If you have mexicana spores, there are several people (including me) who would love to get small piece of a print to work with (hint, hint, beg). There are several shroomerites that are working with a mexicana culture that came from Germany. That particular culture is supposed to be nearly impossible to get to fruit to sporulation. If that is what you are working with, good luck.

DD

I'm very much a newbie when it comes to growing shrooms. My entire experience consists of lurking around these forums for about a week (But I've learned Soooo much stuff in that week)

Recently on a trip to Amsterdam, I picked up a P.Mexicana spore print from Conscious Dreams (Not realising it wasn't cubensis).
After reading that honey and water could be used for mycelium growth, I tried this (Still unaware that my spores were different to cubensis). Now about a week or so into it, and I've started to get small white fuzzy blobs appearing around the bottom of the jar, which I assume are mycelium.

I've read the link to the info about growing sclerotia, and will try this (I'll have to use brown rice rather than rye grass seeds though... Could this be a problem?), however, I'd also like to get some fruit (I'd prefer to eat these, and it sounds like spore prints are hot trading items).

If anyone can give me any advice, I'd be more than happy to send them a spore print or two in return. I wouldn't usually ask for help like this, but I'm a little concerned that my lack of experience will mean I don't get any fruit, and I'd love to be able to help out those looking for spore prints.

Like they say... You scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours..

And one last thing... How does potency of P.mexicana compare to P.semilancaeta (SP?)? These are the only shrooms I've tried before, as I live in the UK and they grow round like wild fire round here in the autumn.

Feel free to email me.

Thanks in advance

Phyl

BiO.

All I know is that I bought them in Conscious dreams in Amsterdam in March last year, and they DEFINATELY said Psilocybe Mexicana on the packet. If they're not, it's probably better for me, but I really don't think they should be able to sell cubensis spores labeled as mexicana.

If I still had the spore print I would have been more than happy to send it to workman, but I've made it into liquid mycelium, growing in a jar of honey and water.

I think I'll try 2 experiments, One using the standard MMGG tek, and one using grass seed. This way, if they are cubensis (Which I'm starting to think they might be) I will get some fruit, and then I'll know what they are for sure.

I'll let you know what happens.

Phil

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SPECIES Psilocybe mexicana, Heim
LITERATURE Heim, R. et al., C. R. Acad. Sci.: 1958; Guzm?n, G.,
Beih. Nova Hedwigia 74: 205. 1983.
RESTRICTIONS/CARE T2< no free distribution, permit required
TOXICITY hallucinogenic
CONDS. SOLID MEDIA X,CHA,Modess,MEA
METABOLITES psilocybin; psilocin

3 strains:

STRAIN NUMBER 609.79
ISOLATED BY 15 Nov 1968
DEPOSITOR R. K?hner
DATE OF ACCESSION Aug 1979
PRESERVATION AG (12 mo),LN,MO
FORM OF SUPPLY AG

STRAIN NUMBER 138.85
ORIGIN Mexico; Oaxaca
ISOLATED BY P. Stamets
DEPOSITOR J. Graauwmans
DATE OF ACCESSION Jan 1985
PRESERVATION LN,MO
FORM OF SUPPLY LN

STRAIN NUMBER 831.87
OTHER COLLECTIONS DSM 1631
ORIGIN Mexico; Huautla
ISOLATED BY 1956
DEPOSITOR K.-D. Jahnke< Jahnke 016
DATE OF ACCESSION Aug 1987
REMARKS fruits on agar after several weeks
PRESERVATION LN,MO
METABOLITES psilocybin
FORM OF SUPPLY LN

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AARON

I don't know what happened.
I must have walked into a spore.

I believe I can get a friend from Mexico to send me a print or two. I dont have the time to start a new project, so as soon as I'll get I'll mail it to ppl I trust that will grow it. Anyone interested can reply here...

Later,
tweedy.