psylocybe semilanceolata or something different?

[druglessdouglas]

when collecting shrooms in scotland was still legal i noticed something interesting in my area. while picking p.sem i found a population of VERY strong shrooms. these beauties were very blue even unpicked indicating high psylacin concentrations in undamaged mushrooms. all the literature ive read states only psylocybin should be present in our local species. these lovellys seem to be asociated with cows, and grow on lime rich soil(the bedrock is a lime rich sandstone which is very unusual in this part of the country). do these shrooms represent an anomally or a sub species? also the nipple seems much less pointed and far more rounded. i dont have a powerfull enough microscope to look at the spores.curiouser and curiouser

 

[HappyMind]

Pictures please!

 

[druglessdouglas]

sorry, no pictures. i did take some on my mobile but they were rubbish and that phone is now dead. identical to p.sem only slightly less pointy. ill post pix this august but thats no use today

 

[GOD]

"high psylacin concentrations"

The blueing is not nesecerily an indication that the mushrooms contain Psilocin . Air breaks Psilocybin down to Psilocin so it could mean that they were troden on by cows or that they contain more Psilocybin .

"seem to be asociated with cows"

The strength of mushrooms is geneticaly determined .

"do these shrooms represent an anomally or a sub species?"

That could be but without proper scientific identification its impossible to say . And nobody seems to be interested in that at the moment . I am sure that i know 3 diferent sub types . The normal ones , ones that have a brown ring around the caps and are realy strong , and weak ones i call cow bells because they are 2 to 3 times as big as "normal" Semilanceata .

 

[druglessdouglas]

Blueing in undamaged shrooms. untrodden, no heavy rain, not browning with age or swollen with excess water, rotting, excessively wormy. i mentioned it because some people are interested. me for one.not a lot of profesional mycologists about though.to ask even among my peers

 

[poisoninthestain]

i found a similar species today in my yard. they were def. very potent.

 

[GOD]

Cows weigh ? kilos = ? divided by 4 per 12 cm feet x "x" cows x "x" days of myceleum being trampled on and the ground being compacted . The cows dont ware snow shoes they sink in and make 12 cm holes that are ? deep and the myceleum only grows down a few cms = damage . + i did say it probably comes because of the high Psilocybin content .

I have talked to some of the "experts" in our scene over the last 20 years or more about the strength of P.Semilanceata and about posible sub species but no one seems to be interested = they are realy "b" experts and afraid to put their heads out of the window and speculate and experiment = sheep in a herd . That was one of the good things about uncle Terence , he wasnt afraid to think , speculate and experiment . He was one of the people who brought us new ideas , not like all the "experts" today who havent realy done any reaserch , they just rewrite all the Hofmann books = there has been next to no new knowledge added to our scene for the last 20 years . = People are still talking 30 year old backward crap about Flyagaric , Datura , LSA , indoor grass , shaman , + ? , + ? , + ? ....

I`m not realy the cunt i comeover like , i just like thinking , debateing , brain storming with people .............. and provoking people to think..........

 

[druglessdouglas]

dont worry i dont percieve you as a kunt. ive got an open mind. ive no doubt you know more about shroomery than me hence the (?) in my past ive 20 odd years pickig behind me and noticed subtle differences in character with this population, thats all. ull post GOOD photos in august. id rather interact with goats than sheep anyhoo. as you said not many are interested but i thik more should be