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The CodexVolume I17 entries

Index of Specimens

Every strain documented in the codex, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is a community-maintained record of morphology, lineage, cultivation notes, and safety profile.

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  1. № 023

    Albino Penis Envy

    Psilocybe cubensisvar. Albino Penis Envy (APE)

    A leucistic isolate of the Penis Envy lineage; retains the dense, club-shaped morphology of the parent while presenting a ghost-white fruiting body.

    PotencyHigh
    DifficultyAdvanced

    First documented c. late 1990s

  2. № 002

    Amazonian

    Psilocybe cubensisvar. Amazonian (PES)

    A heritage Psilocybe cubensis lineage with origins attributed to the Amazon basin; considered an ancestor to several widely distributed modern varieties.

    PotencyModerate to High
    DifficultyIntermediate

    First documented c. 1970s

  3. № 003

    B+

    Psilocybe cubensisvar. B+

    A hardy Psilocybe cubensis variety widely propagated for its cap size and broad environmental tolerance; attributed to the cultivator Mr. G in the 1990s.

    PotencyModerate
    DifficultyBeginner

    First documented c. 1990s

  4. № 005

    Cambodian

    Psilocybe cubensisvar. Cambodian

    A prolifically fruiting Psilocybe cubensis variety collected near the Angkor Wat complex by ethnomycologist John W. Allen in the mid-1990s.

    PotencyModerate
    DifficultyBeginner

    First documented c. 1994 (Allen)

  5. № 007

    Ecuador

    Psilocybe cubensisvar. Ecuador

    A heritage Psilocybe cubensis lineage descended from collections in the Ecuadorian Andean foothills; noted for cold-tolerance and reliably moderate flushes.

    PotencyModerate
    DifficultyIntermediate

    First documented c. 1980s

  6. № 017

    Golden Teacher

    Psilocybe cubensisvar. Golden Teacher

    A widely cultivated heritage variety of Psilocybe cubensis, noted for its gentle onset, forgiving cultivation profile, and characteristic gold-capped fruiting body.

    PotencyModerate
    DifficultyBeginner

    First documented c. mid-1980s

  7. № 012

    Great White Monster

    Psilocybe cubensisvar. Great White Monster (GWM)

    A leucistic Psilocybe cubensis variety distinguished by unusually thick, dense fruiting bodies; community accounts attribute its heft to polyploidy, though the claim has not been formally verified.

    PotencyModerate
    DifficultyIntermediate

    First documented c. 2000s

  8. № 009

    Huautla

    Psilocybe cubensisvar. Huautla

    A heritage Psilocybe cubensis lineage originating in the Huautla de Jiménez region of Oaxaca — the site of R. Gordon Wasson's 1955 velada with the Mazatec curandera María Sabina.

    PotencyModerate to High
    DifficultyIntermediate

    First documented c. 1957 (Western documentation)

  9. № 042

    Liberty Cap

    Psilocybe semilanceatavar. Liberty Cap

    A small, conical-capped Psilocybe species native to temperate grasslands across Europe and North America; the canonical wild-collected specimen of European ethnomycology.

    PotencyHigh
    DifficultyAdvanced

    First documented 1838 (Fries)

  10. № 011

    Mazatapec

    Psilocybe cubensisvar. Mazatapec

    A Psilocybe cubensis variety originating from the Mazatec region of Oaxaca, Mexico — part of the ethnobotanical tradition documented by María Sabina and R. Gordon Wasson.

    PotencyModerate
    DifficultyBeginner

    First documented pre-1950s (traditional use); Western documentation c. 1957

  11. № 023

    Okra

    Psilocybe ochraceocentrata

    A close genetic relative to Golden Teacher; distinct brown circle in the center of cap

    Potency—
    Difficulty—
  12. № 022

    Penis Envy

    Psilocybe cubensisvar. Penis Envy

    A Psilocybe cubensis variety with distinctive dense, club-shaped morphology and reputed above-average tryptamine content; lineage traced to Terence McKenna's Amazonian collection.

    PotencyHigh
    DifficultyIntermediate

    First documented c. 1970s–80s (McKenna lineage)

  13. № 030

    Thai Koh Samui

    Psilocybe cubensisvar. Thai Koh Samui

    A tropical Psilocybe cubensis isolate collected from Koh Samui island, Thailand; part of John W. Allen's Southeast Asian field survey of the early 1990s.

    PotencyModerate
    DifficultyIntermediate

    First documented c. 1991 (Allen)

  14. № 032

    Tidal Wave

    Psilocybe cubensisvar. Tidal Wave

    A hybrid of the B+ and Penis Envy lineages; a specimen of this variety set the then-record for tryptamine concentration in a P. cubensis fruiting body at the 2020 Psilocybin Cup.

    PotencyVery High
    DifficultyAdvanced

    First documented c. 2019

  15. № 029

    True Albino Teacher

    Psilocybe cubensisvar. True Albino Teacher (TAT)

    A leucistic Psilocybe cubensis derivative of Golden Teacher, notable for its ghost-white fruiting bodies and reduced pigmentation across the cap and stipe.

    PotencyModerate to High
    DifficultyIntermediate

    First documented c. 2000s

  16. № 041

    Wavy Caps

    Psilocybe cyanescensvar. Wavy Cap

    A wood-loving Psilocybe species native to the Pacific Northwest of North America and the British Isles; distinct from P. cubensis in both morphology and tryptamine content.

    PotencyVery High
    DifficultyAdvanced

    First documented 1946 (Wakefield)

  17. № 031

    Z-Strain

    Psilocybe cubensisvar. Z-Strain

    A North American Psilocybe cubensis isolate noted for among the fastest colonisation rates in contemporary cultivation and dense, heavy flushes.

    PotencyModerate to High
    DifficultyIntermediate

    First documented c. late 1990s

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