Created February 15, 2006, Revised June 29, 2006 and September 11, 2007
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Psilocybe samuiensis grows directly to the left of the footpath. My motorcycle is parked behind me taking this image.




 

Ruminants and their Shroom Habitats NA MUANG Koh Samui, Thailand

 

Hello to all lovers of mushrooms. Here is a photographic essay of the habitat of Psilocybe cubensis/Psilocybe subcubensis, Psilopcybe samuiensis, Panaeolus antillaerum and an unknown species of hypholoma. This Pictorial features the buffalo and habitat of three species of mushrooms of which two contain the alkaloids of psilocine and psilocybine found in a rice paddie off of Highway 4169 near the village of Na Muang and the Na Muang Water falls. There is a cycle of the shrooms growth in this area. First come the Panaeolus antillarum mushrooms. They, are a non-active species. Then the cubes come. After a good monsoon rain and about every thirty days or so, The unidentified Hypholoma species appears abundantly throughout this whole rice paddie area under discussion. Psilocybe samuiensis then appears in the dried paddie areas consisting of some swampy water run-offs after the rice paddies become partially flooded and after the water settlers in certain areas. This mushroom, PSilocybe samuiensis appears hiding under the heigth of the grass and mimosa found in this field and never attains a heigth taller than three inches. Recently, a large corner of the field was layered and raised with clay soil to grow corn. Unfortunately, the corn dried up from the open area from the intense heat of the sun. A failed project. The clay-like area used for the corn was a collectors dream with an abundance of psilocybe samuiensis, Now forever gone from where the clay soil was implanted, although Psilocybe samuiensis still occurs in other paddies in the same area connected to the clay earth which, if walked upon, cakes up on your tongs or boots. One image post below in this pictorial series shows the ruined area. I also found one collection of sterile cubes which had produced no spores, leaving a yellowish-white tone to the gill plates of the cubes. Furthermore, these cattle tenders whose buffalo are constantly moved around during the day to shelter the buffalo form the sun's iontense heat, also grow squash and tobacco along the surrounding jungle foilaged areas of the paddies.

The Pink and Gray Buffalo of the Na Muang Rice paddies









More iamges of the Pink and Gray buffalo of Na Muang.











Behind me in the 1st image and to the left of the footpath in the 2nd image, is where Psilocybe samuiensis hides.


The Clay base lies where I used to pick abundant collections of Psilocybe samuiensis. Corn was planted and sun-failed.





Two beautiful images of Psilocybe cubensis at Na Muang and the third image is a sterile sporelss cube.







Five images of Psilocybe samuiensis, no taller than three iches, hiding below the top of the grass.




Wild Mimosa grows throghout many of the rice paddies on Koh Samui. Tares my legs up getting scracthed.





An unidentified Hypholoma species grows in and amongst the P. samuiensis, although they are usually gone when the Psilocybe samuiensis began to appear.





Here we have an unidentified species of Hypholoma which predominates this rice paddie prior to the appearance of Psilocybe samuiensis, which appear after the monsoon rain water settles back into the Earth.





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