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    EGA's Psilocybe subaeruginosa Reference Guide + Videos

    in Mycology

    Posted · Edited by RonnySimulacrum

    Nice work obtuse and EGA team! 


    Friend of EGA, fungi educator, and psychedelic mushroom expert Caine Barlow has been generous enough to help us develop this unique resource reviewing the current literature and community knowledge around P. subaeruginosa. The reference guide includes species and habitat descriptions, history, pharmacology, poisonous lookalikes and other safety and legal issues. Caine has also helped us include a fantastic list of related resources, making it easy for the mycologically minded to get up to speed on the current research, and for Australian fungi foragers to choose the guidebook most suited to their needs. The guide is very visual and includes images by EGA community including Tannar Coolhaas, Beau Meister, Konan Farrelly-Horsfall, and EGA's Jonathan Carmichael.
     

    Caine is also responsible for

    that gives a much broader overview of Australian Psilocybe species and their lookalikes.
     

    If you find this resource helpful, please support EGA so we can make more!


    You can download the PDF via this webpage.

     

    Also See this Active Mushroom Video Playlist -

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    Developing simple Loph sp. descriptions

    in Cacti & Succulents

    Posted · Edited by Wile E. Peyote

    The most useful resources I've been able to find are;
    https://www.magicactus.com/description.html?fbclid=IwAR0AtmxZUaATMV6rakuosLgZe4NAv74E8njDf4wNUKiWoUyHBGZr2rnh8FU

    https://cactusconservation.org/CCI/library/2009_Snicer_TheLittlestLophophora.pdf

     

    I've given up on trying to use flower descriptions to distinguish species for the moment, although I'm happy to hear more opinions on this. My current simple descriptive overview is;

     

    Lophophora sp. can be found in northern Mexico and southern USA. Šnicer et al. (2009) recognise these plants in two different categories – section Lophophora and section Diffusae.

     

    L. williamsii is the only species within the Lophophora section, although two different forms within this section are commonly identified – northern and southern. Within section Diffusae there are four species – L. diffusa, L. fricii, L. koehresii and L. alberto-vojtechii.

     

    These species are all somewhat similar in shape, with a flat to convex crown, cone shaped root and a tendency to grow in clumps. A key difference between plants in the Lophophora and Diffusae sections is that plants in the former group contain approximately 10-20 times the concentration of mescaline of plants in the latter group. Further, L. williamsii are autogamous, while plants in the Diffusae section are heterogamous. Diffusae Lophophora sp. (except for L. alberto vojtechii) tend to have a greater number of ribs (up to 21) than L. williamsii (up to 13). Diffusae ribs also tend to be undulating, while L. williamsii ribs are typically straight. L. williamsii skin is often thicker, tougher and darker than the skin of plants in the Diffusae section.

     

    Developing simple Loph sp. descriptions

    in Cacti & Succulents

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    I’m hoping to describe L. williamsii, L. diffusa, L. fricii, L. koehresii and L. alberto-vojtechii using about three sentences for each. I’d like for these descriptions to focus on traits that can be used to distinguish each species from one another, with minimal technical language to increase accessibility for a mainstream audience.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    I have tried comparing the original published descriptions of each these species but 1) they are too long and detailed for the resource I’m producing and 2) different terms are used for similar traits in different species by the authors - because of language choices it is not always clear if a trait is similar or different between species.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Any suggestions for description text or further resources would be greatly appreciated :)

     

     

    In-situ Lophophora conservation

    in Cacti & Succulents

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    Just linking some relevant discussion from another thread: 

     No, I don't believe this situation has a parallel with these First Nations Australian issues. As a colonial white person I'm always hesitant to discuss indigenous issues, especially from a different country from the one I reside in, but I respect KT as an expert on this, he has dedicated his life to these plants. I've heard similar arguments being made by Martin Terry, most recently in the Peyote Files series. I'm yet to be convinced conservation is at the heart of the NAC's involvement of this issue.

    Matucana Pachanoi seeds and clones

    in Cacti & Succulents

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    Landrace seems like a bit of a murky concept but I would assume most/all landrace seed is OP, so it is always going to be a lucky dip purchasing such seeds based on the appearance of the mother plant alone. There is a still chance that they will become spineless over time, good luck!

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