Strain
Psilocybe subaeruginosa
- Species
- Psilocybe subaeruginosa
- Lineage
- Native to Australia and New Zealand
- Also called
- Subs
Grows from wood debris in native forest/pine plantation litter, occasionally on dung. Hobbyist cultivation is a hardwood-chip (eucalyptus favored) outdoor bed relying on natural seasonal cold to trigger fruiting. Note: illegal to cultivate in many jurisdictions.
Photos
Psilocybe subaeruginosa — wild species photo (identification as recorded by the photographer, not a cultured specimen).Photo: Alan Rockefeller, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Add a note
Psilocybe subaeruginosa on pine needles (Melbourne, Australia).Photo: gdowg, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Add a note
Psilocybe subaeruginosa, wild (Melbourne, Australia).Photo: shroomkma, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Add a note
Summary
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Growing Psilocybe subaeruginosa
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At a glance
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Grows on
- Wood (wood-loving, like azurescens)
- Lineage and origin
- Native to Australia and New Zealand
- Traits
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- Similar strains
- Albino Penis Envy, Australia, Panaeolus tropicalis, PE6
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
- Cap 1-6cm, conical to convex, tan to dark/light caramel brown, hygrophanous, sticky when moist, striate margin that uplifts with age; cobweb-like white partial veil when young; bruises bluish.
- When to pick ()
- Fruiting season roughly April-August in the Southern Hemisphere, driven by falling temperature and rising moisture.
Common problems
- Reported
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Notes from growers
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