tripsis said:

As weiliiiiii said, WOW those Ganodermas are amazing! There are so many incredible fungi in Mexico, thanks so much for sharing them with us cactu.

Ahhh, the mutants, so cool. They do look a lot like deformed Psilocybe zapotecorum.

That waterfall is stunning too.

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weiliiiiiii said:

Those zapos look massive, whats the average size for this species?

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the psilocybe zapotecorum is the most large specie in the genus psilocybe , as  guzman said in his monograf , i had the pleusure to see this in this zapotecorum and from the psilocybe caerulescens from oaxaca that may be var. carulescens , as guzman said  i have no see other  mushrooms so big some in the coordispora section are  big as villarealae , weillii, as already said carulescens var caerulescens , and of course  cubensis . but i have never seem so big stems or bigs cap as zapotecorum ..

this specimens where quite  big , yes weilliiii
here is guzman quote

wowitch17 said:

i find it amazing how mushrooms grow out of the ground in your climate... when i think of psilos i think cubensis, cyans, libs they usually have a "un natural" source of nutrients (cow shit, woodchips, old sheepshit). but in the south of mexico all these ancient looking species grow out of clay walls and on the floor of the forested area. do you know why this is cactu?

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shroomgatherer said:

Excellent Photos, you are "The doctor of Mexican Mycology" at least in my book.
Thank you sir

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all psilocybe are soprophite mushrooms , mean they need organic compounds to grow , some psilocybe are primary or second decomposer , all primary as the woodlover  , can act sometimes as secondary decomposer or viceversa, some second decomposer can act as primary decomposer .

all psilocybe love wood to grow there in no one that i have  study that does not ,except of course the dung lovers ,wood is the basic element for  many mushrooms to survive some use the ligning or other use cellulose or both , you see this ones growing from the ground  since this mushrooms  loves some sort of decomposition of the wood that take place underground ,so this mushroms need some bacteria or a casing of clay  to survive , why clay  is been  my question , since long is only now that ian trying to discover new things , will the help of people that have grow this mushroms as prankter239 and workman i beging to see many thing this mushrooms dont grow as easy  in artificial condition, why ? , why they grow in landslide, why the mud,
one day it hit me ,  this mushrooms are extremely  potend  i may say some of the most potend in the world , you will see in few years. where do they get all the  fosforous to  integrate to the molecule , it hit me clay is a good source of fosforous , and only bacteria and mushrooms can fix it in the soil , so what we need to do is to study that bacteria or other mushrooms that help zapotecorum to survive, they thrive in a very especific area , they are very picky about the habitad, but is the buried wood the answer........my friend good to see you around here  my deep  best vibration to you  wowitch17........

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wyattb said:

dam cactu you always got sick pics and cool species.looks like a great place down in mex.keep up the good finds and post.

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Subbedhunter420 said:

Amazing species cactu. Havent said anything in a while but i do love those chanterelles. The ganoderma always make me excited too. I find one every 3 years probably. that makes 2 total.

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yes those chant where huge , i bet this seasom they will come with more force. you dont find ganoderma there , whoa so rare , here is a plague .

ramaria botrytis  in a cream soup

ganoderma sesile

laccaria sp and lepista nuda (blewit)

indigo