My hero Beatrix Potter, the original home mycologist since the 1800s.
Started a scientific paper detailing the life cycle of lichens at 21, running experiments from her kitchen likely out of necessit... View MoreMy hero Beatrix Potter, the original home mycologist since the 1800s.
Started a scientific paper detailing the life cycle of lichens at 21, running experiments from her kitchen likely out of necessity as women are not allowed to be part of scientific societies in her day.
fact checked this at The Linnean Society of London's website, very weak political statement that in my mind reads "hey it was crazy times back then everyone was dicks to women plus darwin was knocking about so yeah, we were actually probably pretty progressive for our time". so she possibly may have been able to submit her own paper but she wasn't aloud to sit in on the meeting and her works mostly ignored and left in a pile somewhere at first.
Loved her more well known work as a child, such captivating botanical illustrations, even little mushrooms hiding around in her kids books to inspire. it worked and i think i now understand my love of both rabbits and fungi.
thank you
Happy Terrance McKenna’s birthday all. Have a great day and if your up to nothing consider reading a book on entheogenic plants or perhaps Mycology. If your reading this then you have access to unlimi... View MoreHappy Terrance McKenna’s birthday all. Have a great day and if your up to nothing consider reading a book on entheogenic plants or perhaps Mycology. If your reading this then you have access to unlimited information at your fingertips, so don’t forget to be curious and learn something new :)
News article about microdose potential benefits arranged by the team here in New Zealand. Really tasteful and factual for something making it onto local television. I’m involved with the book mentione... View MoreNews article about microdose potential benefits arranged by the team here in New Zealand. Really tasteful and factual for something making it onto local television. I’m involved with the book mentioned in the video and it’s coming along nice, they have approval from the lawyers and support of Dr Gabor Maté so are nearly ready for publishing. So many great projects in the works at the moment so more information to come soon!
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/shows/2021/05/magic-mushroom-microdosing-sick-kiwis-call-for-life-saving-a-class-drug-to-be-legalised.html
Happy birthday to psychologist and psychedelic researcher James Fadiman. Considered the progenitor of microdosing, who outlined the first frameworks for dosage and timing. Legend
Here is something from the fungi harm reduction stuff i have been working on. It’s not prefect and some stuff isn’t quite inline with the original vision or my personal opinion, “a camel is a horse de... View MoreHere is something from the fungi harm reduction stuff i have been working on. It’s not prefect and some stuff isn’t quite inline with the original vision or my personal opinion, “a camel is a horse designed by committee” and all that, but I’m pretty happy with what the organisation put out and proud to have been able to help work on it.
https://knowyourstuff.nz/2021/04/29/psychedelic-mushrooms-101/
Psychedelic mushrooms 101 - Know Your Stuff NZ
Getting your mushrooms mixed up can cost you your life. We've put together some handy tips to help you have fun and not die this autumn
Just set up a group for Entheogenic gardeners. Come share your knowledge and show off what Entheogenic plants/cactus you can grow legally in your country! Here are some photos of my Salvia divinorum a... View MoreJust set up a group for Entheogenic gardeners. Come share your knowledge and show off what Entheogenic plants/cactus you can grow legally in your country! Here are some photos of my Salvia divinorum and Trichocereus (San Pedro)
First P. Weraroa sighting of the season and my beautiful squad of little fantails which helped me look (fantails like to follow people walking in the bush who kick up insects for them to eat, had a go... View MoreFirst P. Weraroa sighting of the season and my beautiful squad of little fantails which helped me look (fantails like to follow people walking in the bush who kick up insects for them to eat, had a good 8-10 following me around within arms reach by the end of the journey). Was a rough journey to see a single fungi, laterally had to swing on vines over massive near impassable rock ravines and vertical drops of the creek I typically follow turning into a trickling waterfall but worth every minute it. Was sure the fungi grow in the area as I could swear I could smell them and conditions are prefect, so after 14 months of wondering if I was right finally have confirmation they occur in this area.
First Psilocybe subaeruginosa sighting of the season, winter is nearly upon us here. Had hoped to finish my series on last years New Zealand species finds but got busy doing some work putting together... View MoreFirst Psilocybe subaeruginosa sighting of the season, winter is nearly upon us here. Had hoped to finish my series on last years New Zealand species finds but got busy doing some work putting together some Psilocybe fungi harm reduction information for a government approved drug testing/harm reduction organisation! Really exciting stuff considering our cannabis referendum failed here, to be part of the first and only organisation to be legally able to do stuff like this and festival drug testing etc it’s quite an honour. More posts coming soon
Psilocybe Weraroa Part 2, in search of the true albino:
during last years season here in New Zealand some either albino or sterile Weraroa started popping up and I started recording as much informat... View MorePsilocybe Weraroa Part 2, in search of the true albino:
during last years season here in New Zealand some either albino or sterile Weraroa started popping up and I started recording as much information about them as possible and it has become somewhat of a passion project for me. The first lot found where growing in a wood chip garden so I tracked them down to a local landscaping company thinking they are probably just sterile and spreading that way, chips came from an arborist mulch mix which would have contained cuttings of native trees. I started tracking any reports of possible albinos which I could verify with at least pictures as proof as Weraroa can already be quite pale and some people where getting mixed up with the normal ones(best way to notice is to do a cross section and look at the colour of the gills) , most came from the same wood chips but at least two from deep in native bush giving me hope they are also spreading naturally. Samples made it to someone who reported translucent spores which would mean they are true albinos and not just sterile (sadly no pictures of the first lot of microscopy), however a second lot of samples from the original collection have since been under the microscope and I now have conflicting information that they are nether true albinos nor sterile, just a low production of spores was the second opinion but there was unidentifiable translucent material found “possibly immature spores or contamination” though the 2nd person was a lab technician they didn’t have much experience with fungi and admit the interpretation was mostly guess work. With winter just around the corner the hunt will continue shortly and hopefully I’ll have more answers...
photos: a comparison of normal and possible albinos side by side, the very localised area of the multiple different specimens found(roughly), 2nd lot of microscopy and check out how amazing that blue bruising looks on a pigment-less mushroom.
Before posting p. Weraroa part 2 just wanted to share this. Some are the active mushrooms and some are poisonous Clavogatser virescens, and they can look a lot more similar then this(even previously k... View MoreBefore posting p. Weraroa part 2 just wanted to share this. Some are the active mushrooms and some are poisonous Clavogatser virescens, and they can look a lot more similar then this(even previously known as Weraroa virescens). Always do your research and don’t ever consume anything if your not 100% sure on the ID, your the only one responsible for what you consume and fungi could be deadly if your careless. Remember: if in doubt chuck it out and “All fungi are edible. Some fungi are only edible once”
(Not my photo but have permission)
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