Berengar

Ah, Lepista nuda, blewits. Strong taste, firm texture, quite good in stews and with venison. Way too expensive at $30 per pound tough.

Yup, P. subaeruginosa! Very pretty ones at that!

What are they supposed to be? Latin name? Picture? Ive only ever seen various Psilocybe species refered to as blue foots.

I have one macrogonus from koehres that looks more and more like chiloensis to me every day, rough epidermis, huge wolly areoles, 8+ thick long spines etc. I ll post more pictures as it matures. To me, the name macrogonus doesnt make much sense, just an old name for peruvianus, from which they dont differ almost at all, or a completely different, ramdom mislabeled plant.

Some consider them as no1 edible mushroom, i find them rather bland and too soft. They have to be very young and completely white, and cooked imediately, they dont keep well at all. Their mycelium is a worthy addition to the compost pile.

Got them yesterday as well, thank you very much!!

Season, habitat and general appearance rule out C. molybdites almost certainly. But by all means, if you think about eating them, check the spore print first.

Chlorophyllum brunneum.

Yup.

I most certainly did! And not for the first time.

Copelandia species.

A stunningly beautiful one! I'd guess Stapelia arenosa or something very close.

Angolluma Caralluma Ceropegia Desmidorchis Duvalia Echidnopsis Edithcolea Frerea Hoodia Huernia Huerniopsis Larryleachia Notechidnopsis Orbea Orbeopsis Piaranthus Pachycymbium Pectinaria Pseudolithos Pseudopectinaria Quaqua Rhytidocaulon Stapelia Stapelianthus Stapeliopsis Tavaresia Tridentea Tromotriche Whitesloanea

I'm pretty sure they are the 'European Predominant cultivar'. They are very common in Italy, I was talking to a nursery owner at a geardening fair who was selling theese, and he said they originaly came from a Nederland supplier. They are supposedly seed grown from Karol Knize's lot. The guy said they were great in every way a Trichocereus should be, fast growing, cold tolerant etc.,but I didn't buy any as I spent all my money on various Turbinicarpus.

I'll grab one of the overseas packs! That is an amazing cross, and the pach is a real beauty! Thank you for your generosity!

http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/19914655/fpart/1/vc/1

Not really saying they look the same, but that they both came from Koehres 'T. macrogonus' seed, and don't look like a variant of T. peruvianus like common 'macrogonus' clones. My plant is still very young, but I do see similarities to yours in new growth. Large, furry areoles, spine position, colour of new spines, skin colour.

Hey Philocacti, here's my 'T. macrogonus'. It's still too young to tell what it is, but it definitely doesn't seem like a 'normal' peruvianoid macrogonus to me. I'm not too worried about putting a label on it, it has potential to become an amazing looking plant if it continues like this.

No luck here either. It hasn't been that long, but all the others sown at the same time are already of grafting size.

Beautiful plants Philocacti! This definitely doesn't look to me like the kind we call macrogonus today, Much closer to the tacaquirensis complex IMO, or a hybrid. I probably have the same plant growing, got it in a trade a few years ago as T. macrogonus, and it more than likely came from Koehres as well. It is grafted onto Opuntia now, and I'm following it's progress with great interest. I was suspecting it to be something like tacaquirensis because of the growth habit, much different than peruvianus group, the spines are different, areoles are different, skin is rougher etc. Your plant confirms my suspicions. But they are beautiful, I hope mine grows up looking like yours!

Now when I see the prices on ebay, I kinda wish I bought one of these at the gardening fair a few months ago. Both were 35 Euro, around 4 ft tall, the pachanoi on the right was a bit bigger. But they were too big for me, if they were smaller I would have bought at least one, they were really good looking plants. Some of the bluest Trichs I've seen!

'Pupping like mad' would to me be a clear sign of far too much nitrogen. Maybe try feeding them every other watering, or switch to a fertilizer with lower nitrogen content.

Some other signs of overfertilization and/or overwatering, more immediate ones, can be splitting and uncontrolled pupping. Especially in grafts of slower growing species, IME, Ariocarpus just start pupping like mad, from every areole, and Astrophytums tend to split easily (Selenicereus rootstock as well). On the other hand, Trichocereus will love the same feeding regime, so you really have to adjust based on the species.

How many people are eligible?

You sure have a great memory, man!