If someone is willing to show someone who is respectful of The area, will not overpick, and will spread spores. Please think of me. I'll bring favors for the journey. Either to eat, drink, smoke, or insufflate.

Sorry if this is a dumb question— but do cyans occur naturally in alder groves in the coastal range? Or only when people have inoculated the area?

I keep reading that they are an endemic species. But then I read they are from Australia originally?

Bottom line is, when I’m on logging roads looking for chanterelles, and I see an alder grove, is it worth checking?

Or should I just stick to coastal grasses and wood chips?

Thank you!

I spent 4 hours on foot looking and only found one. I know what I'm looking for and I have picked many of mushroom in my day. I'm just having dog poop luck this year. Can someone point me in the right direction

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Some are a little questionable meaning the cap was maybe a little too mature. Let me know what I could do to maybe salvage them. Thanks!

Found a big patch, dried and set them aside for me and my wife to microdose. Any experiences with this or trip experiences. Thank you.

Please help me I’m in the issaquah Seattle area and I have no idea how to find these little beauties, am I able to find them in a conifer forest area? Or only in city mulch? Any advice would be appreciated

I found the first couple starting to get old today. picked 68g wet from my modest little patch. took some mycelium to a new lil patch I hope to start.

I have a small patch that’s at the base of a large building (SE aspect) up against the concrete foundation. I see people started finding this year’s flush about a week ago, yet I don’t even see pinners at this patch so far. Is it possible that radiant heat from the building might delay the fruiting a bit? It produced quite a bit last year, so I’m also wondering if they do something similar to masting in oaks, where a year or so of no/low yield gives way to a large flush?

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First ones of the season! The big one looks potent with the blue side!

Took 2 grams of Cyanescens last night and nearly lost my mind... These are a year old too! Stored in a mason jar at room temp. Very surprised with the potency these had still.

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I have a few psilocybe cyanescens spore prints and I would love to try to grow them outdoors. Any respected or shareable grow guides or teks you guys have?

Any and all help would be greatly appreciate! :)

I'm seeing lots of posts from Australia of Subs popping.off hard right now. I know we've inherited and naturalized their cyans, is it possible.for us to grow subs in the PNW. Reading psilocybin mushrooms of the world. It looks like their habitat would match habitat in the Northwest.

Just saw my first little baby pin popping up at my backyard spot! This cold snap has been good I think but not sure how they will do with the heat that is supposed to start up this week. Near Olympia . How are y’all’s spots looking?

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.

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This Cyanescens Patch caused Wood Lovers Paralysis @ 1 gram or less in multiple people. Located in Portland, Oregon at an abandoned park.

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:

1. 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

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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).

Deer skat with Azurescens.

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Oregon Coast Cyanescens with Elk skat.

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This is a Pheno of azurescens found 20 miles from the mouth of the Columbia. These have thinner and more reddish colored stems. These have never caused wood lovers paralysis in me or any of my friends. They probably do still cause it, just no has eaten a high enough dose to test.

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From the same patch in the above picture. Different year. In this patch I find a lot more of the thinner, stick like variety that turns reddish and less of the thick white, symmetrical heavy blue staining verities.

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These are from the Oregon side around the mouth of the Columbia. These have white stems, are heavy blue staining, and are very thick all-round. Found Oct 2017 in an area notorious for wood lover paralysis.

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Azurescens from the same location as above. Found June 2022. Thick, white stems, heavy blue staining.

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Azurescens from close to the mouth of the river, Washington side. This location is sightly different than the Oregon side. This location seems to boast the most genetic diversity compared to any other location. Note, the thick, white stems, heavy blue stain, and monstrous size. This area is also notorious for Wood Lovers Paralysis.