme species are only found a few times and others grow prolifically given the right climates and habitats. mj
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HONGO

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well, thank you for the information. i am well aware of the current studies and information on location of mexican species. the question i'm trying to ask "is there any individual who is currently doing hands on research. that i can speak with?" as for using photos of other peoples research and time is not an option for me. i am trying very hard to have up to date material with data of ecological factors as well as photographed microscopic features. i'm also looking for a person who knows the terrain of southern mexico.
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GGreatOne234
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Re: mexican fungi [Re: asci]
#5435052 - 03/23/06 04:17 PM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Guzman is clearly the man to talk to about Mexico's Psilocybe's.
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