/r/cyanescensPNW
A specialized community of people from the Pacific Northwest who like to ask questions, share pictures/info, and learn more about Psilocybe Cyanescens!
/r/cyanescensPNW
I’m thinking of getting a spore syringe and trying to get some cyanescens growing in my backyard. Right now it’s about high of 80ish and low 55ish in my area but it will get up to 105-110 late summer. Is my environment fine or will I just be wasting my time?
Hi everybody, I was looking to try start a patch in the back yard does any one have some tips that might lead to a successful effort? I relocated some colonized material from a patch that produced a fair amount of wavy caps to a fairly shady location in my back yard. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks.
Hi friends- I bought some psilocybin cyanescens spore syringes and now I am worried I got scammed because I don't think they can be grown indoors. If that is the case, do you think I could inoculate the mulch or woodchips around my house with the syringe directly? I live in Oregon near OSU and I know their campus is ripe with them...
Any advice helps! Thanks.
Hey what's up!
Djbabyjesus here...I've experienced Wood lovers paralysis at least 20-30 times. The last time was this year on my drive home from the coast. Lucky the symptoms were only mild so I was able get to a safe place and wait it out. I wrote the original Benadryl/histamine thread on the shroomery called "the cure for azurescens paralysis". That thread is where the idea came from that 'histamine could be the cause of WLP because Benadryl (an anti histamine) as shown to reduce the effects.' I just posted a thread clearing up some of the myths about taking antihistamines as a treatment for WLP.
Here are the techniques I use to prevent Wood lover paralysis:
Boil....We are dealing with a polymer type substance, made from a bunch of 4,5-HO-DMT/4,5-HO-TMT molecules stuck together, we need to break it down back into 4,5-HO-DMT. I do this using heat... like boil them for at least 20-30 mins. (yes its ok) or
Expose then to high acidic or basic environments such as in an A/B extraction of DMT. If I decide to do a "lemon tek" I let it sit 12-24 hrs.
Avoid large mature fruits as the more mature they are the more likely they contain the paralyzing drug as it it is produced after psilocybin, thus later in the lifecycle of the mushroom. Smaller, less mature fruits have been reported to have positive results in avoiding WLP.
I grind all of them up together, big and small, then heat in chocolate for 20-30mins before I lay my bars. This seems to work however they are so FN strong it's hard to eat more than .5 at a time. I have personally gotten up to 5g in a night with no WLP using the heating in chocolate method. Sometimes I make a 'hot chocolate' bar and toss the whole thing in boiling water, then drink.
Obviously dosage is a factor. There is a wide range of dosages reported to cause WLP. Some of this is dependent on the person's bio chemistry. In general, under .5grams is usually safe and or should only cause mild WLP symptoms. IME there is a range from 0.5g-7g in which WLP can present itself. Some phenos can cause moderate to heavy WLP at about gram and up. With other phenos I can eat more of and be fine. Up around 7 grams. I've eaten 3.5 of cyanescens and been fine. Then the next day taken 7g and lost complete motor control for 12 hrs. So it's good to be aware this can happen even in mushrooms that were safe at lower dosages.
Avoid that patch altogether. Some Phenotypes are better than others. I've had some that cause WLP in under a gram and some that take over 5g to cause WLP. I've found certain locations are better than others for avoiding WLP. For example, the closer to the mouth of the Columbia you found them, the MORE likely a person will experience WLP. Especially the parks. They are notorious for WLP. I keep saying it, people should stop picking at the parks unless they are experienced in preventing and treating wood lovers paralysis.
If you want coastal azurescens that don't cause WLP, what I do is follow the deer/elk. They have been eating these things for a while and I have found evidence of a natural selection. Basically the azures come from one specific area up river (an island). They were originally part of a mycoremediation project in the late 60s early 70's. That area flooded, depositing the original azurescens phenotypes via drift wood along the mouth of the Columbia. The highest concentration of WLP causing phenotypes are from these driftwood deposits.
When the deer/elk ate the new food source, some got wood lovers paralysis, and some were able to walk, spreading the better phenos up and down the coastline. The further I get from the mouth of the river, the less WLP I experience. Once I get 5-20 miles from the mouth, I stop getting wood lovers paralysis at typical dosages (0.5-5grams).
Oregon Coast Cyanescens with Elk skat.
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I know In the PNW we just got a bad storm full of ice and snow. Then this week it's been fairly mild and moist Is there any possibility of still getting some fruits if it stays like this for a little bit.
I have apply for the pnp program on 15 Nov 2023. It almost more than 2 month still not got the application number or case number. It usually it 1 month.
Any suggestions?
Going to Rockaway beach for my birthday! Never hunted the coast before so I’m excited. Any spots I should check?
This single fruit brings more joy to me than a hundred found out in the wild. 1 year old patch producing single fruits, hoping for a plentiful harvest next season
Found today! Season is still going..
I understand that the fall cyanescens season (and mushroom season in general) ends when temperatures hit freezing and particularly when the ground freezes. I’ve been looking at Seattle weather reports and it seems we’re now hitting 31 or 32 °F at night from time to time. Is this enough to kill off the cyans? If not, how bad does it have to get?
Good idea or bad idea? I don’t have tons and tons of cyans maybe 3 or 4 grams… but lots of cubes of various strains just wondering if anyone here has experience with mixing these thanks!
Not looking for positive ID .. Does this look consistence with ‘blue bruising ‘ 🙏🏼