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In the News (Sun 29 Nov 09)

  
  Psilocybe
Psychoactive Psilocybe species are found almost the world over, including Europe, from Greenland to Tierra del Fuego at the most southerly tip of South America, in New Guinea, Australia, and New Zealand (both the north and south islands).
There is little evidence for the historical use of Psilocybe mushrooms in Europe, although the archaeologist Jeremy Dronfield as suggested that their use by the Neolithic builders and decorators of the Irish megaliths may have been responsible for the hallucinogenic imagery on these monuments, much of which still remains today.
The pedestal is decorated with numerous mushroom caps identified as the hallucinogenic species Psilocybe aztecorum, which is known solely from the region around the volcano Popocatepetl where the statue was discovered.
www.psychedelics.com /psilocybe   (1370 words)

  
  Erowid Psilocybin Mushroom Vault : Mycology : Genesis of the PF Redspore Psilocybe
Psilocybe mushrooms have dark violet, almost fl spores while Agrocybe spores are of a rusty brown ('fawn') color.
Psilocybin was confirmed to be present in the variety and it appeared to have the same potency as Psilocybe cubensis.
Evidence of that forms the vermiculite dust on the stems of the mushrooms (vermiculite is an essential ingredient of PF Substrate, a 'batter' of brown rice powder and water on which the mushrooms are grown).
www.erowid.org /plants/mushrooms/mushrooms_mycology1.shtml   (713 words)

  
  An overview of the different kinds of shrooms - magic mushroom species, psilocybe species
Psilocybe Azurescens (or blue psilocybe) is a very potent species, if not the most potent of all the psilocybin mushroom species.
Comments: Psilocybe cyanescens is recognized by a chestnut-brown, striate, wavy-margined cap that soon fades to yellow brown or buff, and blue-staining fruiting body.
Psilocybe Mexicana was collected along with other species by the Wassons and French mycologist Roger Heim during several field trips to Mexico around 1958.
www.magic-mushrooms.net /species.html   (1070 words)

  
  Psilocybe cubensis - Azarius   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Psilocybe cubensis is currently one of the most popular and commonly available natural psychedelics.
Concerning the distribution of Psilocybe, the majority of the species are found in the subtropical humid forests of Mexico and New Guinea.
The primary active ingredients of Psilocybe cubensis are psilocybin and psilocin, and to a lesser extent baeocystin and norbaeocystin.
www.azarius.com /encyclopedia.php?encyclopediaid=29   (1967 words)

  
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The highest concentrations of these alkaloids were found in naturally grown and cultivated fruit bodies of Psilocybe azurenscens which is an indigenous species of the Pacific Northwest, U.S.A. The relative alkaloidal content of psilocybin, psilocin and baeocystin found in Galerina steglichii from Germany was similar to that measured in Psilocybe nataliensis.
Mycelium from Psilocybe azurescens (STAMETS & GARTZ, 1995) on 4% malt agar was used to inoculate a rye grain/water mixture identically to the cultivation of Psilocybe mexicana.
Psilocybe azurescens is a lignicolous species ultilzing a number of wood type and is able to grow on a wide variety of wastes including garden mulch, newspaper and cardboard.
www.tacethno.com /info/psilocybe/gartz2.txt   (1805 words)

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