Psilocybe Semilanceata

[Hippie3]

from our myco DVD

ARCHIVE MATERIAL to exotics

[the_other_chap]

Lil' cuties!

[Hippie3]

i believe those were found in the UK/Wales, maybe scotland ?

[candykid420]

What is this DVD you keep talking about? I might wanna buy one

[Hippie3]

see http://forums.mycotopia.net/showthre...007#post175007

[waylitjim]

These beautiful photos were taken by pilzepilze in Norway and Germany:

"Growing locations: The northern temperate zone. It grows near the coastline and up to a thousand miles from the ocean. You can find it in North-western U.S. Great Britain, Scandinavia, and west Europe. To be found in tall grasses and on cow fields in the fall. Does not grow on dung or in forests.

The fungi usually feels “slimy”, and the thin, bluish skin is easy to peel of. The spores are dark purple. There are a few “look-a likes”; Panaeolina foenisecii, not toxic and different Inocybe mushrooms, some to be toxic (light).

This rather small mushroom grows about 10-12 cm at most. It is not toxic, and contains large amounts of Psilocybin. This mushroom is highly potent, containing as much as 12.8 mg Psilocybin / per gr. When dried. Heim and Hofmann where the first to detect Psilocybin in this mushroom. It also contains Psilocin and small traces of baeocystine. Psilocybine and psilocine are derived from the same basic compound as the brain hormone serotonine. Effect often comes already after consuming only 3-4 fungi.

Effects are: Energy-buzz, distorted colours and colours melting, geometric patterns, audio-visual hallucinations, surroundings becomes weird, tought-activity increased, a visionary state. Recommended dose is 1-3 gr. dried weights until you are familiar with the effects. 20-50 mushrooms are usually a normal dose. Some prefer a intense trip, and will take 200 or more. This will often result in total ego-loss.

Specimens collected, dried and analyzed, were reanalyzed four years later (without refrigeration). They were found to be almost as potent.

It is possible that this mushroom has been used for psychoactive purposes in Central Europe for about 12.000 years. It was also used by the Alpen nomads (which called them; dream mushroom), and by witches in Europe. Today mostly used in some underground circles for its psychoactivity. Especially in Norway and Denmark."

[Hippie3]

possible that this mushroom has been used for psychoactive purposes in Central Europe for about 12.000 years

how'd they get that date ?

[waylitjim]

The above quote was from a "fact sheet" at http://divinorum.org/libertycaps.html.

After digging around, I found this information:

Magic Mushrooms Around the World:
A Scientific Journey Across Cultures and Time: The Case for Challenging Research and Value Systems.
Gartz, Jochen. (1996).

"I believe that historic accounts – including those described below – indicate knowledge of and familiarity with psychotropic mushrooms in Europe that is mostly likely derived from usage of Psilocybes and related species, rather than experience with Amanita muscaria.

Tales of ritualistic mushroom usage have found their way into the realm of myths and legends. Psilocybe semilanceata is the most important psilocybin-containing mushroom in Europe and it thrives in parts of Great Britain, where the mushroom grows abundantly all across the Welsh countryside during the fall season.

The Inquisition was unusually cruel and vicious in the Alpine valleys of Valcamonica, Valtrompia and Valtellina (located in the provinces of Brescia and Sandrio in Northern Italy). ... pastures in the area abound with Psilocybe semilanceata during the fall. ... In light of the medieval accounts describing the practice of witchcraft, it is interesting to note that a subjective sensation of flying or levitation is among the commonly reported effects of psilocybin intoxication.

In the course of the ideological power struggle between Christianity and the remnants of pagan religions that worshipped Nature, many sources of knowledge were lost. The aggressive repression and eradication of pre-Christian customs all but destroyed the continuity of Europe's cultural heritage, along with much historic evidence documenting early cultural practices, including the usage of plants and mushrooms for the purpose of temporary alterations of consciousness.

Some authors went so far as to blame the mushrooms for proverbial fits of "berserk rage" attributed to Nordic warriors. Many accounts detailing the phenomenon allude to a "deception of the eyes" (i.e., visual hallucinations). After the Nordic legal system banished the practice of "going berserk", it disappeared quite suddenly during the 12th century. It is just as plausible, however, to suggest that the hallucinogen of choice among early Nordic cultures was Psilocybe semilanceata, a mushroom species quite common in Norway. ...

It is important to note the existence of ancient Northern European rock drawings that depict various mushroom themes, along with the discovery of bronze-age vessels decorated with mushroom-related artwork. The drawings often include renditions of zoomorphic entities as well as mushrooms. Significantly, they predate any reports and speculations about the Berserkers by over 2,000 years.

These ancient images suggest the evolution of early European mushroom cults – a cultural practice that most likely vanished during the early Iron Age, as did many other customs and social practices from that era. Still, the discovery of ancient Northern European mushroom cults is a powerful piece of evidence supporting the notion that psychoactive mushroom usage has been continuous throughout history."

[TripTout]

Cool shots as always.

[dukex]

Love the post waylit

Berserkers where my favorite characters in "Erik the Viking" lol

Peace...

[dudicus]

Nice pics.

So how unique are Liberty Caps I can't say I have seen other muchrooms that really look like them.

[destroy_erase_improve]

awesome pics, i love the little drawings. its cool to imagine people eating mushrooms that long ago. i like the lil demon/guide thing behind the sitting guy. rad rad rad

[dudicus]

Originally Posted by dudicus

Nice pics.
So how unique are Liberty Caps I can't say I have seen other muchrooms that really look like them.

Wow I obviously didn't read the whole post.
There are a few “look-a likes”; Panaeolina foenisecii, not toxic and different Inocybe mushrooms, some to be toxic (light).
Here is a site with pics from Panaeolina Foenisecii:
http://www.mushroomjohn.com/panaeolinafoenisecii1.htm
If anyone knows any other mushrooms that are look a likes, specifically ones to be toxic Please chime in.

Cap: Campanulate to convex with an incurved margin in the young, expanding to broadly convex with age, sometimes conical and usually zonate (bands or zones of reddish-brown colors or zones frunning from the outer edges of the cap towards the center of the cap). Smokey brown to dull chestnut brown. Hygrophanous and cap skin craking in age or in drying.

Gills:Adnate and soon seceding, close and moderately broad, dark brown and slightly mottled from the uneven ripening of spores.

Stem:40 to80 mm long by 2-3.5 mm thick. Equal, brittle, pruinose and slightly striate and twisted towards the apex. Pallid to whitish and darkening from the base upwards with age. Veil obscure or absent.

Spores:12-17 x 7-9 microns. roughened.

Sporeprintark brown, not black in deposit.

Habitat: Lawns and grassy areas

Distribution: Cosmopolitan appearing scattered to gregarious in lawns and grassy areas around the world, but not in dung.

Season: Fruiting abundantly in the early spring to summer and again in the fall months

Dosage: This species is not psychoactive and never has been. Some analyses have claimed this species as psilocyian but this was because of mixed collections placed together on herbarium sheets (see Allen and Merlin's article:
Observations Regarding the Suspected Psychoactive Properties of Panaeolina foenisecii Maire.

Comment: This species is very close macroscopically to Panaeolus subbalteatus except it is smaller and does not have verticle white grooves runing up and down the stem and it does not stain blue. This species is common in lawns and is known throughout the globe as the "hay Mower's" Mushroom.

[spacecake]

These ones are toxic :
Picture 1: Conocybe Tenera (info Erowid.org)
Picture 2: Coprinus Atrementarius
Picture 3: Mycena Haematopus

[mrg.]

Originally Posted by Hippie3

see http://forums.mycotopia.net/showthre...007#post175007

I'd like a copy.
How would international payments/shipping work? Paypal no option anymore

Thanks.

mrg.

[fucgubarn]

some pics from today,we were triping and walking 8:30 in the morning,it was still very cold,there was grass frost,
was beautiful the whole day,a beutiful season,amazeing trip

[Hippie3]

Originally Posted by mrg.

I'd like a copy.
How would international payments/shipping work? Paypal no option anymore

Thanks.

mrg.

we can do it now the old fashioned way, mail order.
[or paypal if preferred ]
send the $25 to the address listed in that link

[ mycotopia
923 NE Woods Chapel Rd. #184
Lee's Summit, MO 64064 ]

but add an extra $5 for international airmail
so $30 in us dollars.
include a note with your shipping address
and specify you want the DVD
thx for your interest

[panic]

i wish there was somewhere around here to look for wild magic shrooms.

[waylitjim]

Psilocybe semilanceata (Liberty Caps)

Cap: .75-2.5 cm broad. Twice as tall, conic with a profused nipple, color is
variable from rusty brown to a pale yellow when dry. Margin striate and
translucent when moist with a sticky gelatinous pellicle.

Gills: Adnate to adnexed, crowded and purple brown. Much darker than
Psilocybe pelliculosa and ascending into the cap.

Stem: 40-100 mm long. Pale to rusty brown. Tough pith which is usually
crooked and can be wrapped around ones finger. Sometimes staining blue
after human handling.

Spores: 12-14 x 7-8m.

Sporeprint: Dark purple brown.

Habitat: Scattered to gregarious in pasture lands but not growing directly in
manure. Also common in lawns, fields or other grassy areas, especially where
cattle and sheep graze. It is also common around the base of sedge grass clumps.

Distribution: Northern California to British Columbia, Canada, west of the
Cascades and along the coastal areas of Oregon and northern California.
Also is common in golf courses.

Season: August through November-December.

Dosage: 20 to 40 fresh mushrooms or from 1-3 grams dried.


Found in the Northern temperate zone, growing near the coastline
and up to a thousand miles from the ocean. You can find it in North-western
U.S. Great Britain, Scandinavia, and west Europe. To be found in tall grasses
and on cow fields in the fall. Does not grow on dung or in forests.

[waylitjim]

Recent ecological studies have shown that Psilocybe semilanceata mycelium
does not form symbiotic mutualisms with grass roots; rather, hyphae invade
and consume already dying root cortices in a nutritional strategy edging
towards parasitism. This behaviour may explain some of the difficulties
encountered in the artificial culture of liberty caps, as well as their habitat
preferences. They enjoy dung-enriched soils of various concentrations but
also have clear adaptations for exploiting grass root systems.
Pics from Astraalialma

[fucgubarn]

personaly have failed to cultivate the semilanceata but realy never gave much attention,
as far as i have seen it grows mainly on grass but not always tall,

"You can find it in North-western U.S. Great Britain, Scandinavia, and west Europe."
only there?

[the_chosen_one]

Originally Posted by waylitjim

Recent ecological studies have shown that Psilocybe semilanceata mycelium
does not form symbiotic mutualisms with grass roots; rather, hyphae invade
and consume already dying root cortices in a nutritional strategy edging
towards parasitism. This behaviour may explain some of the difficulties
encountered in the artificial culture of liberty caps, as well as their habitat
preferences. They enjoy dung-enriched soils of various concentrations but
also have clear adaptations for exploiting grass root systems.
Pics from Astraalialma

I KNEW IT!!! .................Well no not really.............but this is a great thread as usual WLJ!

[Beast]

So, theoretically, if one was to attempt the cultivation of these, it would be necessary to have an established bed of some specific sort of grass, growing on well manured soil, but mature enough that there are dying roots? or perhaps dead from dry summer season, and as wettened by fall rains the myc kicks in and grows up the roots to the soil to fruit?

Is there a specific sort of grass these grow in? This would be handy to know even for hunting purposes.

Iding magic mushrooms in the wild is currently mystifying to me as there are soooo many 'lbm's out there... look even at the shapes shown to be present in the above pics, some with a sort of nipple, ... eh I just looked again, looks like they all have the nipple, I guess that's the main thing to look for when examining fields of lbms? mycenas and paneolus foenesciis drive me crazy cuz I think that's all I ever find...

[waylitjim]

Workman is the only one I know of, who has cultivated semi's indoors.
This is some info from his outdoor plot...

Originally Posted by Workman

Outdoor temperatures have been in the high 60's to low 70's F. Normally this species appears around October-November when temperatures start to dip below 45F with heavy rains. This odd specimen apparently can tolerate a wider range of temperatures. The outdoor patch was composed of a 5 pound bag of sterilized horse manure inoculated with a quart jar of grass seed spawn. Most of the fully colonized mass was buried shallowly in a shady area. A small amount of the colonized manure was placed in a microbox with peat/lime casing for the indoor fruiting attempt at 58F.

The mushrooms are growing in dense grass that grew over the patch during the spring. They were difficult to see and photograph so the grass was carefully pressed down to expose the mushrooms. They would have never been seen if the patch area wasn't known.

Artificial beds fruiting outside of the normal season has been observed with other species . The unnaturally large masses of mycelium tend to spontaneously produce mushrooms at the slightest change in the weather. Unfortunately the weather rarely stays ideal and the mushrooms tend to dry out or stop growing when the weather returns to normal.

I've determined that the bluish green coloration of the caps is only present in mushrooms not exposed to direct light. This is a color variant of Psilocybe semilanceata that I have only seen once before in some British specimens. Other wild specimens collected in the same area are of the normal brown color.

cool lookin little guys...
their so cute...i just wanna
bite their heads off...:grin: