tripsis

Nothing like good old drug misrepresentation to fuck over blindly trusting people. https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/08/21/nx-s1-5066893/amanita-magic-mushroom-gummies-diamond-shruumz More: https://www.vice.com/en/article/microdosing-candy-deaths-diamond-shruumz-fda/

It's deeply concerning the endless stream of new drugs that being produced and the human guinea pigs either willingly or unwittingly experimenting with them. More so for the fact that they're often used to adulterate any number of other products, misrepresenting them as some known or relatively safe.

Hey all, it's been a long time. Slowly trying to build up a collection after a long time without... Anyone have a cutting of TPM x Sharxx Blue for sale? Other blue crests or monstrose clones would be cool too, as would classics like Psycho0 or Sharxx Blue itself. Still chasing that clone that someone named after me too - Tripsis. It was an amazing blue peruvianus.

That is a beautiful cross-section.

They taste even better dried.

Any chance you'll have Cymbopogon ambiguus again?

What did you do to your hand? Beautiful plants, they look healthy to me. Doesn't look unlikely that they will survive the fire. I've found Ephedra growing on the cliffs of Verdon Gorge, not sure of the species; perhaps E. fragilis? Found another species, a scrambler, in Geyikbayırı in Turkey. Like so much of Europe, both were rocky limestone areas. All the species I've found in Central Asia, northern India, Nepal, and Morocco have preferred rocky locations. Same goes for the US.

An reply which fails to answer the question. Traditional doesn't mean safe. Cytotoxic is cytotoxic, whichever way you splice it. And there's plenty of money to be followed along the path of TCM, and in fact, such revered brews like ayahuasca.

The "significant history of consumption" aside, is there really good evidence of these mushrooms having a real medicinal benefit? Showing anti-tumour and anti-cancer properties in a petri dish only really tells us the compounds in question are cytotoxic; this doesn't necessarily translate to tangible medical benefits if consumed. There are plenty of completely bunk traditional "medicines" that have existed for lengthy periods of time which lack any efficacy or scientific basis whatsoever. Homeopathy and acupuncture spring to mind, as does rhino horns, donkey skins, and tiger penises.

Fair point about the slow growth, probably at least part of the reason why it's not more common.

Thanks, Glaukus. Looks more like the taquimbalensis Micromegas posted earlier. This stout-spined tacaquirensis is an elusive plant! I'm quite surprised it's not a more popular / sort after species.

That makes sense. Beautiful plant, but really after the stout-spined tacaquirensis. What's the ABG werd look like? Never seen any photos of it.

Sorry Micromegas, only just seen your message. What are those photos of? The first one looks similar to what I'm after, but perhaps not with the stout spines (which I feel would be closer to chiloensis). The second one - is that the same plant? Looks almost like a skinny pasacana.