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Astoria Ossip Strain spores of Psilocybe azurescens were originally harvested from wild in 1995. It was originally thought to be Psilocybe cyanescens by it's original collectors but after careful observation and study, it was reclassified as P. azurescens. 

Psilocybe cyanescens (ed. azurescens) Astoria Ossip made its way to Europe from the northern U.S., but may well have originated elsewhere, even -as a mycologist pointed out- from (sub)tropical mountain areas. Like Psilocybe cyanescens (Wakefield), the "Wavy Cap" known from Britain and US., it needs a few weeks of cold (near freezing weather for fruiting), and seems to feed on any kind of wood, cardboard or similar. Mycelium and fruiting bodies are strongly bluing and the latter have an entheogenic potency, which was described as 'at least twice that of Ps. cub.' and 'not weaker than Ps. semilanc.' after comparisons with dried and weighed samples. The caps of Ps. cy. A. O., which easily grow bigger than 3" in dia, are often distinctly umbonate and rarely wavy, and there is other hints, that it may just as well be a species closely related to, but not identical with Psilocybe cyanescens.


B Plus Strain Cap: 25-75 mm in diameter, hemispheric to convex expanding to broadly convex to nearly plane with age. Dark red maturing to golden brown. Surface viscid with apparent gelatinous layer when very wet, soon smooth from drying. Fine fibrillose veil remnants when young that soon disappear. Flesh white soon bruising bluish green.

Stem: 150-200+ mm in length. Typically equal, sometimes slightly enlarged at base, sometimes contorted. Yellowish to buff with a reflective sheen, bruising bluish, hollow. Partial veil membranous leaving a persistent membranous annulus that is well dusted with purplish brown spores even before tearing away from the cap.

Gills: Attachment adnate to adnexed. Grayish coloration in young fruit bodies becoming nearly black in maturity. 

Spores: Dark purplish brown, subellipsoid, 13 by 8 micrometers on 4-spored basidia.

Formerly misrepresented as Psilocybe azurescens.

Detail of separable gelatinous pellicle: This feature seems to be unique to the "B+" among cubensis. When young and fully hydrated the cap has a transparent amber colored layer of cells that quickly oxidizes upon removal to a more opaque blue gray color. The texture is like a thin stretchable layer of gelatin. Note the area where the pellicle has been removed is dull. 


Burma Strain specimen was collected from buffalo dung in an unplanted rice paddie outside the city of Yangoon, Burma. Original collection supplied via Mushroom John by way of a gift from a Thai student who spent time collecting mushroom samples around Yangoon (formaly Rangoon), Burma (now Myanmar).

Cap: 25-50+ mm in diameter, convex to broadly convex to plane at maturity. Reddish cinnamon brown maturing to golden brown to light yellow with nearly white edges. Surface dry lacking remnants of universal veil on cap (spots). Flesh white soon bruising bluish green.

Stem: 150+ mm in length, yellowish. Flesh bruising bluish green where injured. Persistent membranous annulus (ring) from partial veil that becomes dusted with purple brown spores at maturity.

Gills: Attachment adnate to adnexed. Grayish coloration in young fruit bodies becoming nearly black in maturity. 

Spores: Dark purplish brown, subellipsoid on 4-spored basidia.


Cambodian Strain - There are several similar species of Copelandia, most differing from each other only microscopically. The strains offered here are probably cyanescens, but they have not been indentified with any certainty.


Dung Blue Ringer, Wild Strain is Similar to Psilocybe semilanceata in appearance and often found growing in the same areas. Psilocybe subfimetaria unlike Psilocybe semilanceata has a ring on the stem (often blue).


Elixier Strain - Source material for this strain was originally secured from Elixier Entheobotanic. The original material was incorrectly labeled as Ps. cyanescens. Discovery of the false labeling was only known when outdoor fruits produced with this sample showed classic Ps. azurescens expressions.

The prints offered from this species are collected from outside beds. Prints provided come in a range of sizes from 1 inch to well over 2 inches in diameter. Regardless of size, all prints come from the same cloned parent mycelium and are identical. Expect medium to heavy spore deposits.


Ecuador Strain Cap: 50-75 mm in diameter, convex to broadly convex to plane with obtuse umbo at maturity. Dark reddish cinnamon brown maturing to golden brown. Surface dry with pronounced and persistent remnants of universal veil on cap (spots). Flesh white soon bruising bluish green.

Stem: 200+ mm in length, pale yellowish to buff. Flesh bruising bluish green where injured. Persistent membranous annulus (ring) from partial veil that becomes dusted with purple brown spores at maturity.

Gills: Attachment adnate to adnexed. Grayish coloration in young fruit bodies becoming nearly black in maturity. 

Spores: Dark purplish brown, subellipsoid on 4-spored basidia.


Fly Agaric Strain like the chanterelle, is a mycorrhizal species that resists laboratory cultivation attempts. It requires a living host seedplant, typically a tree or shrub. Spores will not germinate on normal agar medias intended for saprophytic species. A slim chance of successful cultivation might be achieved by placing spores near the roots of a host plant seedling and then planting it in a suitable area and climate. Locally, A. muscaria is often associated with shore pine and some other conifers such as douglas fir and spruce. It is rumored that a German or Austrian facility may have cultivated this species in the lab. Any information would be appreciated. Spores are white and placed on red paper. The prints are enormous, so expect a partial section of approximately 2 square inches.

This picture is a good representation of the form and color of the strain who's spores we are offering.


Golden Teacher Strain Cap: 50+ mm in diameter, convex to broadly convex to plane at maturity. Reddish cinnamon brown maturing to golden brown to light yellow. Surface dry with pronounced and persistent remnants of universal veil on cap (spots). Flesh white soon bruising bluish green.

Stem: 125+ mm in length, yellowish. Flesh bruising bluish green where injured. Persistent membranous annulus (ring) from partial veil that becomes dusted with purple brown spores at maturity.

Gills: Attachment adnate to adnexed. Grayish coloration in young fruit bodies becoming nearly black in maturity. 

Spores: Dark purplish brown, subellipsoid on 4-spored basidia.


Grass Rotting Psilocybe Strain - the identification of this psilocybe species is tentative until microscopic examination is complete. The specimens were collected in the South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve near Coos Bay, Oregon. They were found growing from a large white mass of mycelium that had colonized a patch of decaying grasses.

The mushrooms in this collection did not stain blue and are not expected to contain any hallucinogenic compounds.


Huautla Strain Origin: Oaxaca, Mexico

Cap: 50 mm in diameter, obtusely conic to hemispheric. Yellowish brown maturing to light yellow. Surface dry with few remnants of universal veil on cap (spots). Flesh white soon bruising bluish green.

Stem: 150-275 mm in length, yellowish. Flesh bruising bluish green where injured. Persistent membranous annulus (ring) from partial veil that becomes dusted with purple brown spores at maturity.

Gills: Attachment adnate to adnexed. Grayish coloration in young fruit bodies becoming nearly black in maturity. 

Spores: Dark purplish brown, subellipsoid on 4-spored basidia.

The Huautla strain of Psilocybe cubensis is a recent collection from the wilds of southern Mexico in the region of Oaxaca near the village of Huautla de Jimenez. Huautla de Jimenez has gained notoriety as the hometown of mushroom shaman Maria Sabina.

In 1954 Gordon Wasson and Allan Richardson became the first Caucasians to participate in a mushroom ceremony, conducted under the guidance of Maria Sabina near the village of Huautla de Jimenez. Wasson and Richardson each consumed specimens of Psilocybe caerulescens var. mazatecorum.


Jalisco Strain, (Pajaritos, Teonanacatl) Strain is the sacred Teonanacatl or God's Flesh in the Aztec language. Rediscovered by Roger Heim in 1956 and used by Dr. Albert Hoffman in the first isolation of psilocybin and psilocin.


Jamaican Strain - There are several similar species of Copelandia, most differing from each other only microscopically. The strains offered here are probably cyanescens, but they have not been indentified with any certainty.


Malabar Strain Origin: Malabar Coast, India

Cap: 50+ mm in diameter, broadly convex to plane at maturity. Yellowish brown maturing to yellow with a darker center. Surface dry with small remnants of universal veil on cap (spots). Flesh white soon bruising bluish green.

Stem: 150 mm in length, yellowish. Flesh bruising bluish green where injured. Persistent membranous annulus (ring) from partial veil that stays tenaciously attached between cap and stem until the mushroom reaches full maturity. Even fully mature specimens may still have this veil attached.

Gills: Attachment adnate to adnexed. Grayish coloration in young fruit bodies becoming somewhat darker at maturity.

Spores: Dark purplish brown, subellipsoid on 4-spored basidia. This strain is a very poor spore depositor and as a result specimens are only available for microscopy use in spore syringe form.


Mazatapec Strain Origin: Mexico 

Cap: 50+ mm in diameter, convex to broadly convex at maturity occasionally with acute umbo. Dark cinnamon brown maturing to golden brown. Surface dry lacking remnants of universal veil on cap (spots). Flesh white soon bruising bluish green.

Stem: 75-125 mm in length, yellowish to buff. Flesh bruising bluish green where injured. Persistent membranous annulus (ring) from partial veil that becomes dusted with purple brown spores at maturity.

Gills: Attachment adnate to adnexed. Grayish coloration in young fruit bodies becoming nearly black in maturity. 

Spores: Dark purplish brown, subellipsoid on 4-spored basidia.


Nepal, Chitwan Strain Origin: Nepal, Chitwan. Original collection material was obtained by Baerbel near the Chitwan Jungle of Nepal. Three specimens were located in otherwise dry climate conditions, growing in tall grass and shaded by a nearby tree. Specimens picked from what appeared to be either elephant or rhino dung. Original sample specimen pictures below and right.

Cap: 20-70 mm in diameter, hemispheric expanding to nearly plane with age. Golden brown maturing to light brown. Fine fibrillose veil remnants when young that soon mostly disappear. Flesh yellowish white soon bruising bluish green.

Stem: 150-200+ mm in length. Typically equal, sometimes slightly enlarged at base. Yellowish to buff with a reflective sheen, bruising bluish, semi hollow with remains of the partial veil.

Gills: Attachment adnate to adnexed. Yellowish coloration in young fruit bodies becoming darker in maturity. Remains of the partial veil attached at the outer circumference of the cap.

Spores: Dark purplish brown, subellipsoid on 4-spored basidia.


Pajaritos Strain-A, (Teonanacatl) Strain is the sacred Teonanacatl or God's Flesh in the Aztec language. Rediscovered by Roger Heim in 1956 and used by Dr. Albert Hoffman in the first isolation of psilocybin and psilocin.


Pajaritos Strain-B, (Teonanacatl) Strain is the sacred Teonanacatl or God's Flesh in the Aztec language. Rediscovered by Roger Heim in 1956 and used by Dr. Albert Hoffman in the first isolation of psilocybin and psilocin.


Penis Envy Strain Origin: Columbia, South America

Cap: 50+ mm in diameter, campanulate, golden brown to yellow. Surface dry and lacks remnants of universal veil on cap (spots). Flesh white soon bruising bluish green. The caps do not develop normally and suffer diminished spore production. Due to the fact that only 10-25% of the mushrooms produced visible spore prints and laboratories can only produce a few large specimens, spores are difficult to acquire in volume. 

Stem: 125-275 mm in length, contorted often bulbous near the middle, pale yellow to buff. Flesh bruising bluish green where injured. No persistent annulus but an annular zone can be distinguished on the stems surface.

Gills: Attachment adnate to adnexed, very close, underdeveloped. Grayish coloration in young fruit bodies that darkens slightly in age.

Spores: Few but dark purplish brown in volume, subellipsoid on 4-spored basidia.


PES Amazonian Strain Origin: Unclear, possibly the Amazon as the name suggests. PES stock (Pacific Exotica Spora)

Cap: 25-50+ mm in diameter, convex to broadly convex to plane at maturity often with persistent acute umbo (nipple). Reddish cinnamon brown maturing to golden brown to light yellow with nearly white edges. Surface dry lacking remnants of universal veil on cap (spots). Flesh white soon bruising bluish green.

Stem: 150+ mm in length, yellowish. Flesh bruising bluish green where injured. Persistent membranous annulus (ring) from partial veil that becomes dusted with purple brown spores at maturity.

Gills: Attachment adnate to adnexed. Grayish coloration in young fruit bodies becoming nearly black in maturity.


PES Hawaiian Strain Origin: Unknown, Psilocybe cubensis is not documented to be present in Hawaii. PES stock (Pacific Exotica Spora)

Cap: 25-75 mm in diameter, convex to broadly convex to plane at maturity. Reddish cinnamon brown maturing to golden brown to light yellow. Surface dry with often-persistent remnants of universal veil on cap (spots). Flesh white soon bruising bluish green.

Stem: 125-175 mm in length, yellowish. Flesh bruising bluish green where injured. Persistent membranous annulus (ring) from partial veil that becomes dusted with purple brown spores at maturity.

Gills: Attachment adnate to adnexed. Grayish coloration in young fruit bodies becoming nearly black in maturity. 

Spores: Dark purplish brown, subellipsoid on 4-spored basidia.


Pollock Strain 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.


Puerto Rican Strain Origin: Puerto Rico, near the town of Canovanas located on the Northeast side of the island.

Cap: 50-75 mm in diameter, convex to broadly convex to nearly plane at maturity. Brown maturing to golden brown to light yellow. Surface dry with fine persistent remnants of universal veil on cap (spots). Flesh white soon bruising bluish green.

Stem: 125+ mm in length, yellowish. Flesh bruising bluish green where injured. Persistent membranous annulus (ring) from partial veil that becomes dusted with purple brown spores at maturity.

Gills: Attachment adnate to adnexed. Grayish coloration in young fruit bodies becoming nearly black in maturity. 

Spores: Dark purplish brown, subellipsoid on 4-spored basidia.

Form can be quite variable under laboratory conditions. Noted as exceptionally toxic for the species.


Spanish Psilocybe Strain - Psilocybe hispanica is a recently described temperate species from Spain. Few details are known.


Treasure Coast Strain Origin: Florida, Southern Gulf Coast, USA

Cap: 15-25 mm in diameter, convex to broadly convex to plane at maturity. Brown maturing to golden brown to light yellow. Surface dry with a few small remnants of universal veil on cap (spots). Flesh white soon bruising bluish green.

Stem: 50-125 mm in length, yellowish. Flesh bruising bluish green where injured. Persistent membranous annulus (ring) from partial veil that becomes dusted with purple brown spores at maturity.

Gills: Attachment adnate to adnexed. Grayish coloration in young fruit bodies becoming nearly black in maturity.


Washington Strain Origin: Washington state, USA


Weil's Psilocybe Strain - newly described species. Psilocybe weilii was first reported in Cherokee County, Georgia in 1995.