Mushrooms @lemmy.world sploosh @lemmy.world 11mo ago

Psilocybe cyanescens

I found this little fella (as well as a number of his friends) outside. It's cold and wet, so I brought them in where they can get warm and dry out. Remember folks, if you're cold they're cold.

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Whatever you do, just don't dry it out and eat it.
You don't just eat them immediately and say fuck it we ball?
Wish I knew where to get spores...
- The internet. It's legal to buy them. Literally mushrooms.com
- Doesn't matter. You can't just grow them. You need the right substrate and luck beyond luck.
  
  I tried twice and had no problem getting the mycelium to fully incorporate the substrate but I never got any mushrooms to fruit.
  
  M8 you just need a good ol bag of uncle Ben's rice.
  
  True.
I've heard this is quite a different experience than cubes. Do you have a preference for one or the other?
- If cubes are Labyrinth cyans are The Dark Crystal.
  
  If you had to match each to a Nicholas Cage movie?
- Cyans are the best. Period. I grow cubes. I wish I could grow cyans.
  
  Panaeolus cyanescens can be grown at home - at least there are finished sets, I couldn't get to fruit mine with cow dung, as planned... But the original substrate worked well
  
  There's a guy on shroomery that seemed to have it down to a science a few years ago. It was a little more involved than cubes but not by much. I haven't been active there in a while, I wonder if the process has been simplified since then.
  
  Just remembered that guy grew Panaeolus cyanescens. Not sure if Psilocybe cyanescens can be cultivated.
  
  I've grown Bisporus, which are slower than Cyans. If you know how to pastuerize (which you can do in a dehydrator if you want to make it idiot proof; message me if you want help on this), they're not that hard. They like a lot of FAE and humidity, similar to oyster mushrooms, but people grow those all the time without issue.
  
  Check out Baba Yaga's thread on the shroomery, growing pans in monos. They really don't require a lot of extra shit if you're patient and know how to clone.
  
  https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/27637997/vc/1/nt/59
  
  edit: my bad, these are the woodloving cyans not pan cyans. Anyway, Pans are fucking better than cubes and not hard to grow if you ever want to try.

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