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The Mexican mushroom spore print is a 100% classic psilocybe cubensis. Also know as Mexicana Cubensis, this strain is sometimes mislabeled as a Psilocybe mexicana, but that is a different species of mushroom.

This Mexican spore print could hold the genetics of the original Mexican magic mushroom strain that created the Mexican Dutch King. Mexican is an easy grow on many substrates, when it’s feeling happy it will grow tall with brown caps.

This page provides general information about the Mexican Psilocybe Cubensis strain.

• Origin:  Mexico,
• The caps measure 45+ mm and range in color from caramel red brown to lighter brown, sometimes accompanied by nipples or acute umbo. Bell-shaped, round, and flat, the caps are different within and in every flush.
• Stem: 50-120 + mm, medium to tall slim in size. White is a yellow color. Turns blue when touched.
• Spores: dark brown, almost black. 1.5–17 x 8–11µm, subellipsoid, basidia 4-spored
• Substrate: brown rice flour, PF Tek, and rye grain. Enriched soil and dung
• Trivia: Classic cubensis

Mexican psilocybe cubensis Spore print

We make the Mexican spore prints on sterile foil or glass, store them in a sterile ziplock bag, and keep them refrigerated. We release only germinating spores as prints.

How should you store your mushroom spore prints?

Spore prints should be stored in a spot away from light, moister and heat. Instead of freezing them, you can store them in a refrigerator. Keep refrigerated between 2*C and 8*C Celsius or 35*F and 46*F Fahrenheit.

Well-preserved spore prints can remain viable for many years. Keep them refrigerated between 2*C-8*C Celsius or 35*F-46*F Fahrenheit.

What is a mushroom spore print?

A mushroom spore print is the pattern of spores deposited on a surface, like foil, from a sporulating mushroom cap.

The gills beneath the mushroom cap release (eject) the spores. The mushroom spores create a stamp-like effect.

Spores

Mushroom spores are how mushrooms reproduce. The spore, a single-celled reproductive unit, resembles the mushroom’s seed.

The mushrooms expel the spores from the cap; the spores then germinate (grow) from the location where the mycelium develops, and the mycelium fruits the mushroom.

We refer to this process as the mushroom lifecycle (please write an article and insert a link). With a spore print, you hold the starting point of this life cycle.

Besides being the starting point of the mushroom life cycle, the mushroom print is also the starting point of mushroom research and cultivation. A spore print is a way to identify, transport, and preserve mushrooms’ genetics.

Identification

A mushroom spore print is a collection of spores taken from the cap of a mushroom. Spore color plays a crucial role in mushroom identification, leading to its ‘print’ on a surface.

The color of Cubensis spores ranges from deep lilac to purple brown. At first glance, they appear black. The P. cubeniss spores have a size of 11.5 to 17.5 by 8 μm (μm = micrometer). A single spore, you can not see them by the eye, only with a microscope. However, on a print, millions of spores can be seen, each leaving a clear, dark print.

Preservation

Spore printing is a method of preserving the genetic makeup of mushroom cultures. A spore print will contain different genotypes because spores are the product of sexual reproduction.

A spore print will never contain exactly the same genetics as the mushroom it came from. However, psilocybe Cubensis is quite stable from one generation to the next, which results in the majority of the spores in a print being almost identical to their parents.

It is not an exact replica of the genetic makeup of the mushroom from which it originated. But it will be more or less identical.

Why use a mushroom spore print?

Spore prints are the starting point of mushroom cultivation. They contain millions of spores; each of them is a growing point for mycelium, and therefore mushrooms.

You will have to do some preparation before you can use the spores. However, from a single print, you can create numerous spore syringes, spore swabs, and inoculate numerous agar plates.

As mentioned before, spore prints harbor the genetics of a strian. If your mushroom culture is degenerating and you require new genetics, a spore print is necessary.

In addition, spore prints are easily stored, interchangeable, and have a long shelf life. According to NASA, spore prints can survive up to 18 months in the vacuum of space. Hence, spores are awful.