Thai Spore Print, 1 Print

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This is one Thai spore print: the dry spore deposit from a mushroom of the Thai variety of Psilocybe cubensis. It is sold as a specimen for microscopy and for spore collections.

What the Thai variety is

Thai is a name spore sellers use for a line of Psilocybe cubensis; it is not a separate species. Mycology suppliers trace it to Thailand, often to the island of Koh Samui, and one credits the line to specimens that the ethnomycologist John Allen found on cow dung in the island's rice fields. Cattle pastures across the tropics are the usual habitat of the species. Its present scientific name dates from 1949, the year Rolf Singer placed it in the genus Psilocybe.

What a Thai spore print shows

A mature cap left on a clean surface sheds its spores as a fine powder, and that powder is the print. In bulk the spores have a visible colour: dark purple-brown for Psilocybe cubensis.

Under a microscope, references describe cubensis spores as smooth and elliptical, about 11 to 17 micrometres long, with a germ pore at one end. Expect no visible difference between Thai and other cubensis varieties at this scale; the variety name rests on the grower's label.

In the pack

One Thai spore print. Slides, cover slips and a microscope are not part of it.

Handling and storage

Keep the print closed in its packaging until you examine it, and touch only the edges.
A cool, dark and dry place suits it; moisture, heat and light damage spores.
Spore sellers report that a dry print stored this way keeps for several years.

Legal status and responsible use

The legal status of this product differs from country to country, and you are responsible for checking the law where you live. It is sold to adults aged 18 and over only.

The producer warns that mushrooms of this kind naturally contain psilocybin and psilocin, and that the product must be kept out of reach of children. This print is not for consumption.

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