Revised March 1, 2006 and September 3, 2007
Copyright 1998-2007 by John W. Allen
Shroom Stalkers
Mr. Boon of Ban Thurian
And here we have images of some of those who stalk the lowly Psilocybian species in Southeast Asia, Hawaii, and the U.S.A.
Mushroom Vendors of the Third Kind
Pioneer Shroomstalker R. Gordon Wasson in Oaxaca, Mexico with Psilocybe caerulescens
R. Gordon Wasson admiring a small collection of Psilocybe caerulescens in Oaxaca, Mexico
Corey Johnson Holding a wild shroom near Marysville, Washington 1982.
Mr. Jak. Samui Mushroom vendor, age 3
And here is Mr. Jak, age 6 and still vending
And here we have Mr. Jak, age 12 and still vending
Here we have Mr. Jak's Mother, also a vendor
Mr.Jak's Mother and another baby. (circa 2001)
Mr.Jak's Mother and Baby with shrooms
Mr.Jak's Mother and Baby fall 2004
Mr.Jak's Mother fall 2005
Mr. Sawat with a hoe on one shoulder and a magic mushroom and bird egg in his hands
Shroomstalker Brigitta, Mushroom John and Mr. Sawat, Ban Hua Thanon, circa 1987.
Mushroom John, Brigitta with Mr. Sawat in his Ban Hua Thanon Stilted Home.
Here is Mr. Sawat photographed ten years after the above photo (1999)
Mr. Sawat in 2001
Mr Sawat, October 2001
Young Shroom Vendors. The boy on the far right in both images is the Son of Mr. Sawat
Mushroom John with Mr. Toowey, the only Thai farmer I met who sun dries his mushrooms
Chief Ill Eagle, Mr. Sawat and Mushroom John 2001 at Ban Hua Thanon, Koh Samui
These kids are skipping school. If you see the authorities. Tell them they are truant shroom vendors and killers of squirrels
The master at work
Cambodian children at Angkor Wat helping to collect Copelandia for spore prints (October2000)
Another view of the shroom children at Angkor Wat, Cambodia (October 2002)
Cambodian mushroom pickers (September 2001)
007 and a young Monk assist me in hunting for the fabulous Copelandia Temple Shrooms.
Here is a small basket of Copelandia cyanescens from roaming in and around the temple grounds for about one hour in Angkor Wat.
What Munchies Resort has to offer you if you are hungry for shrooms
Shroomstalker Mark observing
Psilocybe azurescens
along the Oregon Coast.
Paula, an Oregon shroomstalker with
Psilocybe azurescens
along the Oregon Coast.
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