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“TEONANACATL”….(TEO)….The Sacred Mushrooms

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                        The International Journal of Psychoactive Mushrooms

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EDITORS:  You, the reader.   

                     MantonHirst, Amathole Museum;Humanities, South Africa,

                                           Curator of Anthropology

                     John Allen,MushroomJohn

                     Dr. KarlBuchanan

                     Mushroomsand Religion Editor, Rv. Matthew N. Wyman, DD

                     Pictorial Illustrations, SH

                     Stephen L.Peele, Chief Editor

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Know The Mushroom Laws In Your Area:  Some readers who receive this Journal livein areas where no mushroom laws exist. Others, like those living in the USA, must be aware of laws thatforbid the possession and cultivation of mushrooms that contain controlledsubstances.  Psilocybe cubensisis an example of an illegal mushroom in the USA.  As articles are done on an internationalbasis, always keep in mind the laws on these said type mushrooms in your ownspecific area.  Most all areas allowmushroom spore print samples on paper to aid in the identification of mushroomsfound out in the wild.  Questions?  Check with the law from a pay phone.  Write down date, name and badge # of officerspoken with, to confirm any “no laws” answer given.  Thailand and other legal areas,have no mushroom laws to worry about. 

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                      FMRC's       "Stimulus Sales"

             Financing is now pre-approved with nointerest!

To make both Stimulus Sales, the $300.00total (Overseas and Out of Country may make one extra payment of $70.00 tocomplete the $370.00), more accessible, FMRC will take payments in twomethods.  Method One - You send twopayments of $150.00 each.  Method Two -You send three payments of $100.00.  Thiswill make it possible for even more people to take advantage of these greatoffers during these economic hard times. 

This payment schedule has been brought aboutdue to the number of requests we have gotten from people who are having a hardtime coming up with the total amount of $300.00.  Now everyone can take advantage of ourStimulus Sales and get both IMGN and Doctors Degree without any hardship.  No items are released until the full paymentis received.  The best method of makingthese payments is a money order purchased at your local post office made out toFMRC, POB 18105, Pensacola,FL  32523. slp/fmrc 
Due to the failing economy, FMRC presents the following sales to helpgenerate stimulus within the Mushroom Community.  It will be a long time running sale:
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With well over $700.00 worth of free IMGN benefits, this makes just the $200.00worth of your selection of any free spore samples, from the world's largestmushroom spore bank, even more better!  And don't forget the one year'sfree subscription to "THE  MUSHROOM  CULTURE", The Journalof Mushroom Cultivation (TMC).  It is your communication's link to what isgoing on in the World of Mushrooms.
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Additional materials needed to completeDoctor or Master degrees of Completion are all furnished. These may includespecimens, spores, cultures, reagents, and other reading materials like"The Mushroom Researcher ($50.00 value, and "Growing MushroomsWithout Contaminations" (a $25.00 value). Students living outside the US mustadd an additional $40.00 to cover "Out Of Country" Airmail andHandling.

Although our "Certificate of Completion" degrees are nonacademic andcannot be used for credit on academic courses, knowledge obtained through thesecourses can be transferred to academic credits by taking CLEP tests offered bymost major Universities and Colleges. Certificates offered may not beacceptable when obtaining positions where an academic degree is required. Thisis the reason why tuition may sound to be on the "cheap" side. Ifdegrees were accredited through a College or University, this would cause anincrease by thousands of dollars in tuition fees. Back years ago I was told bythe University ofNorth West Florida,"To accredit FMRC's Doctor's Degree would cost over $26,000.00." Andmy cut is not even in that figure. Because many of the subjects discussed arenot offered by most academic institutions, I decided to make them available. Imany times talk to medical doctors from Poison Control Centers, working on identifyingmushrooms involved in mushroom poisonings. They find themselves learning a lotfrom me about identifying mushrooms, especially from spore microscopy andtaking mushroom spore prints on paper to see their color. They openly relay tome how Mushroom ID "Challenged" they really are. When I tell themabout these very same courses and how they can take them at their own pace andtime, they even sign up! These degrees actually show higher specific learningaccomplishments than what most Universities and Colleges offer. Persons holdingacademic degrees can present our "Certificate of Completion" assupplemental credentials, and proof of further learning into the specific areaof Basidiomycetes.
When you order this Stimulus Sale #2, our Doctor's Degree Course, you get allthe needed and provided materials and books that are listed above.  Allyou have to do is buy your text book at any book store, the National AudubonSociety…."Field Guide to North American Mushrooms by Gary H.Lincoff.  You need a good field guide anyway, and this is really a goodone.  It is available from FS Book Store (1-916-771-4203) for under$20.00.  "Tell them" FMRC said you had this book.  

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When Wrong Laws And Actions Are Made Against Mushrooms

I recently received the following email from an IMGN Memberin Australia.  He had ordered FMRC’s entire spore bankcollection:

“I alsoneed to let you know I received a visit from a group of policeofficers recently with a search warrant to my home. They confiscated theentire spore bank collection and are going through and destroying all the Psilocybespores. I will be waiting for them to get into contact with me to return allthe others. I thought I should let you no this as I do not know if they will begetting into contact with you. I hope if they do I have reached you intime. As a result please do not send any more Psilocybe species tomyself or others in Australiaas I do not want to get you in trouble. The only reason I believe they maycontact you is because they took a lot of my research which had your details onthere. I was only half way through labeling the species so I amyet to know how many they will destroy…………The police in Australia are very strict on our postalsystem and have been watching the things I have ordered online (mushroomcultivation books as well as glass ware for chemical extraction) over the lastsix months. Which gave them reason to believe I had bad intentions. It gavethem a right to a search warrant and they were all seized however the onlyones to be destroyed are the Psilocybe, they are illegal to have inyour possession or import. You can’t have anything to do with this speciesI have court on the 20th of this month.”

When checking mushroom lawsgiven on Australia’s Government Pages (http://www.aqis.gov.au/icon32/asp/ex_QueryResults.asp?Commodity=mushrooms&Area=All+Countries&EndUse=Propagation&QueryType=Search), no mention of any mushroom spores are listed.  They list certain live cultures on agar andmushroom spawn on sawdust, that are Prohibited. No Psilocybes are even mentioned here. So, it is my thinking that there are no Australian Laws on any Psilocybespores or any mushroom spores for that fact. However, the email clearly states that the police stated they wereillegal.  What about all the Psilocybe semilanceata (Liberty Cap)that grow wild right there in Australia?  Are people going to jail because they havethis mushroom growing in their front yard? Are they not allowed to take any spore prints from these same saidmushrooms growing in their yard?  And whywould they say “No Psilocybes?”  Is thisbecause they think all Psilocybe Mushrooms contain the toxins Psilocybin andPsilocin?  Mushrooms are not placed inthe Genus Psilocybe because they produce these psychoactive toxins; they areplaced in Psilocybe because the mushrooms themselves have sterile cells knownas “Cystidia”.  These are microscopic club-shapedcells with a round head, that appear on the gill’s edge.  At one time, Psilocybe cubensis was listed as Stropharia cubensis. Stropharia do not have these sterile cells.  So when it was discovered that this mushroomhad them, a new genus Psilocybe, was brought about to separate the two.  And what about Psilocybe mushrooms that donot produce any psychoactive toxins like Psilocybemontana ( Psilocybe montana:  It does not contain toxins, page 248NORTH  AMERICAN  MUSHROOMS, by Dr. Orson K. Miller, Jr.2006).  According to what the policestated, these would also be illegal, but why? You mean you could go to jail for a mushroom that did not even have anytoxins?  That’s pretty bizarre.  What’s more bizarre is to name an entireGenus!  Its bad enough to just name onemushroom illegal, but an entire Genus?  Ican’t even positively identify all these mushrooms without appropriatereferences.  I know no common andordinary person could do such a mycological task.  I can say in the utmost of confidence, not oneperson involved with making these laws can identify all of the species inPsilocybe.  And if its Psilocybin andPsilocin producing mushrooms they are trying to make illegal, what about allthe other many mushrooms in Panaeolus, or Gymnopilus and other Genera thatproduce the said toxins?  Are they justgoing to allow those? Can you start to see just how stupid mushroom laws are? 

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Mushroomsmust be studied in order to understand them. Even the Florida State Supreme Court ruled that the common and ordinaryperson cannot understand one mushroom from another.  As it is stated in the Constitution “Congressshall pass no laws that the common and ordinary person cannot understand”.  They ruled that any laws on mushrooms wereunconstitutional.  I have asked over2,000 local, county, state, and federal DEA Agents if they could explain to methe difference between a mushroom that is a felony to have, and one that islegal for a salad.  Not one has ever beenable to tell me the difference.  I alwaysdo this whenever I have the chance.  Andyet, they hold us responsible to do what they cannot.  How do they get away with this?  They send samples to the lab.  When the judge opens the report, all he hasto see is “Positive for Psilocybin”. This is a big advantage over the ordinary mushroom collector and it isnot an even playing field.

AndJudges do not even understand mushroom laws or the sentences.  I did an article many years ago about a mannamed Guy Bemis in Indiana.  He was caught with 40 some grams of Psilocybe cubensis.  The judge gave him 6 years in prison.  After he had spent 2 years in prison, he wasin the prison’s library one day, reading the Federal Sentencing Guidelines.  He read that he should have not gotten morethan the limit of 6 months for the amount of mushrooms he was caught with!  He filed a grievance and was released.  Human civilization has gotten along just finefor thousands of years before Christ, without having to have laws on mushrooms.  Here is a previous article I did in #13 TEOAugust 2005: 

                            Are Mushroom Laws Too Harsh???

When it comes to mushrooms,do any of the laws make sense? People are free to join the Army, be apoliceman, skydive, Bull Fight, base jump, ski in avalanche-prone mountains,drive race cars at over 200 mph, mountain climb, get in the ring with MikeTyson, hang glide, drive an automobile (they say this is the most dangerousthing a person does every day), smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol, and go tothe Space Station. Do these activities seem more dangerous than eating amushroom? Do you know how many people died last year from doing these types ofthings? Just smoking and drinking killed well over one-half million! Do youknow how many people died last year from eating a magic mushroom? Not oneperson. That's because Psilocybin is the least toxic of all the knownPsychoactives.  Pot, even nicotine andcaffeine, are more lethal.  Thisinformation on all the LD/50 claims made here can be found in The MerckIndex.  Responsible adults should not beplaced in jails and prisons for such a safe activity. If mushroom laws are toexist, they must be fair! They should be as our Alcohol Laws are (even thoughmushrooms are no way near the problems of alcohol). No driving. No minors. Nosales to minors. Legal "Small Grows" like making your own wine.

I'm telling you that thelocal whiskey store down the street in your area, is responsible for much moreharm to society than any mushroom or mushroom spore, will ever be.  And yet, this goes on without anyattention.  I have always thought thatany laws written on mushrooms cannot exist. For a plant to be illegal, the public must be put on notice…..the lawrequires that it be named illegal.  LikePot, it is named.....like Opium Poppy, it is named.  Most common and ordinary people understandthis.  Most common and ordinary peopleknow what these plants look like.  Ifnot, it is easy for them to learn.  Nomushroom (Federal) has ever been named…….No government has the legal right tooutlaw a certain mushroom, especially when the same mushroom grows wild right inthe area that has said type laws.  Nogovernment should ever out law any mushroom species, because the normal andordinary person cannot tell one mushroom from another.  I bet the people who make these laws cannoteven tell the difference themselves.  Sowhy should they think all of us can?

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                                “FRUIT  OF THE  GODS”

FMRC’s Mushroom Documentary to be used in a “History Channel” Documentary.  The producer of the History Channel has contacted me about a special they are coming up with entitled “Drugs and Untold History”.  They wanted permission to use parts out of “FRUIT  OF  THE GODS”.  I have given the permission.  No date for showing is known right now.  I will alert readers of this when I know the date.  The “FRUIT  OF  THE  GODS” DVD lists for $86.00.  I will run a special to celebrate this new film release by The History Channel.  To own your copy of this extraordinary Mushroom Documentary “FRUIT  OF THE  GODS” simply mail your request and payment of only $25.00 made out to FMRC, POB 18105, Pensacola, FL.  This special sale ends September 15, 2011.  Out of USA Overseas Airmail $30.00.  slp/fmrc

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                                   “T E O N A N A C A T L”

                              The International Journal Of

                             Psychoactive Mushrooms  (TEO)

                                Color Photograph for #37  “TEO” August 2011

                                                         Psilocybe cubensis

                                                         from Koh Samui

                   The above photograph was provided by Mr. John Allen (Mjshroomer)

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More people have been killed by the actual war on drugs than by the drugs themselves.

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                                                    MA I L    C A L L

Questions about Psilocybe tampanensis

Hi Steven, I just finished reading the articles you sent me and they were absolutely fascinating, TMC is a fantastic journal! I understand you are a busy man but your help answering a few questions would be tremendously helpful to my project and would bring positive attention to FMRC.

In your article you state that you have a culture of Pollock's original P. tampanensis strain.Yesterday I visited Gary Lincoff and he expressed some uncertainty thatsclerotia sold in Dutch smart shops are truly derived from the original P.tampanensis specimens he collected with Pollock. One thing Lincoff noted was that the sclerotia Pollock researched were extremely large, the size of"ostrich eggs" in his words––this is significantly smaller than thespecimens I have seen for sale in Holland, so I wonder if you know about thepedigree of the Dutch sclerotia...is it truly from the original P. tampanensis? 

You also mention that in the mid 1980s there were only three people in the world, other thanyourself, who possessed cultures of P. tampanensis, later you added two morepeople and stated that one was selling them for $45,000.00. I am veryinterested in the 'chain of custody' of this species and I am curious how thisonce lost mushroom suddenly became commercially available in massive quantitiesi.e. who was preserving the species until the early 2000s? 

Looking through your catalog I see that you once sold spore prints for "Psilocybe cubensis (Matias Romero)" this is one of the strains sold by Pollock's Hiddencreek. I have never seen a photograph of this strain (or his "Renaissance cubensis"for that matter) but they have always fascinated me. Could you provide me with photographs or characterize the morphological differences in the Matias Romeroand Renaissance cubensis compared to a more standard P. cubensis?

I was also interested to find mention of traditional Mazatec use of P. mexicana sclerotiain Steven Pollock's camote patent yet I can find no mention of this in anyanthropological or ethnobotanical literature. The mycologist John Allen saidthat the Mazatec have "no knowledge of sclerotia" and that Pollock had fabricated that element of his research. The only source I have, aside from Pollock, for traditional Mazatec use of sclerotia is your article "TheGolden Doorknob" in which you state:

The Zapotec and Mazatec tribes in Mexico use Psilocybe mexicana as a sacred mushroom. They also have used the sclerotia produced by this species for many years. The sacred secret of the sclerotia wasmore heavily guarded than the mushrooms ever were. When found, the finderthought surely he was being looked upon favorable by the Gods. These Indianshave always been very careful about who they passed this secret to.

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Where did youcome across this information?  

Lastly, I aminterested in purchasing more copies of your journal, since the issues you sentme are not dated it is difficult to tell which ones I was sent, did you send methe following?

TMC July 1st,1984 #2 case history of Ps. tamp. the works of Dr. Steven Pollock.

TMC, July, 1985#6 Comotillos created by the mushroom Psilocybe tampanensis may be useful inpsychotherapy and the treatment of asthma. 

TMC, October1984 #3 Sclerotia produced by Ps. Tamp

If not I wouldlike to purchase them as well as any other articles about P. tampanensis and/orSteven Pollock. I am also interested in purchasing your video Fruit Of TheGods, do you have it on DVD?

Respectfully,

Hamilton 

Hamilton:  The strain I first got was the one sold by Dr.Pollock from his Hidden Creek Business advertised in High Times Magazine.  I never saw it produce the size you speak of,never.  The substrate and how it isprepared, plays more of a role as far as the sclerotia size.  They have always been more flat-like thanround.  Many years ago, I deposited thestrain with the CBS in The Netherlands. I would guess this is where any cultures come from.  As I had released it to the world, it wasthere at CBS for anyone who wanted it….hence, it was able to live on and notbecome extinct, and it became commercial. I only released about 5 of them myself to IMGN Members.  It was I and another person whose name Iwon’t give because he may not want to be mentioned, that held and protected thePsilocybe tampanensis for all thoseyears.  I was told one time that PaulStamets even lost the culture he had. During the two hurricanes Opal and Erin,and the time between them, I had many 50 pound straw bales set outside andfruiting Psilocybe tampanensis.  Thousands of these mushrooms were allowed tosend spores into the air in hopes it would once again become established in thewild.  Since, it has been reported from AL.  I had 914 separate strains at one time Iproduced from spore cultures.    

The Matias Romero would produce rather large specimens.  Don’t have any information on the otherone.  Silva Caperton told me the story ofthe Psilocybe mexicanasclerotia.  He hunted with the Indians inMexicoin the late 1950’s.

I would think you got all the articles that pertained to thesaid subject.  “FRUIT  OF THE  GODS” is only available nowin DVD.  Highest Regards, Stephen L.Peele 

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Tobe the proud owner of this entire spore bank collection, simply mail in yourrequest for the Entire Mushroom Spore Sample Collection, held at FMRC.  The best method of payment is a

PostalMoney Order that you buy at your local Post Office.  For “Out of Country” payment, send a WesternUnion Postal Money Order, or other check that is drawn on a USA Bank.  Send your request and payment made out toFMRC, POB 18105, Pensacola,FL  32523. If you live in CA, ID or GA, where many of the spore samples areillegal…..no problem.  Just send $830.00and none of the illegal samples in your area will be included.  Otherwise, you must send a legal stateshipping address for the entire collection.

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                            New MushroomJournal CD-ROMS

“THE MUSHROOM CULTURE”, The Journal of Mushroom Cultivation (TMC)……Nowcomes
the #3 CD-ROM of “The Gospel of Mushrooms”.
                    This new #3 CD comes with all theBack Issues #70 TMC thru #83 TMC!  Justlike #1 and #2, the #3 CD comes in color, just like the Issues were published.  Just place it in your computer, and you willbe there to see it all. To check out the Contents of these past Back Issues,just go to www.mushroomsfmrc.comand click Catalog.  Then scroll on downuntil you come to the Back Issue section for our Journals.
#3 GOSPEL CD-ROM, TMC’s #70 - #83………………………………….……$40.00

“TEONANACATL”, TheInternational Journal of Psychoactive Mushrooms (TEO)……Now comes the #2 CD-ROMof “TEO” Back Issues.  #1 “TEO” has #1 -#13 “TEO” Back Issues. This new #2
“TEO” CD-ROM has all the “TEO” Back Issues #14 - #28.Just place it in yourcomputer, and you will
be there to see it all.  Just like the“TEO” #1 CD-ROM, this #2 “TEO” CD-ROM comes in color just like the Issues were
published. To check out the Contents of these past Back Issues, just go to www.mushroomsfmrc.com and click
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                PSYCHOACTIVE  MUSHROOM QUIZ  “PMQ”

Psychoactive MushroomQuiz (“PMQ”) is featured in each edition of this Journal.  If you know the answer, write it down andmail it in.  No phone calls.  No E-mail. No FAX.  Your entry must be mailedby 1^st Class U.S. Mail only (Overseas and Out of USA can useAirmail).  The first letter that isopened and has the correct answer WINS. What do you win?  An entire year’ssubscription to this Journal "Hard Copy”…FREE!  Your name will be posted with the correctanswer in the following edition (unless you state “Not to publish yourname”).  So, come on and impress your mushroom friends with yourknowledge.  Send your entry to FMRC,“PMQ”, POB 18105, Pensacola,FL 32523.

Last Issue’s #36 TEO: What type of reaction do Psilocybecubensis spores have when placed under Melzer’s Reagent?

Last Issue’s “PMQ” correct answer:  Nonamyloid.          

Winner – Bob Chambers, LA

“PMQ” For this #37 TEO Issue:  Whattype of reaction do Amanita muscaria spores have when placed underMelzer’s Reagent?

                How to Win a Year’s Free Subscription to“TEO”

If you see any article about psychoactive mushrooms,past or present, and you think others may like to read it, send it in.  If it is used in ”TEO”, you get the freesubscription.  If you find a large standof a particular species of psychoactive

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mushroom, and are able to collect 4 to 5 good fullsheets of spore prints (enough

to place samples in “TEO”), send them in.  If they are accepted, they will be placed in“TEO”, and you get the free subscription. If you send anything in that has to do with psychoactive mushrooms, andit is used (Mail Call letters do not apply), you get the freesubscription.  If you do not want yourname mentioned, please state so and we will honor your wishes. 

Free subscriptions are Hard Copy Color issues withspore print samples.

CONGRATULATIONSTO THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE:  Because of your input to this issue of “TEO”, you are awarded a year’s free subscription.  We all thank you for your very helpfulinput:  Mack D for correct PMQ answer, JW forPsilocybe cubensis Mushroom Spore Print Samples FREE in this Issue, Robert Parish for “Liberty Cap” Identification of, and Sam Brown for PsychoactiveCompound Activates Mysterious Receptor.

Please be advised that any postal orelectronic mail sent to FMRC and “TEO” becomes their property, and said mailmay be used in articles published by FMRC and “TEO”.  However, if you ever send something in andyou don’t want your name given, state so and we will follow your wish.  If you wish not to be in our records, stateso and you will not be.  Any subscriberwill, at least, be on our subscription list in order to receive saidsubscription.       

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 Teonanacatl Journal Back Issues Available on CD-ROM

Allthe TEO Back Issues #01-#13 on CD-ROM – In Full Color.  Just put the disk into your computer and youwill see all the Back Issues #01 - #13 in full color.  Order this CD-ROM for only $40.00!  Just write down your request and includepayment of $40.00 made out to FMRC, POB 18105, Pensacola, FL 32523.

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Submitting Spore Print Samples and Articlesto This Journal “TEO”

If anyone has an article or something theywould like to submit to be in "TEO", please submit toFloridaMycology@cs.com or postal mail to FMRC, POB 18105, Pensacola, FL 32523. If what you send in is used, you win a year’s free subscription to TEO,Hard Copy Issue.  Other articles found innewspapers and other print, should be sent postal mail.  Any article used earns the sender a year’s freesubscription to “TEO”.  “TEO” is thephysical issue of this Journal; “TEO” Electronica is the electronic version ofissue.  So, be sure to include yourpostal address when submitting any article. Mail Call entries earn no free subscription.  You may also elect and state not to have yourname published or listed with article. Ideas about regular columns by you are welcomed, as are all

other ideas that you feel will be helpfulto this Journal.   Because this Journal also comeswith spore print samples affixed inside, you may submit mushroom spore printson paper to be placed in this Journal. Several full sheets are needed so that everyone receives a sample.  Examples of mushroom spore print samplesaffixed in past "TEO" Issues:  Amanita muscaria, Psilocybe cubensis, Amanitapantherina, Psilocybe azurescens,and Panaeolus foeniscecii/cyanescens. 

Spores should be sent to FMRC, POB 18105, Pensacola, FL32523.  Actual live mushroom spore print samples areaffixed into journals for identifying purposes only.  They can be compared to suspected foundmushroom's spores to help in making a positive identification.  No growing claims are made or implied.  Any articles, spores, or other submissionsthat are used earn you a year's free Hard Copy Subscription. 

Submitting spore samples for Journalentries entitles you to one year’s free subscription to the"Physical" issues published by FMRC. Only select prints that you are sure of identification.  Do not submit samples you cannot identify.  "TMC" and "TEO"("THE MUSHROOM CULTURE", The

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Journal Of Mushroom Cultivation (TMC) and"TEONANACATL", The International Journal Of Psychoactive MushroomsTEO), both published by FMRC, still remain the only "Color" mushroomjournals that come with mushroom spore print samples.  This is mainly due to reader collection

and the fact it is quite troublesome toplace the said samples in this Journal. To this date, I know of no one else who has tried taking on thistask.  Mushroom prints should be taken onpaper.  Any dark colored spores can betaken on white paper.  Light colored orwhite spores should be taken on a dark colored paper.  This will ensure contrast and make the sporeseasy to see.  Seven to nine completesheets should be submitted.  Place andaffix (with stapleor tape) cover sheet over each sheet of prints. Send date and place collected. 

Because these issues have this unique feature ofmushroom spore print samples to aid in the correct identification of mushroomscollected out in the wild, they have a cut off of 3,000 subscribers.  This makes original Hard Copy back issues of"TMC" and "TEO" rare and the most valuable to collect.

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                                 How To Place An Ad In  "TEO"
For 1 full year (4 issues)…Full page $500.00, ½ page $250.00, ¼ page $125.00.
For one time (1 issue)…Full page $200.00, ½ page $100.00, ¼ page $50.00, 40word ad $20.00.

Back Issues of "TEO" Hard Copies, are $10.00 each.  When all originals have been sold, Reprint orPhotocopies are made available.  CD-ROMsent when these are out (no spore samples or Color Photograph may be affixed).                                             

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Christmas Sale for 2011

The Master Mushroom Reference Disk Set - $266.00worth of items

On sale now for…………………………………………………………………$100.00

Doctor’s Degree Mushroom CorrespondenceCourse – list…….........$500.00

Total list price for all above items…..$766.00!  Take advantage of this

Christmas 2011 Saleand save $566.00.  You send only:

FMRC’s Christmas Salefor 2011…………………..$200.00

To get both The Master Mushroom Reference Disk Set and theDoctor’s Degree Mushroom Correspondence Course, send your request for theChristmas Sale 2011 and payment made out to FMRC, POB 18105, Pensacola, FL 32523. No other hidden charges.  FMRCpays for all shipping.  Best method ofpayment is a Postal Money Order that you buy at your local Post Office.  Offer is for only USA Customers.  No Outside USA.  Christmas Sale expires January 31, 2012.

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The Scheduling Dispatch of This Journal

This Journal's "Hard Copy" is postal mailedthe second week of the Issue's Publication month/date.  Because games and prizes offered in thisJournal are restricted to postal mail only, the Electronic Issue is notreleased until 7 days after the postal mailing of the "Hard Copy".  This is done to prevent unfair advantage ifboth were released at the same time.  Toview the

Electronic Issue, go to www.mushroomsfmrc.comthen, click on “TEO Journals”.  The FREEDownload is made available by donations. To help keep this mycological free service available to all, you maysend your donation in any amount to FMRC, POB 18105, Pensacola, FL 32523                       

As you read through TEO, youmay come upon misspelled words and other typos. This is because it is the Publisher’s decision to paste articles,emails, and other sent-in items, just as we receive them…errors and all.  This also documents the original dispatch ofsaid item.

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                 Subscription Saleon Both Mushroom Journals

For over 20 years now FMRChas published the World's Only Color Mushroom Journals that come with actual"Spore Print Samples" affixed inside. And now, subscribing to these great Mushroom Journals is better thanever before.  Order a TWO YearSubscription to "THE MUSHROOM CULTURE”, The Journal of MushroomCultivation (TMC) for the low price of just $50.00 ($90.00 Outside of USA) andreceive the 2 Disk Set of "THE GOSPEL OF MUSHROOMS," a $60.00 value!

All the TMC Issues from #01to #69 are on "THE GOSPEL”.  Youwill see all the mycological achievements made over the last 2 decades...all inCOLOR!  All the stories, all the events,it’s all here.  A major MycologicalPublishing Event!  And, all you have to dois just place the disks into your computer, and you will be there to see itall!

Or, you can order a TWO YearSubscription to "TEONANACATL" The International Journal ofPsychoactive Mushrooms (TEO) for the same low price of just $50.00 ($90.00 forOutside of USA) and receive the TEO Issues #01-#13 on CD-ROM - a $40.00 value!

When placing your orderplease state that you want to receive the free CD-ROMs.

If you are already asubscriber, the 2 years will just be added to your current subscription.  Here is one even better:

Order BOTH Journals, and justsend $75.00, and get both the CD-ROMs. This will save you Big Time.......Mail your request and payment made outto FMRC, POB 18105 Pensacola, FL 32523. Sorry, no online or credit card orders. The FloridaMycology ResearchCenter (FMRC), Publisher.

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                Mushroom Spore Print sample for#37 “TEO”                                                                                                                                       
Psilocybe cubensis  

FMRC’s Catalog Number  SO38                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       .                                                        

Samples collected by Mark G. TX as “PES Hawaii”.

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“Do you know how many people died last year from eating a magic mushroom? Notone person. That's because Psilocybin is the least toxic of all the knownPsychoactives. Pot, even nicotine and caffeine, are more lethal. Thisinformation on all the LD/50 claims made here can be found in The Merck Index.”

I have been asked several times to clear this up.  One person in a chat room said that I did nothave to lie…..grin.  So, here is the realpoop once and for all.  slp/fmrc

The LD50 test determines the dosage of a substancethat will kill 50% of the animals given that dosage. The LD50 value is thatdosage which kills 50% of the animals. The LD50 value for a substance will varyaccording to the species involved. The substance may be administered any numberof ways, including orally, topically, intravenously, or through inhalation. Themost commonly used species for these tests are rats, mice, rabbits, and guineapigs. Substances tested might include household products, drugs or pesticides.It gives the amount of the substance required (usually per body weight) to kill50% of the test population. LD50 figures are frequently used as a general wayto tell how poisonous a substance is.
The following quotes are from the 10th Edition of The Merck Index:
Psilocybin, page 1143...........LD50 in mice 275 mg/kg
POT - THC - Tetrahydrocannabinol, page 1318.......LD50 in mice 27.5 mg/kg
Nicotine, page 935........LD50/ in mice 0.3 iv
Caffeine, page 226.........LD50 in mice 127
Note that the smaller the amount given to cause death, the substance is moretoxic.
If you would like to own your own copy of The Merck Index, call SIGMA ChemicalCompany 1-341-771-5750 and order it.  It is a little over $100.00. It is a big Bible like book on all chemicals.  I was given the followingCatalog Number #Z705322.

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Freedom in the Fullest

Dear Reader,

Today I'd like to share with you another"happening" produced by Psilocybin - that fruiting body for whichJesus died. It was some where between 1997 and the year 2000 when I receivedthis vision.  My sweetheart and later tobe wife - had with respect - understood that I wanted to do a mushroomcommunion.  It was Saturday, the Sabbathin the afternoon and she wanted to watch television while I journeyedupstairs.  The problemwas that the TV was directly under the only closet with room for me...  Not being totally compassionate I told herthat the TV would greatly detract from my experience.  This wasn't sitting well, she "wouldhave her TV or else..."

I took my seven grams of dried cubensis in boiled tea withhoney and prepared to ascend the stairs. As my foot touched the landing our power went out as did half of thecity of

Capitola.  She and Iexchanged knowing looks as she found a book and the couch.

Once in the closet (see footnote) I began to have a visionof the fallen angel of Tobacco

addiction.  As I'vestated in earlier journal articles, this addiction was broken for me

by the use of Magic Mushrooms - the Hand of God (you takeyour p

Essentially what was happening was that a holy angel of Godwas fighting with the fallen

angel of Tobacco to free me from its addiction.  Now I hadn't smoked in 2-3 years but I

didn't want anything to do with cigarettes again ever.  Yet the voice of the LORD explained that hewanted to use cigarettes to reach out to "Lost Sheeple."  I don’t buy the wicked things and I don’tmiss them but I’ve connected to some worth people via this…  Eventually I understood this and ever sinceif I meet a smoker who looks "promising" -I "break thatbread" with them.  All of this issummed up in Jesus' cryptic words:

"my followers will be able to handle poisonous serpentsand not be bit." 

In the Hellenized world of Jesus' day the Greek influenceshould not be overlooked.

To the Greeks all medical "plants" were bitten byserpents - as they supposed that

This bit attributed to them their medical properties.  So no, Jesus was not saying 'if you believein me you should be able to dance with a Rattlesnake.'  -Thou there are those that do...  He was saying that addiction would

hold no power over his followers.  Keep the Faith,

Rv. Matthew N. Wyman DD.

PS.  The power cameback on in time to make dinner...

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      “TEONANACATL”                            

               The International Journal of PsychoactiveMushrooms

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                #37  “TEO”

                           August    2011

#36 TEO     May   2011                           $15.00

“TEONANACATL”….(TEO)….The Sacred Mushrooms

                                               ISSN 1543-1681

                               Copyright 2011

                    "TEONANACATL"

                        The International Journal of Psychoactive Mushrooms

                                  “TEO”

 This Is An Electronic Issue

___  This is a "RESTRICTED" Issue. It contains all spore prints and photographs.

___  This is a "NON-RESTRICTED"Issue.  It contains no mushroom sporeprints.

___  This is a "REPRINT/Photo Copy"Issue.  It may not contain prints orpictures.                  

EDITORS:  You, the reader.   

                     MantonHirst, Amathole Museum;Humanities, South Africa,

                                           Curator of Anthropology

                     John Allen,MushroomJohn

                     Dr. KarlBuchanan

                     Mushroomsand Religion Editor, Rv. Matthew N. Wyman, DD

                     Pictorial Illustrations,SH

                     Stephen L.Peele, Chief Editor

“Restricted”Journal Issues Contain:

Color Photograph& Actual “Live” Mushroom Spore Print Sample (Sealed And AffixedInside)    

                                                          Contents

                                           #36“TEO” Mushroom Journal

                                                             May 2011

Mushroom Journal Subscription Rates and other JournalInformation……01

FMRC's "GUIDE TO COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY”………….02

FMRC's       "Stimulus Sales"…………………………….03

ColorPhotograph of Postage Stamp showing Psilocybe cubensis………..05

FMRC’s  E N T IR E    S P O R E     B A N K    S A L E……....06

Mushroom Journal CD ROMs………………………………………………….06

PSYCHOACTIVE  MUSHROOM QUIZ  “PMQ”…………………..07

How to Win a Year’s Free Subscription to “TEO”…………………..07

Winners of FREE TEO Subscriptions…………………………………..……..07

Submitting Spore PrintSamples and Articles to This Journal “TEO”………08

How to place an ad inTEO…………………………………………………….08

Culture Flask…..Is this yourlast issue on subscription?.............................09

Subscription Sales………………………………………………………………09

Mushroom Spore Print Sampleaffixed inside FREE, Psilocybe cubensis.10

Psilocybe semilanceata (Liberty Caps)Identification of……………….10

Psychoactive CompoundActivates Mysterious Receptor…………….11

Mr. John Allen’s Sale…………………………………………...………………13

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Mushroom Journal Subscriptions:  If you would like to order a subscription to “TEONANACATL”,you may send request and payment of $30.00 made out to FMRC, POB 18105, Pensacola, FL32523 for oneyear.  Give the postal address and nameyou would like the “Hard Copy” subscription sent to.  

Copyright Information: This Journal is copyrighted under International Law, and all said lawsapply.  Any material that finds its wayinto this Journal and has already been copyrighted elsewhere, retains originalcopyright.  Authors and photographers whosubmit material in this Journal are not restricted from using their work, orthe sale thereof.  Persons may reprint ortransmit this document only in its complete and original form.  No parts, articles, photographs, or any otherpartial pieces may be removed from this document.  If you have any questions about reprinting orre-transmitting, call 1.850.327.4378 and ask for Stephen L. Peele.  Copies of this document can be given awayfreely for academic or information purposes. Any sale, placement, or display in any media that involves the transferof money, of document, or parts of, is a violation of Copyright.

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Subscriptions:  You must be at least 18 years of age tosubscribe to this Journal.  Anysubscription request with payment confirms that you are at least this age, andmeet "TEO's" age requirements! Otherwise, if you are under 18, collect mushrooms, and wish to have themushroom spore print samples to insure proper ID, and to prevent accidentalpoisoning, have your parents subscribe for you. TEO is a Quarterly Publication, and is published 4 times a year, Feb.,May, Aug., and Nov.

Physical Issue (Hard Copy).....Contains actualspore print samples and color photographs inserted.  Spores are to be used as standards to comparewith mushrooms found out in the wild or involved with mushroom poisonings at Poison ControlCenters and ERs athospitals.  As some mushroom spore printsamples in this Journal may be capable of producing Controlled Substances, "RESTRICTEDISSUES" (Issues that contain said type spores) will not be mailed intorestricted areas such as CA, ID, and GA. 

These types of subscribers will be sent "NON-RESTRICTEDISSUES"

(Issues that do not contain said type freespore samples).  Because many articles are copy/pasted from emails, spelling and grammarerrors may exist.  They are left “as is”to show proof of original document.   It is mailed to you in a thick plain brownenvelope.

Subscription rates:  One year’s subscription $30.00 (Outside ofUSA  $50.00), Two year’s subscription$50.00 (Outside of USA  $90.00), Threeyear’s subscription $70.00 (Outside of USA $130.00).  “Lifetime” subscription is $1,000.00 (Outsideof USA $2,000.00).  Make payment out toFMRC, POB 18105, Pensacola,FL  32523. 

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Back Issues of  "TEONANACATL" (TEO)   

The Hard Copy Issues are $10.00 each.  When all originals are sold,"REPRINT" or photocopies are provided (these issues may not containany color photographs or spore print samples). The only way to insure getting a complete issue is to subscribe and getoriginal Issues.  Current Issue$15.00.   

How Many Issues Do I Have Left on my"TEO" Hard Copy Subscription? Check the number right after your first name or above the businessaddress on your mailing label.  This ishow many issues are left on your current subscription.  Also see "Culture Flask":  If your culture flask has a RED Contaminantin it......this is your last issue! Please re-subscribe.  There may beno other further notices.  Send paymentnow while it is on your mind.  That wayyou will never miss an issue!

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Know The Mushroom Laws In Your Area:  Some readers who receive this Journal livein areas where no mushroom laws exist. Others, like those living in the USA, must be aware of laws thatforbid the possession and cultivation of mushrooms that contain controlledsubstances.  Psilocybe cubensisis an example of an illegal mushroom in the USA.  As articles are done on an internationalbasis, always keep in mind the laws on these said type mushrooms in your ownspecific area.  Most all areas allowmushroom spore print samples on paper to aid in the identification of mushroomsfound out in the wild.  Questions?  Check with the law from a pay phone.  Write down date, name and badge # of officerspoken with, to confirm any “no laws” answer given.  Thailand and other legal areas,have no mushroom laws to worry about. 

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           New Item fromFMRC
       FMRC's "GUIDE TO COLUMNCHROMATOGRAPHY"
isonce again, now available. It is the exact copy of the original 1992 Issue thatchanged things for the people looking for ways to make money with mushrooms.Compounds and other extractions from mushrooms are worth a lot more than themushrooms themselves. Today, mushroom compounds are being used in all kinds ofhealth products, and even skin creams, and vitamins. The November Issue ofEnvironmental Nutrition has an article by Dr. Donald Abrams that states"Ganoderma lucidum extracts are a $1.5 billion world market"! But the real money, some as high as, plus or minus, $100,000.00 per gram!Compounds such as Ibotenic Acid, from Amanita muscaria, sell for over$70.00 per 1 mg! Remember, there are 1,000 mg in 1 gram. Phalloidin from AmanitaPhalloides brings the highest of all the mushroom compounds, over $90.00per 1 mg. These are price quotes from Chemical Supply Companies. Listed in thisguide are other "high priced" mushroom compounds and who sells themand phone numbers, so you will see with your own eyes……..the great wealth inthese compounds.
This special method of chromatography allows you to separate and isolatemushroom compounds. "There is a certain adsorption sequence which allowssubstances to displace themselves from each other. This method of ColumnChromatography uses this natural law. When a special solution is filteredthrough an adsorbent column (a clear plastic one), the pigments that are morestrongly adsorbed displace the more weaker adsorbed ones, and force themfurther down from top to bottom in different colored layers or zones, separatingeverything." All you do is cut out the section that has the compound youare looking for.
Explains the whole operation and how easy it is to separate mushroom compounds.
FMRC's "GUIDE TO COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY"
ON CD-ROM……………………………………………………..$20.00

Just pop it into your computer and it will all be there.
FMRC, POB 18105, Pensacola,FL 32523

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There were no noteworthy emailsfor this TEO Period.

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                      FMRC's       "Stimulus Sales"

             Financing is now pre-approved with nointerest!

To make both Stimulus Sales, the $300.00total (Overseas and Out of Country may make one extra payment of $70.00 tocomplete the $370.00), more accessible, FMRC will take payments in twomethods.  Method One - You send twopayments of $150.00 each.  Method Two -You send three payments of $100.00.  Thiswill make it possible for even more people to take advantage of these greatoffers during these economic hard times. 

This payment schedule has been brought aboutdue to the number of requests we have gotten from people who are having a hardtime coming up with the total amount of $300.00.  Now everyone can take advantage of ourStimulus Sales and get both IMGN and Doctors Degree without any hardship.  No items are released until the full paymentis received.  The best method of makingthese payments is a money order purchased at your local post office made out toFMRC, POB 18105, Pensacola,FL  32523. slp/fmrc 
Due to the failing economy, FMRC presents the following sales to helpgenerate stimulus within the Mushroom Community.  It will be a long time running sale:
Independent  Mushroom  Grower's  Network  (IMGN). Go for details:
http://www.mushroomsfmrc.com/gpage2.html
Normal IMGN Membership Cost.........$200.00  (Out of USA $230.00)
During the Stimulus Sale,your cost is only $150.00!
With well over $700.00 worth of free IMGN benefits, this makes just the $200.00worth of your selection of any free spore samples, from the world's largestmushroom spore bank, even more better!  And don't forget the one year'sfree subscription to "THE  MUSHROOM  CULTURE", The Journalof Mushroom Cultivation (TMC).  It is your communication's link to what isgoing on in the World of Mushrooms.
FMRC's  Stimulus  Sale#1.....IMGN Lifetime Membership with all benefits   $150.00
(Out of USA $180.00)
Doctor's  Degree  Mushroom  Correspondence  Course. Go for details:
http://www.mushroomsfmrc.com/gpage1.html
This is FMRC's Main Catalog.  Scroll down until you come to:

COLLEGEOF BASIDIOMYCETES The Study of Gilled Mushrooms.  FMRC was the first to introduce homecorrespondence courses to study mushrooms. Certificate of Completion, fromAssociate to Doctor's are offered. Don't be fooled by "come lately"courses that others have now started. If you want to learn about mushrooms inthe privacy of your home, and do so at your own pace, sign up with the only onethat has more than 30 years of experience. No one else but FMRC can give youthe real training you desire to have. Courses start as low as $100.00.Financing is available and pre-approved!
Tuition Schedule:
Doctor......................$500.00
Master.......................260.00
Bachelor...................180.00 
Associate.................100.00
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Additional materials needed to completeDoctor or Master degrees of Completion are all furnished. These may includespecimens, spores, cultures, reagents, and other reading materials like"The Mushroom Researcher ($50.00 value, and "Growing Mushrooms WithoutContaminations" (a $25.00 value). Students living outside the USmust add an additional $40.00 to cover "Out Of Country" Airmail andHandling.

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Psychoactive MushroomQuiz (“PMQ”) is featured in each edition of this Journal.  If you know the answer, write it down andmail it in.  No phone calls.  No E-mail. No FAX.  Your entry must be mailedby 1^st Class U.S. Mail only (Overseas and Out of USA can useAirmail).  The first letter that isopened and has the correct answer WINS. What do you win?  An entire year’ssubscription to this Journal "Hard Copy”…FREE!  Your name will be posted with the correctanswer in the following edition (unless you state “Not to publish yourname”).  So, come on and impress your mushroom friends with yourknowledge.  Send your entry to FMRC,“PMQ”, POB 18105, Pensacola,FL 32523.

Last Issue’s #35 TEO: What is the maindifference between Liquid Media and Agar Media?

Last Issue’s “PMQ” correct answer:  Liquid Media has no Agar.          

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“PMQ” For this #36 TEO Issue:  Whattype of reaction do Psilocybe cubensis spores have when placedunder Melzer’s Reagent?

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Submitting spore samples for Journalentries entitles you to one year’s free subscription to the"Physical" issues published by FMRC. Only select prints that you are sure of identification.  Do not submit samples you cannotidentify.  "TMC" and"TEO" ("THE MUSHROOM CULTURE", The Journal Of MushroomCultivation (TMC) and "TEONANACATL", The International Journal Of PsychoactiveMushrooms TEO), both published by FMRC, still remain the only "Color"mushroom journals that come with mushroom spore print samples.  This is mainly due to reader collection

and the fact it is quite troublesome toplace the said samples in this Journal. To this date, I know of no one else who has tried taking on this task.  Mushroom prints should be taken onpaper.  Any dark colored spores can betaken on white paper.  Light colored orwhite spores should be taken on a dark colored paper.  This will ensure contrast and make the sporeseasy to see.  Seven to nine complete sheetsshould be submitted.  Place and affix(with staple ortape) cover sheet over each sheet of prints. Send date and place collected. 

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The Scheduling Dispatch of This Journal

This Journal's "Hard Copy" is postal mailedthe second week of the Issue's Publication month/date.  Because games and prizes offered in thisJournal are restricted to postal mail only, the Electronic Issue is notreleased until 7 days after the postal mailing of the "HardCopy".  This is done to preventunfair advantage if both were released at the same time.  To view the

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                Mushroom Spore Print sample for#36 “TEO”                                                                                                                                       
Psilocybe cubensis  

FMRC’s Catalog Number  SO38                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      .                                                        

Samples collected by JW as “FL EQ” January2011

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                                    Psilocybesemilanceata (Liberty Caps)

                                         Identification of
Cap:  Slimy, narrowly conical (coneshaped), brown to tan cap, usually twice as tall as wide, often with a “peak”or a noticeable nipple in the center. May bruise blue around the margin. Has brownish gills and smooth, off-white stalk, in areas of manure andpastures. Margin striate and translucent when moist with a sticky gelatinouspellicle.

Gills: The are attached to the stalk, crowded and close, grayish at first, thenturning dark brown.

Stalk: 2 – 4 inches (1 to 5 cm) long.  Pale off white to rusty brown.   Somewhattough stalk which will wrap around your finger without breaking.   May sometimes blue from bruising.

Spores: 12-14 x 7-8 microns, elliptical, smooth, with pore at tip.

Spore print color: Dark Purple Brown.

Habitat: Scattered to many in pasture lands but not growing directly in
manure as also like Psilocybe mexicana. Also common in lawns, fields or othergrassy areas, especially where cattle and sheep are kept.  It is also common around the base of sedgegrass clumps.

Distribution: Oregon Coast , northern Californiato British Columbia, Canada, west of the Cascades and along thecoastal areas of northern California.
Also is common on golf courses and large meadows.

Season: August through November.

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

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Found in the Northern temperate zone, growingnear 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.  It doesnot grow on dung or in forests.

Recent ecological studies have shown that Psilocybe semilanceata mycelium
does not form mycorrhizal growth with grass roots.  What happens is the mycelium invades andconsumes already dead root parts in a nutritional strategy edging
towards parasitism. This behavior 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.
References used: Pics from Astraalialma, Field Guide to North AmericanMushrooms by Gary Lincoff, and a post once made by waylightjim.  Article submitted by Robert Parish.

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Psychoactive Compound Activates Mysterious Receptor

February 12th, 2009 in General Science / Chemistry / Physorg.com

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ahallucinogenic compound found in a plant indigenous to SouthAmerica and used in shamanic rituals regulates a mysteriousprotein that is abundant throughout the body, University of Wisconsin-Madisonresearchers have discovered.

The finding, reported in the Feb. 13 issue of Science,may ultimately have implications for treating drug abuse and/or depression.Many more experiments will be needed, the researchers say.

Scientists have been searching for years fornaturally occurring compounds that trigger activity in the protein, the sigma-1receptor. In addition, a unique receptor for the hallucinogen, calleddimethyltryptamine (DMT), has never been identified. The UW-Madison researchersmade the unusual pairing by doing their initial work the"old-fashioned," yet still effective, way. They diagrammed thechemical structure of several drugs that bind to the sigma-1 receptor, reducedthem to their simplest forms and then searched for possible natural moleculeswith the same features. Biochemical, physiological and behavioral experimentsproved that DMT does, in fact, activate the sigma-1 receptor. "We have noidea at present if or how the sigma-1 receptor may be connected to hallucinogenicactivity," says senior author Arnold Ruoho, chair of pharmacology at theUW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. "But we believe that theNational Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) may be interested in biologicalmechanisms underlying psychoactive and addictive drug action."

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In addition to being a component of psychoactivesnuffs and sacramental teas used in native religious practices in Latin America, DMT is known to be present in somemammalian tissues, and it has also been identified in mammalian blood andspinal fluid. Elevated levels of DMT and a related molecule have been found inthe urine of schizophrenics.

Ruoho speculates that the hallucinogen's involvementmay mean that the sigma-1 receptor is connected in some fashion to psychoactivebehavior. When his team injected DMT into mice known to have the receptor, theanimals became hyperactive; mice in which the receptor had been geneticallyremoved did not.

"Hyperactive behavior is often associatedwith drug use or psychiatric problems," says Ruoho. "It's possiblethat new, highly selective drugs could be developed to inhibit the receptor andprevent this behavior."

The study revealed an additional neurologic linkby confirming that the sigma-1 receptor and some compounds that bind to itinhibit ion channels, which are important for nerve activity. Work by manyresearchers — including some from UW-Madison — initially showed thisrelationship in earlier studies.

Some studies have also linked the receptor to theaction of antidepressant drugs, and National Institutes of Health (NIH)scientists recently found that it appears to serve as a "chaperon,"helping proteins to fold properly.

The Wisconsinresearchers found that DMT is derived from the naturally occurring amino acidtryptophan and is structurally related to the neurotransmitter serotonin. Thisfinding, Ruoho says, illustrates the mantra often used in the biologicalprocessing of natural molecules: Nothing goes to waste.

"Our findings support the idea thatbiochemical alterations of molecules such as tryptophan can produce simplecompounds such as DMT that may target other regulatory pathways served bysigma-1 receptors," he says.

DMT may also reflect the presence of an evenlarger family of natural compounds that arise from other structurally relatedamino acids that may further regulate the receptor, Ruoho adds.

"It may well be that these different,naturally derived chemical forms regulate the sigma-1 receptor in tissue andorgan-specific ways," he says.

Source: University of Wisconsin-Madison. Been around for awhile but I thought this was pretty interesting.  Sam Brown, NV.

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I wish toretire in SE Asia in northern Cambodia.      John

If anyonewishes to contact Mr. John Allen (MushroomJohn) they may email S.L. Peele at floridamycology@cs.comand I will put them in touch.

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How Many Issues Do I Have Left on my"TEO" Hard Copy Subscription? Check the number right after your first name or above the businessaddress on your mailing label.  This ishow many issues are left on your current subscription.  Also see "Culture Flask":  If your culture flask has a RED Contaminantin it......this is your last issue! Please re-subscribe.  There may beno other further notices.  Send payment now while it is on your mind.  That wayyou will never miss an issue!

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Know The Mushroom Laws In Your Area:  Some readers who receive this Journal livein areas where no mushroom laws exist. Others, like those living in the USA, must be aware of laws thatforbid the possession and cultivation of mushrooms that contain controlledsubstances.  Psilocybe cubensisis an example of an illegal mushroom in the USA.  As articles are done on an internationalbasis, always keep in mind the laws on these said type mushrooms in your ownspecific area.  Most all areas allowmushroom spore print samples on paper to aid in the identification of mushroomsfound out in the wild.  Questions?  Check with the law from a pay phone.  Write down date, name and badge # of officerspoken with, to confirm any “no laws” answer given.  Thailand and other legal areas,have no mushroom laws to worry about. 

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           New Item fromFMRC
       FMRC's "GUIDE TO COLUMNCHROMATOGRAPHY"
isonce again, now available. It is the exact copy of the original 1992 Issue thatchanged things for the people looking for ways to make money with mushrooms.Compounds and other extractions from mushrooms are worth a lot more than themushrooms themselves. Today, mushroom compounds are being used in all kinds ofhealth products, and even skin creams, and vitamins. The November Issue ofEnvironmental Nutrition has an article by Dr. Donald Abrams that states"Ganoderma lucidum extracts are a $1.5 billion world market"! But the real money, some as high as, plus or minus, $100,000.00 per gram!Compounds such as Ibotenic Acid, from Amanita muscaria, sell for over$70.00 per 1 mg! Remember, there are 1,000 mg in 1 gram. Phalloidin from Amanita Phalloides brings the highest of all the mushroom compounds, over $90.00per 1 mg. These are price quotes from Chemical Supply Companies. Listed in thisguide are other "high priced" mushroom compounds and who sells themand phone numbers, so you will see with your own eyes……..the great wealth inthese compounds.
This special method of chromatography allows you to separate and isolatemushroom compounds. "There is a certain adsorption sequence which allowssubstances to displace themselves from each other. This method of ColumnChromatography uses this natural law. When a special solution is filteredthrough an adsorbent column (a clear plastic one), the pigments that are morestrongly adsorbed displace the more weaker adsorbed ones, and force themfurther down from top to bottom in different colored layers or zones,separating everything." All you do is cut out the section that has thecompound you are looking for.
Explains the whole operation and how easy it is to separate mushroom compounds.
FMRC's "GUIDE TO COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY"
ON CD-ROM……………………………………………………..$20.00

Just pop it into your computer and it will all be there.
FMRC, POB 18105, Pensacola,FL 32523

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                                A Cops Advice on Dealing with Cops
Taken from a police officer: 
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/neill-franklin/a-cops-advice-on-dealing

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1 - Be calm and don't act nervous.
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2- Remain silent.  What you don't say can't hurt you.
3 - You have the right to refuse searches.
4 - Don't get tricked.  Remember, Police are allowed to lie to you.
5 - Determine if you are free to go.  Police need evidence to detain you.
6 - Don't expose yourself.  Doing dumb stuff in public makes you an easytarget.
7 - Don't run.  They will catch you and make you regret it.
8 - Never touch a cop.  Aggressive actions will only give you aggressiveresponse.
9 - Report misconduct.  Be a good witness.
10-You Do not have to let them in.  Police need a warrant to enter yourhome.

Theymust have Probable Cause to do any of the things mentioned here, when you havesaid “NO”.  Many times the “incorrectterm” Reasonable Suspicion” is used.  TheConstitution says they must have Probable Cause.  There is a big difference.   Sent in by Del Carr

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             Amanita phalloides Being Found in Washington State

Oct19, 2010
Local public health officials last week offered a piece of advice to forestforagers: beware.
Public Health – Seattle & King County called for mushroom foragers toexercise caution after a poisoning related to the Amanita phalloides — or death cap — species of mushroom.
Eating the poisonous mushroom landed a Bellevuewoman in the hospital last month, but she has since recovered.
The deadly poisonous Amanita phalloides mushroom has been spotted often in forests and backyards throughout the fall.
“It takes extensive knowledge to know which mushrooms are safe to eat and whichare poisonous,” Dr. David Fleming, Public Health – Seattleand King County director and health officer, saidlast week. “Amanita phalloides lookvery much like some edible types of mushrooms and increasingly can be found inthe wild, in local parks and even in our own backyards.”  JD

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                                Tea From MyceliumSpent Cakes or Grains

Hereis the thing about mycelium.  It is the mycelium that rebuilds itself intoa mushroom.  You must have 5 grams of mycelium produced to yield a 5 grammushroom, or 5 grams of mushrooms.  The mycelium, by weight, will bepretty close to the mushrooms, by analytical data.  What usually happens,is you only have 1 gram of mycelium in all that other stuff, and when you getfinished, you are expecting something from a 20 gram mushroom.  Its justnot going to happen.  If you think there maybe 20 or better grams ofmycelium, then you might have something.  slp/fmrc

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                                               Mushrooms and Religion

Hi All, 

I’m sending this along as a ladder which can get you into Heaven.  Itis written by a fellow worker in the field.

I’ve read it and I agree with the major concepts – if your receiving thisits cause I think you can hear its wisdom…

In What I Call Devine Love, Matthalamew

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PS… Just suppose we are not alone, and that everyone else is not necessarilygood…
This is my blog posting on www.resistance2010.com, and I consider this information VITAL, so please read all the way through it before calling me ablasphemer etc as I believe in Christ.. Watch me connect the dots:

If you are offended by my need to connect these dots, please don't read anyfurther, and delete this message: The information below is extremely controversial.You have been WARNED...  GalacticFederation of Light DEFEATED by mushrooms *EXTREMELY IMPORTANT*
Anyone who supports the Galactic Federation of Light is supporting their owndeception. They are evolved reptilian fallen angels serving under the greatgalactic EMPIRE. Lucifer is their leader, yet they portray him as the Christ.The truth is that the Christ lives within you. I have unlocked the doors tothis Christ through the use of psilocybin mushrooms. In Sumerian text, Christ means anointed, so to become anointed one can say that you must also beChristed; therefore, Christ was an experience, not a person. To relive theexperience of Christ, one must go deep within, yet with the poisons in the air,the fluoridation of the water, and the poisons in our food, we find ourselvesusually in a catch-22 scenario wondering sometimes if the spiritual world iseven real. Well, I am here to bring the good news friends, the spiritual worldis very real, and going within is easier than ever with the right tools. Thecreator God lives within us. These tools were kept secret in manuscripts underKing Solomon's temple by the Knight's Templar which later merged with theStonemasons to become what we know of today as the Freemasons.

The tools to learning how to reconnect with that inner Christ are psilocybin mushrooms. They give you the ability to go to the deepest levels of meditationthat the human mind can endure. They give you the ability to dream whileconsciously awake allowing you to visit both the spiritual world and thephysical world at the same time. We call this the 4th dimension.

Being an experienced cultivator, I can tell you from personal experience thatthe secrets of these mushrooms have been suppressed for many thousands ofyears, for they give us that spark of creativity that we need to overcome anyobjection, and they allow us to live in love without fear without any worry ofdeath. They are the proof showing you that you have a soul. You see, if youtrace our roots far back enough, we are genetically related to the mushroom,and according to Paul Stamets (world renowned mycologist) they very well couldbe our ancient ancestors. We both breath oxygen, and we both exhale CO2. Thepenis even resembles a mushroom, and they like us, live in perfect symbiosiswith the plant world. We are simply walking talking mushrooms. We also regaintelepathy from psilocybin mushrooms. Ancient Shamans used to control theweather and summon storms against their enemies with psilocybin mushrooms. Wedo create our own realities, and that is the point. If we all get together anduse these "tools" undergoing deep meditation, we can harness enoughpower to change reality with our minds destroying any enemy with any technologyor weapons.

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Psilocybin mushrooms are federally illegal in every country in the world.Why? Because they give us the ability to change reality. They give us the powerof love and creativity, so the Illuminati fear it being used against them, forthat weapon is their worst enemy. The human body complete with an alliance ofpsilocybin mushrooms is their worst nightmare. Period. I promise you, this isthe way to our salvation. So I am going to teach you how to grow them the way Ilearned. This method is very easy and affordable as long as you follow thesteps exactly with sterile procedures being the key focus.

This is the process to grow them for the beginner: http://www.shroomery.org/10256/PF-Tek-v2   You can order the spores from many places.:  http://www.thehawkseye.com/ is just one.  (If youthink you have found a wild specimen, get a Spore Sample Print from www.mushroomsfmrc.com and compare it foruse as a “Standard”.  Found wild sample’sprint color and all other ID points can be made.  slp/fmrc)  Once they are grown, you can followdirections to take spore prints, so you can keep recycling them over and over.They grow very easily with this method, and success is the only option when thedirections are followed exactly. This method will take about 1-2 months dependingon your strategy and growing conditions. Hint: They LOVE blue spectrum lightand a very humid environment with LOTS of fresh air exchange. Think of theconditions that a human loves, and apply that to the mushrooms. You certainlyare not going to lock yourself in a closet and never open the door for air, areyou? Fresh air exchange is key. Now, we must take necessary precautions whengrowing these. They can easily be grown in a closet. They do not take up a lotof space, so the growing can be hidden quite easily. When the spores are ordered,it is done on the low-down.

If anyone ever asks what they are, just tell them it's a science project youare doing for school. Never admit to anything. Say you had no clue they werepsilocybin mushrooms if you get busted. In order to get busted for growingpsilocybin mushrooms, they have to prove that you had an intent to manufacturepsilocybin. However, one can not "manufacture" psilocybin, for it isa scientific process, and any slip up will cause contamination with mold. It islegal to grow mushrooms for scientific research purposes, so as long as youstick to your guns you'll be OK. Most police officers don't even look formushrooms, for they don't think anyone is smart enough to grow them. I wasgrowing for 6 months and never had a problem with the law.

It is important to know that when ingesting psilocybin mushrooms, you must bein an environment that is familiar to you to prevent a bad trip. The trip goesvery well with Cannabis, for Cannabis helps relieve the nausea feelings somemay experience (but yogurt also does the same thing). When experienced, you canharness the energies of the spiritual world in a way you never knew how before.I don't care how many breathing techniques you do, you will never have the deepsensation that you achieve when using psilocybin mushrooms. They are the key toour freedom.

For more information, I recommend watching a series called, "ThePharmacratic Inquisition" seen here: http://www.pharmacratic-inquisition.com(I don’t –Matthalamew)
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This is a subject that has been demonized by the Feds with our programming.Also, freedom of religion pointing to John Allegro's book, "The SacredMushroom and the Cross" would point to that these are Jesus, so the firstamendment of freedom of religion would protect you in case you ever get introuble, which the chances are pretty low anyway. It is time to open your eyesand see the connections that we have to the fungal world as it literally existsin our DNA more-so than any animal or plant. The beautiful white mycelium spansout and grows like a network that looks very similar to the networks in thehuman brain. When you grow this, you will learn much, and you will takespirituality to a level that you have never experienced in your lives. Thehumans will defeat the Illuminati and the Galactic Federation of Light, andthis is how. I love each and every one of you, and this is a message that wastold to me long ago by my inner-Jesus. I love you, and I will die for you, andthis is why I care so much for you, for we are all one.  (I do agree thatthe Illuminati are real and that the “Galactic Fed of Light” are the FallenAngels or their ilk.” I’m not a John Allegro fan as Amanita muscaria is not Psilocybin… Matthalamew).

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                      SomeAdditional Info on IMGN Membership

I sent the following to someone who wanted these questionsanswered.

Amanita phalloides can only be collected from the wild. They cannot be cultivated as they are mycorrhizal and need trees to grow. You do not need a license to grow mushrooms.  You can either use a locallab in your area to do  

extractions(you will have to pay them for this) or do them yourself with the ColumnChromatography method.  Many chemical supply companies buy mushrooms anddo their own extractions.  The single dried specimens of mushrooms, like A.phalloides, are needed and wanted by many colleges and universities to useas "standards" so that others can learn what they look like, and howto identify them.  
You do not need any degree or other credentials to grow mushrooms.  Iunderstand people wanting to have confidential standings.  That was thebiggest reason I stopped taking credit card orders.  All kinds of recordscan be kept using this method of payment.  As far as any IMGN names on lists,there are none.  When someone contacts us looking for a certain mushroomproduct, I check to see what IMGN Members have reported that they have. When I find a match, I send the IMGN Member the person's name and contactinformation.  Then, the Member can contact them if they want to dobusiness.  I never release any IMGN Member's name or other information onthem.
I have also copy/pasted here information on Column Chromatography for yourinformation.  If you decide to join IMGN, just make a note that"Steve said you would also include the Chrom Guide CD for free"……..thatgoes for anyone who joins the IMGN.  But,you have to ask for it when you send your request for IMGN Membership andpayment in.  slp/fmrc

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                      Stephen L. Peele is anExpert Witness for the "Westlaw Round Table Group".
                                                    
                                                 Mushrooms Expert Witness
                                                  www.roundtablegroup.com
If you ever have a mushroom problem with the law, or need assistance with anylegal problems, this is where you want to go.  Or, have your all readyappointed lawyer contact Stephen L. Peele at floridamycology@cs.com.

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                   Identifying Mushrooms With Just The Spore Print

You should always take aspore print of a mushroom you are not sure about.  Many times the gillswill give you an idea of what the color is, but to be sure, always take aprint.  Use dark paper for light or white prints, use white paper for darkor colored prints.  Amanita have white spores and you always want to knowif it might be one of these.  Just by knowing the color of the mushroom's spores, you will know what mushroom it can't be, and what mushroom it mightbe.  Mushrooms are placed in a genus, for the most part, by the color oftheir spores.  If the print color is brown, you know it can't be Amanita,or Lepiota.  Mushroom spores can be compared to human finger prints. They will all have different sizes, shapes, warts and so on.  There arealso other reagent tests like Melzer's Reagent that will refine your search even more.  Doctor's and Poison Control   Centers keep mushroom sporeprint samples from FMRC to use as standards.  Just a quick comparisonunder the microscope, they know what they have, or don’t have.  slp/fmrc

                                               M A I L   C A L L

Subj:   Two questions on amanita mushrooms.   

Date:   1/12/2011     

From:  Mart   

To:       FloridaMycology@cs.com     HelloStephen L. Peele!

Ihave a two questions on Amanita mushrooms. 1. What are the bad toxins, that will make you sick, in A. Pantherina,besides ibotenic acid and muscimol. I read from one of your posts that A.Pantherina does not contain Muscarine.  2.Is it possible to grow A. Pantherina mycelium just like A. Muscaria’s.   Best wishes, Märt.

Mart.........1- Tricholomic Acid and Pantherin.  2-Yes.  Potato Dextrose Agar will work finefor both.  Thank You, for your interestin FMRC! Highest Regards, Stephen L. Peele, Curator FMRC

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                  FMRC's       "Stimulus Sales"

             Financingis now pre-approved with no interest!

To make both Stimulus Sales, the $300.00total (Overseas and Out of Country may make one extra payment of $70.00 tocomplete the $370.00), more accessible, FMRC will take payments in twomethods.  Method One - You send twopayments of $150.00 each.  Method Two -You send three payments of $100.00.  Thiswill make it possible for even more people to take advantage of these great offersduring these economic hard times. 

This payment schedule has been brought aboutdue to the number of requests we have gotten from people who are having a hardtime coming up with the total amount of $300.00.  Now everyone can take advantage of our StimulusSales and get both IMGN and Doctors Degree without any hardship.  No items are released until the full paymentis received.  The best method of makingthese payments is a money order purchased at your local post office made out toFMRC, POB 18105, Pensacola,FL  32523. slp/fmrc 

Due to the failing economy, FMRC presents the following sales to help generate stimulus within the Mushroom Community.  It will be a long time running sale:
Independent  Mushroom  Grower's  Network  (IMGN). Go for details:
http://www.mushroomsfmrc.com/gpage2.html
Normal IMGN Membership Cost.........$200.00  (Out of USA $230.00)
During the Stimulus Sale,your cost is only $150.00!
With well over $700.00 worth of free IMGN benefits, this makes just the $200.00worth of your selection of any free spore samples, from the world's largestmushroom spore bank, even more better!  And don't forget the one year'sfree subscription to "THE  MUSHROOM  CULTURE", The Journalof Mushroom Cultivation (TMC).  It is your communication's link to what isgoing on in the World of Mushrooms.
FMRC's  Stimulus  Sale#1.....IMGN Lifetime Membership with all benefits   $150.00
(Out of USA $180.00)
Doctor's  Degree  Mushroom  Correspondence  Course. Go for details:
http://www.mushroomsfmrc.com/gpage1.html
This is FMRC's Main Catalog.  Scroll down until you come to:

COLLEGE OF BASIDIOMYCETES The Study of GilledMushrooms.  FMRC was the first tointroduce home correspondence courses to study mushrooms. Certificate ofCompletion, from Associate to Doctor's are offered. Don't be fooled by"come lately" courses that others have now started. If you want tolearn about mushrooms in the privacy of your home, and do so at your own pace,sign up with the only one that has more than 30 years of experience. No one elsebut FMRC can give you the real training you desire to have. Courses start aslow as $100.00. Financing is available and pre-approved!
Tuition Schedule:
Doctor......................$500.00
Master.......................260.00
Bachelor...................180.00 
Associate.................100.00
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Additional materials needed to completeDoctor or Master degrees of Completion are all furnished. These may includespecimens, spores, cultures, reagents, and other reading materials like"The Mushroom Researcher ($50.00 value, and "Growing MushroomsWithout Contaminations" (a $25.00 value). Students living outside the USmust add an additional $40.00 to cover "Out Of Country" Airmail andHandling.

Although our "Certificate of Completion" degrees are nonacademic and cannot be used for credit on academic courses, knowledge obtained through thesecourses can be transferred to academic credits by taking CLEP tests offered bymost major Universities and Colleges. Certificates offered may not beacceptable when obtaining positions where an academic degree is required. Thisis the reason why tuition may sound to be on the "cheap" side. Ifdegrees were accredited through a College or University, this would cause anincrease by thousands of dollars in tuition fees. Back years ago I was told bythe University ofNorth West Florida,"To accredit FMRC's Doctor's Degree would cost over $26,000.00." Andmy cut is not even in that figure. Because many of the subjects discussed arenot offered by most academic institutions, I decided to make them available. Imany times talk to medical doctors from Poison Control Centers, working onidentifying mushrooms involved in mushroom poisonings. They find themselveslearning a lot from me about identifying mushrooms, especially from spore microscopy and taking mushroom spore prints on paper to see their color. They openly relay to me how Mushroom ID "Challenged" they really are. WhenI tell them about these very same courses and how they can take them at theirown pace and time, they even sign up! These degrees actually show higherspecific learning accomplishments than what most Universities and Collegesoffer. Persons holding academic degrees can present our "Certificate ofCompletion" as supplemental credentials, and proof of further learninginto the specific area of Basidiomycetes.
When you order this Stimulus Sale #2, our Doctor's Degree Course, you get allthe needed and provided materials and books that are listed above.  Allyou have to do is buy your text book at any book store, the National AudubonSociety…."Field Guide to North American Mushrooms by Gary H.Lincoff.  You need a good field guide anyway, and this is really a good one. It is available from FS Book Store (1-916-771-4203) for under $20.00. "Tell them" FMRC said you had this book.  

FMRC's Stimulus Sale #2..........Doctor's Degree Course$200.00
(Out of USA $240.00)
Want to save even more?
Purchase both Stimulus sales, #1 IMGN Membership and #2 the Doctor's Mushroomcourse for only.........$300.00!  (Out of USA $370.00)  That's over$1,200.00 worth of items for just $300.00.
Just write down your request on what sale, or both, you want.  Makepayment out to FMRC.  A postal money order that you buy at your local postoffice is the best method of payment.  Personal checks are accepted. Send request and payment to FMRC, POB 18105, Pensacola, FL  32523.

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                          “T E O N A N A C A T L”

                              The International Journal Of

                             Psychoactive Mushrooms  (TEO)

                                Color Photograph for #35  “TEO” February 2011

                                     Gymnopilus luteofolius

Showing “bruised” bluingreaction and distinct “pileus” appearance. Cultivated and photograph by Stephen L. Peele, September, 1987.

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             FMRC’s  E N T I R E   S P O R E     B A N K     S A L E 

Forthose who have not seen this Saleposted on FMRC’s Website:  The EntireMushroom Spore Bank, over 200 different Samples, is on sale for only$1,000.00!  And, when any new species arelisted in the Bank, and you have an interest in receiving it, just let us knowthat you purchased the Entire Collection before.  Any samples that are currently out of stock,can be freely requested at any time in the future.  Just make the request and it will be shippedright off to you at no charge!

Thisentire massive collection, the World’s Largest Mushroom Spore Bank of its typesince 1972, can be inspected and downloaded at www.mushroomsfmrc.com.

Tobe the proud owner of this entire spore bank collection, simply mail in yourrequest for the Entire Mushroom Spore Sample Collection, held at FMRC.  The best method of payment is a

PostalMoney Order that you buy at your local Post Office.  For “Out of Country” payment, send a WesternUnion Postal Money Order, or other check that is drawn on a USA Bank.  Send your request and payment made out toFMRC, POB 18105, Pensacola,FL  32523. If you live in CA, ID or GA, where many of the spore samples areillegal…..no problem.  Just send $830.00and none of the illegal samples in your area will be included.  Otherwise, you must send a legal stateshipping address for the entire collection.

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Call 1-916-771-4203 and find out how to gettheir Catalog!  Tell them “I saw yourCatalog Ad in the “TEO” Mushroom Journal by FMRC.”

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                    This new #3 CD comeswith all the Back Issues #70 TMC thru #83 TMC! Just like #1 and #2, the #3 CD comes in color, just like the Issues werepublished.  Just place it in yourcomputer, and you will be there to see it all. To check out the Contents ofthese past Back Issues, just go to www.mushroomsfmrc.comand click Catalog.  Then scroll on downuntil you come to the Back Issue section for our Journals.
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                     PSYCHOACTIVE  MUSHROOM QUIZ  “PMQ”

Psychoactive MushroomQuiz (“PMQ”) is featured in each edition of this Journal.  If you know the answer, write it down andmail it in.  No phone calls.  No E-mail. No FAX.  Your entry must be mailedby 1^st Class U.S. Mail only (Overseas and Out of USA can useAirmail).  The first letter that isopened and has the correct answer WINS. What do you win?  An entire year’ssubscription to this Journal "Hard Copy”…FREE!  Your name will be posted with the correctanswer in the following edition (unless you state “Not to publish yourname”).  So, come on and impress your mushroom friends with yourknowledge.  Send your entry to FMRC,“PMQ”, POB 18105, Pensacola,FL 32523.

Last Issue’s #34 TEO: What color are themushroom spores from the genus Stropharia?

Last Issue’s “PMQ” correct answer:  Purple-brown to violet-brown.    

Winner – Jack Carson

“PMQ” For this #35 TEO Issue:  Whatis the main difference between Liquid Media and Agar Media?

                How to Win a Year’s Free Subscription to“TEO”

If you see any article about psychoactive mushrooms,past or present, and you think others may like to read it, send it in.  If it is used in ”TEO”, you get the freesubscription.  If you find a large standof a particular species of psychoactive mushroom, and are able to collect 4 to5 good full sheets of spore prints (enough

to place samples in “TEO”), send them in.  If they are accepted, they will be placed in“TEO”, and you get the free subscription. If you send anything in that has to do with psychoactive mushrooms, andit is used (Mail Call letters do not apply), you get the freesubscription.  If you do not want yourname mentioned, please state so and we will honor your wishes. 

Free subscriptions are Hard Copy Color issues withspore print samples.

CONGRATULATIONSTO THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE:  Because of yourinput to this issue of “TEO”, you are awarded a year’s free subscription.  We all thank you for your very helpful input:  Del Carr for A Cops Advice on Dealing WithCops, JD for Amanita phalloides BeingFound in WashingtonState, Jack Carson forcorrect PMQ, and Robin Arnold for Mushroom Spore Print Samplesprovided in this Issue.

Please be advised that any postal orelectronic mail sent to FMRC and “TEO” becomes their property, and said mailmay be used in articles published by FMRC and “TEO”.  However, if you ever send something in andyou don’t want your name given, state so and we will follow your wish.  If you wish not to be in our records, state soand you will not be.  Any subscriberwill, at least, be on our subscription list in order to receive saidsubscription.       

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 Teonanacatl Journal Back Issues Available on CD-ROM

Allthe TEO Back Issues #01-#13 on CD-ROM – In Full Color.  Just put the disk into your computer and youwill see all the Back Issues #01 - #13 in full color.  Order this CD-ROM for only $40.00!  Just write down your request and includepayment of $40.00 made out to FMRC, POB 18105, Pensacola, FL 32523.

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Submitting Spore Print Samples andArticles to This Journal “TEO”

If anyone has an article or something theywould like to submit to be in "TEO", please submit toFloridaMycology@cs.com or postal mail to FMRC, POB 18105, Pensacola, FL 32523. If what you send in is used, you win a year’s free subscription to TEO,Hard Copy Issue.  Other articles found innewspapers and other print, should be sent postal mail.  Any article used earns the sender a year’s freesubscription to “TEO”.  “TEO” is thephysical issue of this Journal; “TEO” Electronica is the electronic version ofissue.  So, be sure to include yourpostal address when submitting any article. Mail Call entries earn no free subscription.  You may also elect and state not to have yourname published or listed with article. Ideas about regular columns by you are welcomed, as are all

other ideas that you feel will be helpfulto this Journal.   Because this Journal also comeswith spore print samples affixed inside, you may submit mushroom spore printson paper to be placed in this Journal. Several full sheets are needed so that everyone receives a sample.  Examples of mushroom spore print samplesaffixed in past "TEO" Issues:  Amanita muscaria, Psilocybe cubensis, Amanitapantherina, Psilocybe azurescens,and Panaeolus foeniscecii/cyanescens. 

Spores should be sent to FMRC, POB 18105, Pensacola, FL32523.  Actual live mushroom spore print samples areaffixed into journals for identifying purposes only.  They can be compared to suspected foundmushroom's spores to help in making a positive identification.  No growing claims are made or implied.  Any articles, spores, or other submissionsthat are used earn you a year's free Hard Copy Subscription. 

Submitting spore samples for Journalentries entitles you to one year’s free subscription to the"Physical" issues published by FMRC. Only select prints that you are sure of identification.  Do not submit samples you cannotidentify.  "TMC" and "TEO"("THE MUSHROOM CULTURE", The Journal Of Mushroom Cultivation (TMC)and "TEONANACATL", The International Journal Of PsychoactiveMushrooms TEO), both published by FMRC, still remain the only "Color"mushroom journals that come with mushroom spore print samples.  This is mainly due to reader collection

and the fact it is quite troublesome toplace the said samples in this Journal. To this date, I know of no one else who has tried taking on thistask.  Mushroom prints should be taken onpaper.  Any dark colored spores can betaken on white paper.  Light colored orwhite spores should be taken on a dark colored paper.  This will ensure contrast and make the sporeseasy to see.  Seven to nine completesheets should be submitted.  Place andaffix (with stapleor tape) cover sheet over each sheet of prints. Send date and place collected. 

Because these issues have this unique feature ofmushroom spore print samples to aid in the correct identification of mushroomscollected out in the wild, they have a cut off of 3,000 subscribers.  This makes original Hard Copy back issues of"TMC" and "TEO" rare and the most valuable to collect.

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Back Issues of "TEO" Hard Copies, are $10.00 each.  When all originals have been sold, Reprint orPhotocopies are made available.  CD-ROMsent when these are out (no spore samples or Color Photograph may be affixed). 

The Scheduling Dispatch of This Journal

This Journal's "Hard Copy" is postal mailedthe second week of the Issue's Publication month/date.  Because games and prizes offered in thisJournal are restricted to postal mail only, the Electronic Issue is notreleased until 7 days after the postal mailing of the "Hard Copy".  This is done to prevent unfair advantage ifboth were released at the same time.  Toview the

Electronic Issue, go to www.mushroomsfmrc.comthen, click on “TEO Journals”.  The FREEDownload is made available by donations. To help keep this mycological free service available to all, you maysend your donation in any amount to FMRC, POB 18105, Pensacola, FL 32523                       

As you read through TEO, youmay come upon misspelled words and other typos. This is because it is the Publisher’s decision to paste articles,emails, and other sent-in items, just as we receive them…errors and all.

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All the TMC Issues from #01to #69 are on "THE GOSPEL”.  Youwill see all the mycological achievements made over the last 2 decades...all inCOLOR!  All the stories, all the events,it’s all here.  A major MycologicalPublishing Event!  And, all you have todo is just place the disks into your computer, and you will be there to see itall!

Or, you can order a TWO YearSubscription to "TEONANACATL" The International Journal ofPsychoactive Mushrooms (TEO) for the same low price of just $50.00 ($90.00 forOutside of USA) and receive the TEO Issues #01-#13 on CD-ROM - a $40.00 value!

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Order BOTH Journals, and justsend $75.00, and get both the CD-ROMs. This will save you Big Time.......Mail your request and payment made outto FMRC, POB 18105 Pensacola, FL 32523. Sorry, no online or credit card orders. The FloridaMycology ResearchCenter (FMRC), Publisher.

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 A Post Made About Drug Addiction onalt.drugs.mushrooms

Subject: Problem of Drug Addiction

Drug Addiction treatment in New Yorkhelps in providing rehabilitation
to victims of drug addictions, it also promotes awareness by making
people aware of the causes and consequences of even casual drug abuse.
To more information you can visit our website http://www.drug-rehabnewyork.com/

Damo Gets reply:
 
Subject: Re: Problem of Drug Addiction

Surely as an expert in addiction must know, you are aware of the fact thatpsilocybin and other psychoactive alkaloids in psychedelic mushrooms are notphysically or psychologically addicting. They are, in fact, currently beingused for research assisting people with psychiatric issues. Also, I don't thinkyou're going to find a whole lot of people reading this newsgroup looking forplaces to check themselves into for shroom addiction. Try alt.drugs.heroin,maybe, or [the worst and most addictive of them all] alt.drugs.alcohol. Meth ispretty bad, too. But seriously, don't sweat the
small stuff.
On a more serious note, what are you guys planning on banding together to sayonce marijuana is made legal, since the argument seems to stem around thatprimarily at this point? Oh yeah, it's got more tar than cigarettes, too,check. It certainly doesn't cause fights, rages, or drivers to wipe out fortypeople unloading from the slow bus. Is there an alt.profession.hypocritical?

FMRC’s Reply:  Hey Damo Gets, just wantedto say I thought your post on "Problem of Drug Addiction" was righton time.  As for Pot.....I have been wondering for years now why pot hasstayed Scheduled ONE.  I have been watching the activities ofDuPont.  They hold all the Patents for paper making from pulp wood. If hemp was ever again released, it would cripple DuPont's hold on papermaking......hence, many dollars are being pumped in to make sure pot stayswhere it is at.  Even though many medical benefits are now being made, itstays where it is at.  Schedule ONE compounds have little or no medicalbenefits and have a huge abuse potential.  Go figure.  The power ofthe dollar.  slp/fmrc   

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                Mushroom Spore Print sample for#35 “TEO”                                                                                                                     
Panaeolus subbalteatus  

FMRC’s Catalog Number  SO201                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              .                                                                             

Samples collected by Robin Arnold, NH

 A secondgo around from last Issue for those who might have missed this one.                

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