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Strain

Psilocybe allenii

Species
Psilocybe allenii
Lineage
Type collection from a University of Washington campus site in Seattle
Also called
Allen Strain, Cyclone Psilocybe, Psilocybe cyanofriscosa (informal, never validly published)

Cultivated like P. cyanescens: clone wild fruit to agar, bulk to grain spawn, fruit outdoors on hardwood-chip beds (oak, alder, eucalyptus, Douglas fir) using pasteurized chips rather than sterilized-grain monotub banding.

Photos

  • Psilocybe allenii — wild species photo (identification as recorded by the photographer, not a cultured specimen).
    Psilocybe allenii — wild species photo (identification as recorded by the photographer, not a cultured specimen).Photo: Alan Rockefeller, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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  • Psilocybe allenii, a large troop on wood chips.
    Psilocybe allenii, a large troop on wood chips.Photo: Alan Rockefeller, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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  • Psilocybe allenii on irrigated wood chips (San Francisco Bay Area).
    Psilocybe allenii on irrigated wood chips (San Francisco Bay Area).Photo: Martin.jambon, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Growing Psilocybe allenii

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At a glance

Difficulty
Intermediate
Grows on
Wood (wood-loving, like azurescens)
Lineage and origin
Type collection from a University of Washington campus site in Seattle
Traits
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Similar strains
Albino Louisiana, Aztec God, Cuban, Louisiana

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Climate

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Light
indirect 6500K 12/12, or indirect sunlight

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What it looks like

Phenotype
  • Cap 1.5-9cm, broadly convex to flat, brown to buff, hygrophanous, NOT wavy at maturity (key difference from P. cyanescens); white hollow stem 4-7cm; all parts bruise blue.
  • Egg shaped cap when immature
When to pick ()
Wild fruiting late September-January.

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