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BIO is apparnently the person that visited tasmania and collected the spores of the tasmanian strain. from http://www.thehawkseye.com/taz/taz.html The Tasmanian cubensis is a fantastic mushroom found by BIO on the island of Tasmania just below Australia. Tasmania is a state of Australia, sub-tropical, having 4 seasons. It tends to get very cold their at times, and as -Clyde- found out, this mushroom does very well in cold temperatures outdoors. Perhaps posting the question at http://www.shroomery.org/ may provide an answer. I would find it easier to believe its a differnt strain if it wasnt named after TAZ the cartoon character....lol [This message has been edited by hellspawn (edited 28 January 2002).]

I'm orginally from tassie and have never understood this tasmanian cubensis strain either. For: If the strain that is widely available as spores on the web is from tasmania it grows in warm conditions and people use cubensis type teks to cultivate it - based on cultivation info on the web..suggesting it is a cub strain not a woodlover like P.sub. Against: I have never seen shrooms growing in summer in tassie, its always march april when Psilocybe subaeruginosa and related species occur (eg Psilocybe tasmaniana Guzmán & Watling). The pictures of tas cubensis i have seen also look similar to young P.sub. Is it possible that early mycologists id of cubensis in tasmania was inaccurate - iding youn P.sub as golden tops and therefore P.cub. I dont really have the answers but as an ex tassie boy the question really bugs me :-).

where in melbourne can i obtain suitable acetone in small quantities? ie. is it easily obtainable in small quantities from chemical supply places? Im aware it is used for paint thinning but doesnt this type contain impurities? Or is this type good enough for extracting legal plant materials.

sorry i have found the answer in another thread so dont worry about responding

on a similar topic. Does anyone know the legal status of importing mushroom spores? Usually i would use spores from other shrooms, but ive just moved to melbourne and dont know any spots. I know that the spores arent illegal, im just concerned that there may be a quarantine issue regarding plant/fungal material being imported?