tahoe said:

Okay, lets just call it ps cyanofib var. san francisco.
Back on topic here. WE need pics!!

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auweia said:

tahoe said:

Okay, lets just call it ps cyanofib var. san francisco.
Back on topic here. WE need pics!!

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don't have a microscope, sorry. I don't think most people do either

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urbanism said:

Any idea of what they are?

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tahoe said:

here is a rundown What I learned at the fair.

4. Shroomery lingo does not fly there. Many people got laughed at including the dude from erowid for calling them friscosas. Friscosas is not an official name so using it at an i.d. booth or in front of the head of mycology isn¡¦t going to fly.

7. It is also ¡§hip¡¨ to talk about psilocybes at the fair but make sure you know the correct pronunciation when talking about it or else you will lose all credibility. Just to clear things up with the noobes it¡¦s pronounced sil-ah-so-be

Anyone else have anything to add?

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I had a great time at the fair, went both days and met some cool folks. 

The first day I spoke with Dennis Desjardin after his presentation on luminescent mushrooms, about possibly interning at his lab at SF state, as I plan on moving up here within the year.  That went well.

Then I scouted out David Campbell (president of the MSSF) at the ID table, and tagged along with him for much of the fair (like a baby bird- first person I recognize, I follow around  ). 

I intended to volunteer at the ID table the second day, as one of the biologists at the ID table i had been talking to on sat had suggested I knew what was what and should help out. 
I decided not to because on sat Mike Wood and I had gotten in a little debate (that turned out to be a miscommunication- we were actually on the same page), and he seemed offended about my challenging him yesterday, and I didn't want to be around him while he was bitter towards me. Hehehe, at the end I shook his hand and said it was a pleasure meeting him and what a great recourse his site was, and he seemed to accept that as an unofficial apology i suppose, as he was a pleasure to speak with at the end.

Paul Stamets was milling around the fair on sunday. When I first saw him, he was standing around with David Campbell the MSSF president, and David almost introduced us, but i got shy and left to show the Erowid guy some pics that Notapillow (i hitched a ride with him to the fair) had told him about.

The guy from Erowid called himself Earth, and he was very friendly, and he asked if I'd send the pics to him so that he could display them. 

Then eventually I hunted Paul down, hiding in a corner with his laptop, trying not to be noticed by the crowds, and struck up a conversation about the unidentified Psilocybe growing in the Bay Area, informally known as Cyanofriscosa, or Friscosa.

I did not experience the same aloofness from the pros, when referring to the alleged Cyanofriscosa...  Perhaps because I made it clear at the introduction, that is was not a formal latin name, and not even a confirmed separate species.

I also did not experience any cringing from mispronunciation of Psilocybe....  first off, I'd like to say, that I don't think the correct pronunciation is "Sil-oss-oh-bee".
When pronouncing genera such as Clitocybe, you're supposed to make it rhyme with "eye-toss-uh-bee".  So I think Psilocybe should be "Si-loss-uh-bee", with an "eye" sound on the "Si", rather than a "sill" sound at the beginning. 
I could be wrong, that was just my observation.