WaylitJim said:

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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tahoe said:

the wind blows from the west, georgias and texas air would never make it here

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CureCat said:

we certainly get more visitors from georgia and texas, yet the Bay Area isn't popping up with weilii and cubensis.

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CureCat said:

I mean, it is possible that a visitor from Asia brought over some subaeruginascen spores on their clothes, and the spores just happened to land on some woodchips, and were able to germinate.... But then again, I think it is more likely that it is a relative yet distinct species.

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I saw a video of Stamets describing how that kind of spore dispersal works. He said it was an ingenious way to make people disperse spores for them, like airports, where people have spores on their clothes and they spread it all over.

Then it occurred to me that I take BART all over the place, and often have my picks...uh....not sealed very tight. and crowded BART trains, during rush hour, oh my. Fluff them up a couple of times and spores go to nearly all points in the Bay Area 

sometimes I just feel contaminated...hehe

concretefeet said:

when people start telling me about 'shr0omz that grow under the cow pies' i generaly stop talking to them, though often continue listening to see how inept they might be. it's almost always a dead giveaway that they've never been cubensis hunting [or often any mushroom hunting], don't know what species they are even talking about, etc.

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Yup.... a LOT of people are like that.  It makes me angry that they won't listen to reason... very frustrating.

But then I remember natural selection, and calm down a little. 

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when people start telling me about 'shr0omz that grow under the cow pies' i generaly stop talking to them, though often continue listening to see how inept they might be. it's almost always a dead giveaway that they've never been cubensis hunting [or often any mushroom hunting], don't know what species they are even talking about, etc.

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There are nop cubes in Santa cruz, unless someone put there cakes outdoors inthe ground.

People haave said this about Alaska and about kansas and other areas. They do not grow.

However, on another note,
here are three cow-pies of manure form Kualoa Ranch in hawaii with Copeland species gerowing under the cow-pies which I turned over.







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