Psilocybe azurescens is perhaps of the most strong hallucinogenic mushroom in presence, containing up to 1.80% psilocin by dry weight. This makes it a solid stimulating and isn't for the novice mushroomer! It is local to seaside Oregon, where it develops along sand ridges and inside bunches of rise grass (Ammophila maritima) among cleaned up driftwood and spoiling wood. Like different growths of its species, it additionally inclines toward sandy soils and treated the soil forest trash.
The fruiting collections of Psilocybe azurescens are huge, roundish and light pink in variety. They can develop to really depend on 20 cm in breadth and have a somewhat blue purple spot on the cap when mature. At the point when squashed or contacted, the gills of the mushroom will show a weak blue response which is likewise present on the stem of the mushroom. The stem of Psilocybe azurescens goes from nine to 20 cm long and 3-6 mm in width, and is sinewy and tacky when parted. The foundation of the stem is a pale, grayish or yellow tone. Youthful Psilocybe azurescens mushrooms might in any case have a halfway cover which is a slender, white film that looms over the gills. This shroud can blur and fall away as the mushrooms mature.
It very well may be hard to Psilocybe azurescens recognize Psilocybe azurescens from other comparative types of mushrooms like the normal "Psilocybe cubensis" in metropolitan conditions, where it is in many cases found developing around conifer bark chips utilized as mulch in rural yards and finishing. Nonetheless, Psilocybe azurescens commonly stain blue to shifting degrees when wounded or squashed, while Galerina mushrooms don't respond along these lines and are generally either dark or corroded brown in variety.
Psilocybe azurescens can be tracked down in different pieces of the US and Canada, however finding this mushroom beyond its regular living space in the Pacific Northwest is uncommon. It is firmly connected with the Freedom Cap (Psilocybe semilanceata) which can be distinguished by its sharp areola and weighty zone of cover fibrils on the stem, as well as the Blue Cap (Psilocybe subfimetaria), which has a more adjusted areola, no dye response when wounded and a more grayish-white tone.
To appropriately recognize an example of Psilocybe azurescens, a spore print ought to be taken to affirm the personality of the mushroom. Spore prints of this mushroom are regularly blackish-brown to lilac-brown in variety, while those of Psilocybe cubensis are corroded brown in variety.
Because of its novel environment and particular psilocybin science, development of Psilocybe azurescens has shown to be troublesome. However certain individuals have figured out how to develop these mushrooms utilizing the PF-Tek strategy, it is by and large concurred that these mushrooms are best filled outside in normal substrates. This is a result of the trouble in establishing an exceptionally enhanced developing climate inside. Thus, a great many people who are keen on developing Psilocybe azurescens select to utilize open air strategies, for example, developing them in garden beds and boxes fixed with a dim, breathable layer.
