Not 'stones' fruit!

[husk]

Hello all!

Just a question;

does anyone know anything about the activity/potency/chemical constituents of the fruit bodies of psilocybe tampanensis??

I have known and can find plenty about the sclerotia of this mushroom but nothing about the actual fruit unlike the well documented ps. mexicana.

Any info/sites anyone knows of that would aid me in my interests is greatly appreciated.

Peace ppls

x husk

[Ace]

I was under the impression that tampenensis didnt produce regular 'fruits' in the same way as other typical fungi - the stones were in fact the fruits that had mutated (I'm sure there is a better word), but still contain viable spores (a reason why tampenensis prints are very hard to come by). I could be very wrong, so dont quote me on that

[shruman]

They deffinitely produce fruit, small petite fibrous fruit bodies, I have no idea about potency although I would suspect it to be very similiar to mexicana.

[Coschi]

yes they fruit i believe

http://www.shamanic-extracts.com/xcart/sha...ampanensis.html

so what exactly is the sclerotia?

A sclerotium (plural: sclerotia) is a hardened mass of mycelium which is more resistant to adverse environmental conditions than normal mycelium.

Sclerotia form from the mycelium of certain mushroom species as a defense mechanism against dryness, cold, heat, or excessive moisture. Sclerotia contain approximately 30% dry matter. The potency of dry sclerotia is around 2/3 that of dry Psilocybe cubensis fruitbodies.

i see

three schooners for lunch makes for superhappyfuntime lex

whoooo

[naja naja]

http://sporeworks.com/store/catalog/Psiloc...ck-p-16231.html

[Ace]

Sorry, I stand more than corrected! Please ignore my above post, it was ignorant and lazy and should not have been made.

[naja naja]

lol, don't worry dude. I mistakenly ID'd a hakea as a wattle the other week.

[Ace]

lol, don't worry dude. I mistakenly ID'd a hakea as a wattle the other week.

Haha, I know the feeling - I have a garden full of hakeas - so you could imagine my excitement when I first learnt of DMT Man, was I ever dissapointed

[apothecary]

I think there is only one recorded wild sighting of a P. tampanensis fruit in Tampa, Florida in 1972 or something like that.

The fruit and sclerotia of tampanensis is much more potent than mexicana strain A.

Apparently a rough equivalent is similar to Copelandia cyanences.

You can check the nook, numerous people have successfully fruited cultivated mycelium, but again, keep in mind, only one wild sighting ever.

[naja naja]

This mushroom has an interesting history. All cultures or spore specimens in circulation today originated from a single specimen found outside of Tampa, Florida in 1977. It has never been seen growing wild in Florida since. A second reported sighting has been made in Mississippi, but no culturable material was collected. Over the years the limited gene pool and successive clonings has degenerated most commercially available strains.

[lampy]

originated from a single specimen found outside of Tampa, Florida in 1977

thats crazy hey?

is mexicana quite a rare fungi in the wild?

[Zen Peddler]

Not only do tamps produce fruits, but they are the most potent you can grow indoors.

[Hyphal]

Are you speaking from experience Zen? Where do you get your info from?

[watertrade]

While we are on the topic...

I'm interested in getting hold of any sclerotia forming fungi if anyone has any.

please let me know.

cheers

[apothecary]

Are you speaking from experience Zen? Where do you get your info from?

You can confirm by doing a small amount of research on the shroomery.

[Zen Peddler]

Teonan grew these out as part of his work on calaloging the cystidial forms of various active species - he reckons these little guys blew his fucking head off...