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You may have heard about 4/20, but are you celebrating 9/20? We're offering 20% off store-wide to celebrate!

Today is all about psychedelics, like the compounds found in magic mushrooms. Used for hundreds (maybe thousands) of years in ritual and traditional medicine, psilocybin has been recently been rediscovered in Western science and medicine interested in treating mental health conditions like PTSD and addiction. As more and more studies show the value of using psychedelics in medicine, local movements are growing in support of decriminalizing psilocybin-producing mushrooms.

Today is a day of education and a call for change and there are plenty of ways to celebrate! Learn about mushrooms and their medicinal compounds. Get in touch with local politicians and share your thoughts. Get nerdy with us and have a look at mushroom spores under the microscope.

This lovely image was created by Carolina Rodriguez Fuenmayor.

Happy 🍄🚀🌈 day, everyone!

🍄 The Amethyst Deceiver 🍄

Introducing the captivating Amethyst Deceiver (Laccaria amethystina): a woodland gem that never ceases to amaze with its enchanting presence. Its delicate cap, adorned in varying shades of amethyst, casts a spell of wonder wherever it is found in nature.

🍽️ Edibility: Although not toxic, the Amethyst Deceiver is generally not considered suitable for consumption due to its rubbery texture and limited taste. It sure is pretty though!

🌍 Geographic Range: This elusive mushroom is frequently encountered in two common regions:

North America
Europe

📅 Seasonality: The Amethyst Deceiver graces us with its presence from late summer to autumn, making its appearance as the leaves start to paint the landscape with warm hues.

🔬 Scientific Name: Laccaria amethystina

Venture into the outdoors and uncover the magic of the Amethyst Deceiver! Share your encounters and join the community celebrating the marvels of nature. 🌳🍂🍄

Photo Credit: Jörg Hempel

It's July! Monsoons bring... MUSHROOMS!

Interested in scoring some fresh foraged boletes for your kitchen? Head over to our website (check our profile for a link!) to preorder these beautiful fungi.

We're also thrilled to be hosting a few forays later in the month, through mid august. Also available on our website!

A customer favorite, the Purple Mystic variety! This variety is also available in our "Mace Windu" bundle, if you're looking for multiple samples for a fantastic price!

For today only, though, you can take 25% off on this variety using code WN0YY4FB, or clicking the image below below!

The best, cleanest Purple Mystic spore syringes only by Southwest Shroomery. Purple Mystic 10ml Spore Syringes drawn in front of a HEPA filter, using sterilized distilled water. Only the best from Southwest Shroomery!

Shiitake 3782 is our most cool-weather-tolerant Shiitake variety. Getting your fall grain spawn ready as summer progresses? Look no further, this shiitake variety grows phenomenally on supplemented hardwood sawdust, and in doweled logs.

This one is one of our favorite to grow, take 25% off for 24hr using code GBWS8FB, or clicking below!

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Shiitake 3782 Lentinula edodes The shiitake is an edible mushroom native to East Asia, which is cultivated and consumed in many Asian countries. It is considered a medicinal mushroom in some forms of traditional medicine. This product comes in three different styles: Agar Wedge A single wedge of agar in an eppend...

The Garden Giant! Have you ever dreamt of inoculating your mulch and having dinner grow among your tomato plants?! If so, this one is for you! This delicious mushroom is a prolific producer and one of our favorite cultures.

Still reading and can't wait for those wine-colored caps in your garden? Take 25% off with code SD7N30FB, or click the image below!

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Wine Caps Stropharia rugosoannulata Stropharia rugosoannulata, commonly known as the wine cap stropharia, "garden giant", burgundy mushroom or king stropharia, is an agaric of the family Strophariaceae found in Europe and North America, and introduced to Australia and New Zealand. This product comes in three....

Ps. cubensis var. Blue Meanie! Not to be confused with it's cousin Panaeolus cyanescens, which we also offer!

This is a great strain for beginners to study, and one of our most popular strains. Currently 25% off (24 hours only!) using code FFHFQ6FB at checkout, or clicking below.

The best, cleanest Blue Meanie spore syringes only by Southwest Shroomery. Blue Meanie 10ml Spore Syringes drawn in front of a HEPA filter, using sterilized distilled water. Only the best from Southwest Shroomery!

Another one of our best sellers, Z-Strain! Get 25% off today only on this fabulous variety by clicking the image below, or using code W9Q59FB at checkout.

All active syringes are strictly for microscopy use.

The best, cleanest Z-Strain spore syringes only by Southwest Shroomery. Z-Strain 10ml Spore Syringes drawn in front of a HEPA filter, using sterilized distilled water. Only the best from Southwest Shroomery!

One of our newest available cultures, the Burn Morel! To celebrate the launch of this new culture, take 25% off for 24 hours by clicking below!

Burn Morel (Tomentosa) Morchella Tomentosa Found exclusively in confier forest burns, within the US, generally west of the Rockies, These morels are the last species, and generally most prolifically fruiting of burn morels. Make sure you check out Modern Forager and pick up their burn maps to hunt on your own! This produc...

Gourmet Flash Sale! This time. we've got one of our best selling Liquid Cultures: Lion's Mane! This sale is only good for 24 hours, so get 'em while they're around!

Use code P451PFB at checkout, or click the link below!

Lion's Mane Hericium erinaceus Hericium erinaceus (also called lion's mane mushroom, monkey head mushroom, bearded tooth mushroom, satyr's beard, bearded hedgehog mushroom, pom pom mushroom, or bearded tooth fungus) is an edible and medicinal mushroom belonging to the tooth fungus group. Native to North America...

Texas Orange Cap Samples: Flash Sale! 25% off for the next 24 hours only!

Use discount code XVZXZVFB at checkout!

The best, cleanest Texas Orange Cap spore syringes only by Southwest Shroomery. Texas Orange Cap 10ml Spore Syringes drawn in front of a HEPA filter, using sterilized distilled water. Only the best from Southwest Shroomery!

Celebrate what has been an amazing season of television with us!

We're offering 33% off $40+ using code CLICKDONTBLOAT before March 19th.

What's been your favorite part of the season so far?

Is that a mushroom, or a pumpkin?!

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Happy Halloween folks! Halloween is, of course, the best holiday.

Looking to get extra spooky? Use code HALLOWEEN22 for 20% off your next $25+ order today only!

Picture courtesy /u/businessmoth on Reddit.

It's National Cat Day! What does that have to do with fungi? Not much I suppose, but, we're having a sale anyway!

Today only; head over to our website and use code MEOW22 for 20% off your next order of $25+!

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While maybe not the most icon fungi found in New Mexico during our monsoons (check our last post about Amanita Muscaria!) the Boletus Rubriceps a.k.a "Porcini" is our favorite to eat!

This meaty mushroom can often be found erupting through moss in the higher elevation areas in New Mexico during the monsoon season.

When in season, we sell freshly foraged boletes!
For those having a porcini craving in the off season, we offer them dried as well.

Interested in finding some of your own? Join our mailing list and be the first to learn of our first ever SWS-hosted foray next year!

With the first frost in Albuquerque last night, foraging & gardening season has officially come to an end.

One of the most iconic fungi we see in New Mexico is the Amanita Muscaria, also known as the Fly Agaric.

Arguably the most iconic toadstool species, the fly agaric, is a large white-gilled, white-spotted, usually red mushroom, and is one of the most recognizable and widely encountered in popular culture. This includes video game design, such as the extensive use of a recognizable Amanita muscaria in the Mario franchise and its Super Mushroom power up.

Looking to add this beautiful sample to your library? Look no further! https://southwestshroomery.com/products/amanita-muscaria

The Tarragon Oyster mushroom is closely related to Pleurotus ostreatus. In fact, it's so closely related that one of the few difference in this species is the strong tarragon smell!

This culture has incredibly fragile mycelium, but the taste is worth the effort!



Photo by Martin Cooper, 2015.

Did you know that King Oysters, properly prepared, can be a drop in replacement for sea scallops?! Recipe write up coming soon!!

We have a fast growing, aggressive culture available of this beautiful, flavorful mushroom.

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Photo by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Foraging season is almost upon us down in New Mexico! To kick it off the right way, we're giving away a $50 giftcard to our store! Interested in participating? Read below!

To enter, complete the following:
1. Be following us & like this post.
2. Tag a fungi-loving friend and say what your favorite foraged mushroom you have personally found is - please keep it strictly to gourmet!
3. On July 8th, we'll pick one winner on Facebook, and one winner on Instagram! You can enter on both platforms!

My favorite addition to a delicious bowl of hot & sour soup: Enoki!

Enoki is a mushroom that is well-known for its role in Japanese cuisine, where it is also known as Enokitake. Commercially farmed enoki is a small-capped, long, thin white mushroom. They are grown in darkness and in high CO2 environments to encourage lengthy growth and to keep them pale.

Found commonly across the globe, this saprophytic mushroom is extremely temperature hardy, being able to withstand even single digit temperatures!

It's also quite tasty, and if prepared right, adds a lovely element of CRONCH to some soup.

We're proud to offer this delicious variety on Agar Plate, in Liquid Culture, or on agar wedges.

https://southwestshroomery.com/products/enoki-mushroom

We're back this afternoon with another lovely strain of Ps. cubensis: Z-Strain!

Not much is known about the emergence of the Z Strain mushroom. Like many mushroom strains, decades of underground cultivation make tracing the exact lineage and history of this fungus difficult. Z Strain spores have been traded online for at least two decades—perhaps longer if you’re able to dive into the nebulous early days of the internet.

It's morel season in a few places across the US! Finding some in the woods? We're always looking for new samples, shoot us a message!

Morchella elata is a species of fungus in the family Morchellaceae. It is one of many related species commonly known as black morels, and until 2012 the name M. elata was broadly applied to black morels throughout the globe. Like most members of the genus, M. elata is a popular edible fungus and is sought by many mushroom hunters.

Another of our favorite beginner friendly Ps. cubensis varieties is B+.

The origins of the B Plus strain of magic mushrooms is shrouded in mystery, as many strains of psilocybin cubensis are. Some believe that the strain is a mutation created by a Florida-based cultivator named Mr. G. Others believe that the B Plus strain might have been growing in the wild somewhere in the United States. Regardless of its less-than-reliable origin story, the B Plus strain is an incredible mushroom to study.

This variety is included in our Microscopy Start Kit and available for purchase in both print and syringe formats.

One of the most striking variety of gourmet mushrooms we carry is Lactarius indigo, or the Indigo Milk Cap.

The fruiting body color ranges from dark blue in fresh specimens to pale blue-gray in older ones. The milk, or latex, that oozes when the mushroom tissue is cut or broken — a feature common to all members of the genus Lactarius — is also indigo blue, but slowly turns green upon exposure to air.

We sell this variety solely on agar plates currently, but will be releasing liquid culture samples in the near future.

We are also looking to purchase dried or preserved samples of this mushroom from local foragers. If you or someone you know has any, reach out!



Image via CC License on Wikipedia.

Today we're showing off our most popular cubensis variety: Golden Teachers.

Golden Teacher are amongst the most popular mushroom strains in the world to study and hunt for in the wild. First appearing some time in the 1980s, the exact origin of the Golden Teacher mushroom remains unknown. It is commonly believed that the Golden Teacher mushroom was discovered on a farm in Georgia.

All of our Ps. cubensis and other active species are to be used exclusively for microscopy and taxonomical purposes. Please never discuss or use our products for cultivation.

Just restocked our most popular gourmet variety, Hericium erinaceus, a.k.a. Lion's Mane! 🦁🍄

Lion's Mane is an edible and medicinal mushroom belonging to the tooth fungus group. Native to North America, Europe and Asia it can be identified by its long spines (greater than 1 cm length), its appearance on hardwoods and its tendency to grow a single clump of dangling spines.

We offer Lion's Mane in Agar Plate and Liquid Culture form, as well as a double extracted tincture.

Our most recently added variety 🍄 Shooting Stars ⭐️

The variety is said to have come from notorious Keeper. Shooting Stars have lighter than usual coloring. Their stems are skinny and yet quite firm. Shooting Stars is said to produce tall fruit—it’s no wonder how this variety got it’s fantastic name! These mushrooms have gills which vary from whitish to purple-brown.

All of our Ps. Cubensis or other active species are to be used exclusively for research purposes.

Our Oyster Starter Kits are back in stock! Get a fantastic deal on three of our fastest growing and most successful gourmet varieties. This kit comes with growing instructions for all three included oyster varieties: Pink, Pearl, and Blue.

https://southwestshroomery.com/products/oyster-starter-kit

A rainy day in Albuquerque makes me think of all of the amazing finds we had in the woods this year!

Pictured is a gorgeous Sarcodon imbricatus, or a Hawks Wing.

These are absolutely delicious mushrooms, and can be enjoyed in any number of ways. My favorite preparation is marinated in soy sauce and worcestershire for a few hours, them grilled on high heat.

What's your favorite preparation for foraged fungi?

Found gorgeous Hawk's Wing specimens in the wood this weekend!

What's your favorite wild mushrooms?! Comment for a chance to win a $25 gift card!

Lion's Mane, or Hericium erinaceus, is a fun and easy to grow gourmet mushroom!

Frequently used as a seafood replacement, Lion's Mane can be shredded to make crab cakes, roasted on their own, or dehydrated and powdered into capsules!

We sell live cultures on Agar Plates, Liquid Cultures, and now, delicious tinctures!

To any of our customers having trouble picking up at the Railyards Market today, please feel free to reach out!

Oyster mushrooms are one of the easiest mushrooms to cultivate. They grow quickly and happily in almost any condition you throw at them - even if it's just your kitchen counter.

We have 15 different varieties of edible Oysters, and one oyster that has glow-in-the-dark mycelium.

Check out all of our available oyster on our store: https://southwestshroomery.com/collections/oyster-mushrooms

Lactarius indigo, commonly known as the indigo milk cap, the indigo (or blue) lactarius, or the blue milk mushroom, is a species of agaric fungus in the family Russulaceae. A widely distributed species, it grows naturally in eastern North America, East Asia, and Central America; it has also been reported in southern France.

L. indigo grows on the ground in both deciduous and coniferous forests, where it forms mycorrhizal associations with a broad range of trees. The fruit body color ranges from dark blue in fresh specimens to pale blue-gray in older ones. The milk, or latex, that oozes when the mushroom tissue is cut or broken — a feature common to all members of the genus Lactarius — is also indigo blue, but slowly turns green upon exposure to air.

This beautiful mushroom is available to purchase in culture form in our store, currently available in Agar Plate and Liquid Culture forms.

Come visit https://SouthwestShroomery.com and see what other rare and beautiful fungi we have!