Strain
PES Amazonian
- Species
- Psilocybe cubensis
- Lineage
- Traced to wild cubensis from the Amazon basin in South America.
- Also called
- Amazon, Amazonian
Slightly warmer fruiting than Jack.
Photos

Wild Psilocybe cubensis from Aguaytía, Ucayali, in the Peruvian Amazon. A regional species photo, not PES Amazonian.Photo: NOYA RAO, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Add a note

Wild Psilocybe cubensis from Mocoa, Putumayo, in the Colombian Amazon. A regional species photo, not PES Amazonian.Photo: Brayan Coral Jaramillo, CC BY-SA 3.0 (listed by Mushroom Observer as "Creative Commons Wikipedia Compatible v3.0"), via Mushroom Observer Add a note
Summary
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Growing PES Amazonian
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At a glance
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Grows on
- Dung (manure-loving, like cubensis)
- Lineage and origin
- Traced to wild cubensis from the Amazon basin in South America.From commercial strain descriptions; not independently verified.
- Traits
- beginner-friendly
- Similar strains
- Ajax, Albino A+, Albino Louisiana, Albino Penis Envy
Timeline
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- Days to
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- To harvest
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- Flushes
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Climate
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- Colonizing
- 75–81 °F
- 72–78 °F, 90–95%
- Fresh air ()
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- Light
- Indirect 6500K 12/12 or a bright room.
Substrate and casing
- Substrate
- Dung, Straw, Various grains
- 1 inch 50/50 (coir & verm) (two quart jars of coir PC'd beforehand; spots patched with coco coir on 08/21)
What it looks like
- Phenotype
- Quite large; per a grower resembles B+ Type 2
- Average fruit body heights over six inches; caps one to two inches with pronounced central nipple; cap dark red early, maturing to light tan/almost white near gills
- When to pick ()
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Common problems
- Reported
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Grow reports (0)
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Three fields is enough: setup, days to pins, and how it went.
Recipes growers used
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Notes from growers
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