Strain
Psilocybe caerulescens
- Species
- Psilocybe caerulescens
- Lineage
- Originally documented near Montgomery, Alabama in 1923; common in northern Georgia and central Mexico, documented
- Also called
- Derrumbe, Landslide mushroom
Psilocybe caerulescens is a Psilocybe caerulescens species page (Originally documented near Montgomery, Alabama in 1923; common in northern Georgia and central Mexico, documented). Its page starts from the growing conditions below; members' grow reports and photos fill in the rest.
Photos
Psilocybe caerulescens — wild species photo (identification as recorded by the photographer, not a cultured specimen).Photo: Evlyshroom, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Add a note
Psilocybe caerulescens, a cluster in grassland (Costa Rica).Photo: Fabs1009, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Add a note
Psilocybe caerulescens, wild (Jalisco, Mexico).Photo: Alan Rockefeller, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Add a note
Summary
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Growing Psilocybe caerulescens
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At a glance
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- Grows on
- Soil or leaf litter
- Lineage and origin
- Originally documented near Montgomery, Alabama in 1923; common in northern Georgia and central Mexico, documented
- Traits
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- Similar strains
- Alacabenzi, Albino Penis Envy, Escondido, Lizard King
Timeline
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- Days to
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- To harvest
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- Flushes
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Climate
Typical range for the species, not tested on this strain.
- Colonizing
- 75–80 °F
- 70–75 °F, 90–95%
- Fresh air ()
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- Light
- indirect 6500K 12/12, or indirect sunlight
Substrate and casing
- Substrate
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What it looks like
- Phenotype
- Convex cap 1-10cm, yellowish-brown to reddish-brown with a silvery-blue metallic sheen; readily bruises blue; stipe 5-13cm also bluing; gills mature whitish to dark violaceous-brown.
- When to pick ()
- Wild fruiting June-October, especially after ground disturbance (landslides) on muddy, sunny, disturbed soil.
Common problems
- Reported
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Grow reports (0)
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Recipes growers used
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Notes from growers
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