#Psilocybe
A superb edition of the always-excellent Bureau Of Lost Culture podcast all about the British relationship with psilocybe mushrooms, fascinating on landscape, class, law and literature. Well timed for autumn, except it is a summer-like furnace outside

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Psilocybe Pickers - A Short History of Bemushroomed Britons | Bureau of Lost Culture
For centuries, it seems Britain’s magic mushrooms remained hidden in plain sight—growing in fields, parks, and hillsides. When knowledge of them did emerge, it passed between people through rumours, o...
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October 5, 2026 at 1:12 PM
i have been pronouncing psilocybe, clitocybe, cyclocybe etc incorrectly my whole life 😕
October 4, 2026 at 6:12 AM
Shaggy strain of Psilocybe cubensis - a cross between Golden Teacher and El Choco developed by the www.sporeworks.com labs.

It exhibits dense, stout fruits with exceptionally fibrillose caps resembling the genus Lentinula.

#mushroomsky #fungifriday #fungifriends #photography #mushrooms 🍄📷
October 2, 2026 at 10:59 AM
Discovery of the closest free-living relative of the domesticated ‘magic mushroom’ Psilocybe cubensis in Africa
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Discovery of the closest free-living relative of the domesticated ‘magic mushroom’ Psilocybe cubensis in Africa
Abstract. The psychedelic mushroom Psilocybe cubensis is cultivated worldwide for recreational and medicinal use. Described initially from Cuba in 1906, th
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October 2, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Perhaps the most tragic thing in all this is that the offending growths were identified as Agaricus campanulatus, now known as Panaeolus papilionaceus—which Wikipedia tells me looks like Psilocybe mexicana, which contains psilocybin, while “P. papilionaceus does not”.

The poor bastard
October 2, 2026 at 8:38 AM
once again thinking about Psilocybe cubensis 'Penis envy'
October 1, 2026 at 5:37 AM
Psilocybe and blue tint
Antimicrobial Properties: The compounds formed exhibit antimicrobial effects, helping to protect the mushroom from pathogens.
Deterrent to Herbivores: The blue coloration may act as a visual warning to potential herbivores, indicating that the mushroom has chemical defenses.
September 29, 2026 at 9:37 PM
[hippie burnout voice]

Pea-doom this pea-doom that, man, what if instead of pea dooming all the time we just did p(shrooms)?

So many of our problems would just melt away if we got all the world leaders together and made them eat a bunch of shrooms!
September 29, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Redescubrimiento de Psilocybe collybioides Singer & A.H. Sm. (Hymenogastraceae) en Perú: caracterización morfológica y primera evidencia molecular

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Redescubrimiento de Psilocybe collybioides Singer & A.H. Sm. (Hymenogastraceae) en Perú: caracterización morfológica y primera evidencia molecular | Boletín Micológico
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September 29, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Mushrooms. Had some incredible euphoria melting into the couch & blankets with my fav albums on psilocybe.
Wholly recommended if you have access to any.
September 29, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Melmac strain of Psilocybe cubensis was developed in the 1980’s by mail-order company Homestead Books.

It is considered one of the early PE varieties and the basis for many recent intraspecific crosses.

Also ALF's home planet.

#mushroommonday #mushroomsky #photography #mushrooms #fungifriends 🍄📷
September 28, 2026 at 10:59 AM
Liberty caps (Psilocybe semilanceata) spotted yesterday in a Scottish field. #Fungi #Mushrooms #Mycology #Nature #Photography #Nikon #Scotland
September 27, 2026 at 8:29 PM
me and a mate camped up on these little hills called the fairy glen supposed to be haunted legend said there was one for every day of the year but you couldnt count them and bad things would happen if you tried, they were carpeted in psilocybe shrooms and there were sheep kills, something brought
shit i spent a bit of time in late 80s and early 90s skye before the bridge went up, definite Silent Hill vibes, i could tell you some tales
Playing Silent Hill: Townfall as authentically as possible

That is, on the 2.2" screen of a 90s pocket TV that I'm broadcasting to wirelessly 📡📺
September 25, 2026 at 8:44 PM
September 23, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Durch das Austrocknen Afrikas wichen Menschenaffen der Art Homo erectus aus den schwindenden Wäldern in die Savanne aus, wo sie zwecks Jagd Huftierherden folgten.

Auf deren Kot spross der Pilz Psilocybe cubensis. Durch den Konsum veränderte sich das Verhalten der Hominiden auf dreifache Weise:
September 23, 2026 at 12:10 AM
September 22, 2026 at 9:39 PM
psilocybe azurescens make me want to DANCE! never had a fungus do that to me! no bellyache no weird fear just DANCE
September 22, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Psilocybe - Wikipedia
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September 22, 2026 at 12:56 AM
These weren't psilocybe. Smaller and paler. Some sort of bonnet.
September 18, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Pearly Gates - Psilocybe cubensis : a cross between True Albino Teacher (TAT) and the original homestead PE variety Melmac. Produced by mycologist Michael Montgomery. A true albino variety worth collecting and investigating!

#mushroomsky #fungifriday #mushrooms #photography #fungifriends 🍄📷
September 18, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Etc. pp.
Verbreitung Psilocybe semilanceata (Fr.) P. Kumm. 1871
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September 16, 2026 at 8:00 AM
yeah psilocybes are pretty difficult too. we have psilocybe semilanceata here but i kinda feel like even if i was sure about the identification while sober i might start panicking about it while high.
September 15, 2026 at 8:27 PM