Newsgroups: alt.drugs,alt.psychoactives From: [m s clito] at [eskimo.com] (Gary Bense) Subject: Pictures of Psilocybe Mushrooms Date: Mon, 4 Jul 1994 23:20:54 GMT Greetings! Just wanted to let everyone know (since the season for indoles is has come) that I just added a large number of pictures to the Altered Consciousness archives. I have many more to add, but here is a listing of what is there so far. 72542 06-19-94 Mushroom Picture - Psilocybe cyanescens A picture of a clump of beautiful fruiting Psilocybe cyanescens mushrooms (Bluing psilocybe) 147437 06-19-94 Mushroom Picture - Psilocybe cubensis Shows one in half to demonstrate bluing reaction. 202616 06-19-94 Mushroom Picture - Psilocybe cubensis Closeup picture showing young mushroom 193162 06-19-94 Mushroom Picture - Psilocybe semilanceata Shows 5 different picked specimens - demonstrates how "Liberty Caps" can have many different looks 135741 06-19-94 Mushroom Picture - Amanita muscaria Shows two specimens - one large and one in a younger stage of growth (Fly Agaric) 241394 06-19-94 Mushroom Picture - Psilocybe semilanceata Shows a clump of sun-dried liberty caps growing in sedge grass. 228724 06-19-94 Mushroom Picture - Gymnopilus spectabilus A clump of "Laughing Jims" growing on a conifer. 124711 06-19-94 Mushroom Picture - Psilocybe baeocystis Three picked "Potent Psilocybes" laid out on a table. 242717 06-19-94 Mushroom Picture - Psilocybe stuntzii Stuntz's blue legs growing on coniferous mulch. 71429 07-03-94 Mushroom Picture - Psilocybe semilanceata A closeup of a single specimen growing in the wild. 129820 07-03-94 Mushroom Picture - Psilocybe cyanescens Shows all different stages of growth, from small button stage to full grown. Laid out on a table. 234580 07-03-94 Mushroom Picture - Psilocybe cyanesnens Has 4-5 specimens growing in grass 123877 07-03-94 Mushroom Picture - Psilocybe cubensis Shows different stages of the mushroom growing out of a dung heap. 244760 07-03-94 A picture of California Poppies growing on a hillside (Eschscholzia californica) 68182 07-04-94 Mushroom Picture - Psilocybe pelliculosa A nice view of some "Conifer Psilocybe" growing from coniferous mulch. 58872 07-04-94 Mushroom Picture - Psilocybe baeocystis A singular specimen of "potent psilocybe growing from bark. 119331 07-04-94 Mushroom Picture - Psilocybe stuntzii A clump of "Stuntz's Psilocybe" in a younger stage of growth growing around grass. 122322 07-04-94 Mushroom Picture - Psilocybe semilanceata Five "liberty caps" growing out of grass. Demonstrates the different shapes this species can acquire. 108278 07-04-94 Mushroom Picture - Psilocybe baeocystis Several "Potent Psilocybe" mushrooms growing from club moss. Shows the gill configuration and the bluing of the stem. 124108 07-04-94 Mushroom Picture - Panaeolus campanulatus The "Bell Capped Panaeolus" growing from some grass and clovers. (Hallucinogenic only in large quantities) 95250 07-04-94 Mushroom Picture - Psilocybe stuntzii Several "Stuntz's Psilocybe" growing from coniferous mulch. 108736 07-04-94 Mushroom Picture - Panaeolus campanulatus A clump of the "Bell Capped Panaeolus" fungi growing from grass in a field. (Only Hallucinogenic in large quantities) 64412 07-04-94 Picture of Arundo donax - Giant River Reed 77684 07-04-94 Mushroom Picture - Psilocybe squamosa Several "Scaly Stalked Psilocybes" growing from coniferous mulch. -Non Hallucinogenic- I have a lot more to add, but this is what is available so far. I don't want this to be an advertisement, but I think these pictures will help many of you progress your path. If there is enough interest, I will post them all to one of the binary newsgroups. BTW: There is instant access on the first call now. If all you want to do is call, grab the GIFS, and disconnect, that is fine. .-'~~~-. .'o oOOOo`. [msclito] at [eskimo.com] / Mescalito Ted :~~~-.oOo o`. Sysop of Altered Consciousness / 1.5 Gigs /14.4 `. \ ~-. oOOo. 2 nodes ringdown / The Worlds ElectroPharmacy `.; / ~. OO: _ .' ;-- `.o.' / \ / ,' ; ~~--'~ / / Located in Washington State ; ; : / 06-652-3086 / Land of teonanacatyl _\\;_\\//_________ /__ / ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | Entheogenic substances offer us this possibility. I | |personally believe they may be the only realistic chance we have | |to make such an unlikely quantum leap of consciousness in the brief | |time remaining. While we definitely run the risk of opening up | |another wave of drug excesses in furthering this work, I believe | |the extreme gravity of our situation makes that risk IRRELEVANT. | |Part of our strategy should be to retain and use the word: entheogen. | |It rather precisely reminds us of the proper set and setting necessary| |for success. --Jim DeKorne | ----------------------------------------------------------------------