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Love the community pots. Nice to see several plants together, rather than spread out amongst individual pots.

Well, I sure hope it doesn't come to that then! <___base_url___>/uploads/emoticons/default_tongue.png That's a fatty in the background there. What species is that?

What makes you say that? So cuzcoensis or peruvianus?

I mean more rather than less actually. <___base_url___>/uploads/emoticons/default_tongue.png

I'd buy the lot for a decent price if you're willing to ship them.

Awesome, thanks for everyone's help. Nice Bunnings catches there solvo! The scop is especially nice.

How old do they need to be before accurate identification can be made? Also, what else could they be?

This is exactly what I was hoping. But I'm yet to learn where the delineations lie regarding differences with spination, etc. There were two like the first one and one like the second. I noticed the second has different form and many spines up the top so thought it may be something else.

Picked up a couple of cacti from Bunning today, one is a Trich for sure, the other I'm not sure about. Can anyone ID what species they are? Cactus 1: Cactus 2: Thanks everyone.

Am definitely interested in at least some of it. Will PM you.

It's interesting that you say P. tasmaniana is synonymous with subaeruginosa. I was under the impression that it was a separate species, but suaeruginosa, eucalypta and australiana were one and the same. Anyway, the link of Workman's microscopy reports for the Australian collection are to be found here. He clearly seems to think tasmaniana and subaeruginosa are somehow distinguished from one another. He also mentions the unknown Psilocybe species (specimen 4). However, I just noticed that in this thread, which has been more recently edited, specimen 4 - the "unknown Psilocybe species" - has been changed to possibly being tasmaniana.

Whoa, that's a monster! Didn't realise they got so big.

Cheers! VVVVV 1 print of each of the following: Psilocybe galindii, P. cube "Lizard King", Gymnopilus junonius, Panaeolus cambodginiensis Florida, (for microscopy purposes only!) VVVVV

Thanking you <___base_url___>/uploads/emoticons/default_smile.png VVVVV 1 print of each of the following: Psilocybe galindii, Gymnopilus junonius, Panaeolus cambodginiensis Florida (for microscopy purposes only!) + 1 sub print (microscopy only - PM holymountain)VVVVV

Cheers! VVVVV 1 print of each of the following: Psilocybe galindii, Panaeolus cambodginiensis "Goliath", P. cambodginiensis Florida, P. cyanescens Ma Sol, Burma (for microscopy purposes only!) VVVVV

It does mention blueing in the comments section. Have a read of the article here if you don't already have it or have access to it. I don't doubt that some of what you hear is hearsay, but some has basis in truth. Just last year, someone off the Shroomery who lives in Melbourne sent a bunch of samples away to Workman to identify. Most of what he had were subs, but he also found an unidentified Psilocybe species and another closely related to P. tasmaniana. It goes to show that there is still much to be discovered out there and much of what we think we know may be something else altogether.

Nice! VVVVVVV 25 HBWR, 5 Rivea corymbosa, 30 x italian parsley, 30 x golden heart pumpkin, 1 x each of Ps. cubensis "Lizard King", Pan. cambodginiensis "Goliath" and Pan. cyanescens - Ma Sol, Burma sporeprints (for microscopy purposes only!)..VVVVVV

Alright, thanks folks. I see it's an exercise in futility then. Ah well, it's a lovely plant anyway. Does anyway know whether Ephedra species will hybridise with one another? It would still be nice to be able to breed with that one, but if not, have enough E. sinica seeds to get me a few plants going. Not all Ephedra species are active either, right?

Hi, I recently got some E. sinica seeds from SAB. I have one Ephedra sp. plant growing presently, but being dioecious, wanted decided to get some seeds so I could have the ability to breed them. The seeds for the plant I am growing now I was sent by a friend. I asked him what species they were, but he had no idea, so I assumed it was likely to be E. sinica. Only one of the five seeds germinated. However, on arrival of the seeds from SAB, I realised the plant I have must not be E. sinica. The seeds I received from my friend were a much lighter brown, matte in appearance and grooved. The E. sinca seeds from SAB are dark brown, smooth and shiny. Does anyone have an idea of what species I am presently growing? I can post pics of the seedling is it helps. It's probably around 6 months old now. Thanks for any help. <___base_url___>/uploads/emoticons/default_tongue.png

Chang, YS and Gates, G and Ratkowsky, DA. Some New Species of the Strophariaceae (Agaricales) in Tasmania. Australasian Mycologist. 24 (3) pp. 53-68 (2006) Edit: I agree with your comments about Guzman. Having said that, taxonomy of fungi is not easy. More DNA testing would no doubt help, but all delineations above species is pretty arbitrary anyway. By the way Zen, what's your background? You seem to have in-depth knowledge on the subject.

Agreed, although the religion is pretty exy. I was going to go to Unfit for Life, but am already going to three. Freedom - by Germaine Greer, No Human Cure Justifies Animal Experimentation and the drugs one. Am looking forward to them very much.

Hi all, Looking for the following seeds: Ficus virens Ficus destruens Ficus benghalensis Am willing to trade or pay for them. Must be viable. Also, have some one and a half year old Ficus watkinsiana plants for trade.

Anyone going? There's going to be a panel discussion on why all drugs should be made legal. Several other very interesting topics too.

Really? Can you provide any links? By the way Mycot, have you read "Treading the fine line between small-statured Gymnopilus and excentrically stipitate Galerina species in Australia" by B. J. Rees, et. al. (Mycological Research (1999), 103:4:427-442)? After reading it, it has made me so much less confident in identifying Gymopilus species. There are two small species around here which I had previously considered to be gyms, but now I'm unsure.

During the spawn run with lion's mane, you need to keep a close eye on the bags. Often the culture will start develop primoridia inside the bag, even before the substrate is 100% colonised. If these primordia are allowed to start developing within the bag, they become sites for contamination to take hold. I've found lion's mane to be particularly prone to contamination, so it's a good idea to be on the ball with this species.