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For now until we pick up some new members I will be sharing some photos and info about some of the native species we have here in New Zealand, starting with the beautiful and unique mushroom from our cover photos: Psilocybe Weraroa. As well as the typical blue P. Weraroa can be yellow or pale white in colour. Being a fully enclosed pouch fungi they do not manually eject spores and are dependent on the insects that eat them to spread, being a woodlovers species I typically see them deep in native bush on decaying branches and fallen ponga tree (silver fern) fronds often near small streams where it’s nice and damp, they are also often found in pine forests under the fallen needles but I’ve personally only ever found them in native bush typically surrounded by glowworms (Arachnocampa luminosa) as they both enjoy similar environments. Like most New Zealand Psilocybe species they typically start fruiting coming into winter when it’s cold and damp. They are suspected to have a higher Psilocin to Psilocybin ratio then other Psilocybe species but due to legal status I don’t believe there has been anything published about this, as Psilocybin is converted into Psilocin when consumed this would mean the subjective experience would be more immediate and intense then other species if consumed, however as Psilocin is less stable they wouldn’t store as well as other species. Weraroa part 2 coming soon when we will have a look at the albino variant.