Hypothetically, A friend of mine recently started becoming interested in possibly cultivating mushrooms. This person knows how to grow it but has no idea what strain to grow. They sell many different strains with weird scientific names and he was hoping someone had experience and this area could help him.

Yea the scientific names can get pretty scary. I've been growing mushrooms for about 4 years and I've grown the same strain every year, Portabello. They're much easier to grow then other varieties like Psilocybin and Amanita, not to mention the desired effects are stronger. I've never had a bad trip off a Portabello, and neither has anybody I've sold to. The problem with most other species is that they easily become vectors for mold and other bacteria that can make them uneatable. They also don't take very long to grow. If you can find a place to buy some Portabello pores, I'd start growing them.

To grow them, boil some brown rice and put it in a mason jar. Scrape some of the pores onto the rice paddy and play a cap on it. Poke some holes in the cap and hope for the best! Try to look up some other growing techniques. If warweed.com is still a website, they had some good ebooks on the subject. Good luck!

you're kidding, right?

and he said strain not genus.

op, assuming you're talking about cubes, this explains it.

http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/7955073/an/0/page/0

you're kidding, right?

and he said strain not genus.

op, assuming you're talking about cubes, this explains it.

http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/7955073/an/0/page/0

Thanks, That looks like a great resoure

I loled. No one has had a bad tip you have sold to. i bet they had a good meal though right?

psilocybe cubensis are the most common psilocybe mushrooms on the market. They are also good for beginners to get into growing. so find some spore syringes with p cubensis and there you go.

I'd suggest b+ to start. Very easy to grow, good potency, and not a bad yield. They've been widely recommended for beginners.

B+. There's not too much difference as far as the varieties of experience among the beginning strains, but if you know what you want experience-wise, use that. Otherwise go for the generics (B+).