Quankus said:

Auweia is representing the bay area very well.

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Agreed 

"The rain is gonna come, oh it surely looks like rain."

tahoe said:

in ggmm stamets says something about most wood lovers being desendants of this guy.

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The the photo Tahoe posted above is Psilocybe subaeruginosa, as is the one below.

tahoe said:

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WaylitJim said:

The the photo Tahoe posted above is Psilocybe subaeruginosa, as is the one below.

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Ahh!  Nevermind then! 

WaylitJim said:

I found a similar mushroom in Berkeley last year, I thought it was P. azurescens but Workman recently examined it but says it's not. This is the original specimen.





And some cultivated...

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Ok, so here's a composite image of this species presented by Workman of Sporeworks. I sent him some samples a while back and have been anxiously awaiting his reply. This is very interesting... he also thinks this species could be Psilocybe subaeruginascens. So now that's two ID's for subaeruginascens in the Bay area, coming from two very respected mycologists, Peter Werner and Workman.



Sample:
Location: Berkeley, CA
Collection Date: 12/06
Microscopy: Dried sample rehydrated and mounted with 2.5% KOH.
Collector: Waylitjim
Comments: Annulated Psilocybe similar to P. subaeruginascens

WaylitJim said:

CureCat said:

I wonder if the cyclone effect is consistent with the Bay Area Psilocybe shown in Paul Stamets book, or if it is it appears sporadically... I suspect it is incidental, but I am not sure.

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I've put various fibs/friscosas on agar, none of them demonstrated the spiraling effect. These were done multispore, I suspect paul found a substrain thru isolation which he called the cyclone psilocybe.

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CureCat said:

Yeah, that was my guess...

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Here is a more recent pic, the mycelium was used to a syringe the other day and it has repaired itself. As for an isolation that produces spiraling, this sampl should produce the same effect. ITs as isolated as it can get. Its a clone! 1 male/1 female. The white spots forming away from the center are from chucnk of the mycelium floating away in the vliquid that resulted from the syringe

WaylitJim said:

Ok, so here's a composite image of this species presented by Workman of Sporeworks. I sent him some samples a while back and have been anxiously awaiting his reply. This is very interesting... he also thinks this species could be Psilocybe subaeruginascens. So now that's two ID's for subaeruginascens in the Bay area, coming from two very respected mycologists, Peter Werner and Workman.



Sample:
Location: Berkeley, CA
Collection Date: 12/06
Microscopy: Dried sample rehydrated and mounted with 2.5% KOH.
Collector: Waylitjim
Comments: Annulated Psilocybe similar to P. subaeruginascens

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looks a lot like these

tahoe said:

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tahoe said:

looks a lot like these

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CureCat said:

It is possible, though, unlikely.

More probable is that Ps. subaeruginascens is the closest known species to match the unknown Bay Area Psilocybes microscopically.

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WaylitJim said:

tahoe said:

looks a lot like these

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Were those from the same location as Auweia's find?

yep

CureCat said:

It is possible, though, unlikely.

More probable is that Ps. subaeruginascens is the closest known species to match the unknown Bay Area Psilocybes microscopically.

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I originally thought I found annulated azurescens, but since they're not azures, they very well may be a new species. Although it's always possible subaeruginascens spores traveled to CA, we have many visitors from overseas.

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