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News
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Origin of the novel intraspecific hybrid Albino Penis Envy (APE)
Origin of the novel intraspecific hybrid of Psilocybe cubensis known as Albino Penis Envy (APE)
Part One
Over the years, since it was first released in 2006, many websites have generated their own narratives on the origin of the APE. Either through ignorance or intentional misinformation for their own purposes, the true history has been obscured by time. To set the record straight, I will document in excruciating detail the real story here. Much of this work was originally documented on the Shroomery.org forums, where much of it still remains.
The short version (TLDR) is that APE is an in-house varietal hybrid of the PF Albino and Penis Envy strains of Psilocybe cubensis generated by Sporeworks.com.
First a little ground background on the parentage of the APE.
The PF Albino: An Ultraviolet Induced Mutation by a Pioneer in Home Psilocybe cubensis Cultivation
The Psylocybe Fanaticus (PF) TEK magic mushroom revolution began in September 1991, with its introduction in High Times magazine by Robert 'Billy' Mcpherson aka Psylocybe Fanaticus. The PF TEK was an early simplified method of growing Psilocybe cubensis mushrooms using a hypodermic syringe containing mushroom spores and water (novel at the time) and small ½ pint cakes of steamed brown rice flour and vermiculite. Not requiring a pressure cooker or messy composts like earlier methods, the PF TEK opened magic mushroom cultivation to more casual hobbyists. The PF TEK became very popular as the early internet accelerated the spread of information. Unfortunately, Psylocybe Fanaticus was raided and shut down in February 2003. Further details of the raid is on this archive of the original website (https://www.seanet.com/~rwmcpherson/pfcase.htm). Sadly, Robert 'Billy' Mcpherson died in 2011 at the age of 65.
The PF Albino was a chance mutation of the standard PF Classic strain (aka Matias Romero and Amazonian) of Psilocybe cubensis sold by Psylocybe Fanaticus. The PF Classic was selected specifically to do well using the PF TEK method. Around the year 2000, for unstated reasons, PF started using fluorescent UV lights during his PF Classic production runs. The UV exposure unintentionally induced albinism and eventually caused enough genetic damage that fruiting was impossible. Prints of UV exposed pigmented mushrooms, that were growing on the same PF cakes as the albinos, were distributed on a limited basis. It was hoped that the albinism trait was present in these normal looking spores and would be revealed in later multispore cultures. This was indeed true, and PF albino mushrooms began to circulate in the magic mushroom community. I was gifted a UV exposed PF print and started working with it in 2005. PF assumed that the PF Albino was sporeless, but I was able to find colorless spores on the gills. Albino spores were essential to what was to come.

Microscopy of the gill of PF Albino showing 4-spored basidia with unpigmented spores

PF Classic grown from UV exposed spores
Clone of Albino form
Stay tuned for Part Two...
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