Strain histories
Where the lines came from, who bred them and what their spores look like.
The stories behind the cards in the library: Jack Frost, Penis Envy and APE, Golden Teacher, the natalensis-to-Ochra renaming, Panaeolus cyanescens, DreadMaw and Gamma Decay, the Blue Ravioli family, Tidal Wave and Enigma, the Australian breeders and the A.C.S isolates. Each history is grounded in the catalogue's own lineage notes and says plainly where the wider story is folklore.
Strain historiesNo. 18Jack Frost: the history of an albino cross and what its spores look like
Jack Frost is a cross of True Albino Teacher and Albino Penis Envy that appeared around 2020. Its origins, the crosses bred from it, and what its translucent spores show under the microscope.
20 September 2026 · 3 min read · Read →
Strain historiesNo. 19Penis Envy and Albino Penis Envy: the history behind the most-studied cubensis line
The disputed origins of Penis Envy, how Albino Penis Envy (APE) came from it, why the line drops so few spores, and the APE crosses and isolates catalogued at MycoWorld.
20 September 2026 · 3 min read · Read →
Strain historiesNo. 20Golden Teacher: the history of the most recognisable cubensis strain
Golden Teacher appeared in the late 1980s from an unknown source and became the reference cubensis. Its history, its albino isolation True Albino Teacher, and what its spores look like on a slide.
20 September 2026 · 2 min read · Read →
Strain historiesNo. 21Natalensis and Ochra explained: why a species was renamed and what it means on the label
Why MycoWorld labels list "Ochra (prev. Natalensis)": the cultivated natalensis lines were re-described as Psilocybe ochraceocentrata. The taxonomy, the Natal Moon cross and what the spores show.
20 September 2026 · 3 min read · Read →
Strain historiesNo. 22Panaeolus cyanescens: a different genus, and what its black spores look like under the microscope
Panaeolus cyanescens is not a Psilocybe. Its jet-black spores, the Australian and Caribbean isolates in the MycoWorld Pan Cyans collection, and how to tell it from cubensis on a slide.
20 September 2026 · 2 min read · Read →
Strain historiesNo. 23DreadMaw and Gamma Decay: an Australian cross and the isolate taken from it
Gamma Decay is a What The Fungi cross of Blue Ravioli and Black Betty Gates. DreadMaw is the isolate selected from it. The lineage, the breeder and what to look for under the microscope.
20 September 2026 · 2 min read · Read →
Strain historiesNo. 24Blue Ravioli and its crosses: Blue Voodoo, Gamma Decay, Auric Stew and Blue Vootwo
Blue Ravioli is the parent behind Blue Voodoo, Gamma Decay, Auric Stew and the A.C.S Blue Vootwo isolate. Where the line came from, what the name means and how the family compares under the microscope.
20 September 2026 · 2 min read · Read →
Strain historiesNo. 25Tidal Wave, Enigma and the blob mutations: why a famous line has no spores of its own
Tidal Wave is a B+ x Penis Envy cross. Enigma is its blob mutation, which produces no spores at all. What that means for a spore library, and the Tidal Wave family MycoWorld catalogues.
20 September 2026 · 2 min read · Read →
Strain historiesNo. 26Australian genetics: What The Fungi, Sporexchange and the wild lines behind the library
Half the MycoWorld library is bred in Australia. The What The Fungi and Sporexchange collections, the wild landrace and Panaeolus isolates, and why Australian lines are worth studying.
20 September 2026 · 2 min read · Read →
Strain historiesNo. 27The A.C.S and Mushrealm lines: American isolates in the MycoWorld library
The A.C.S batch brought American isolates of Blue Voodoo, Ochra, ABV440 and more into the library via the Mushrealm collection. What A.C.S cuts are, how they relate to the original breeders, and what to compare.
20 September 2026 · 2 min read · Read →Specimens for this chapter
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