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PANAEOLUS AFRICANUS

Panaeolus africanus Ola'h
PANAEOLUS-COPELANDIA

Panaeolus africanus is a mild and easily identifiable whitish magic mushroom that erects from elephant and hippopotamus dung in central Africa.
Panaeolus africanus’ chalky tinge and robust stature makes it stand out from the African Savannah.

Psilocybe authority Stamet found Panaeolus africanus growing in elephant dung from the Seattle zoo. He believes the selling of the “zoo-doo” as compost to gardeners is helping spread the species from its African soil to other regions of the world.

While Panaeolus africanus is regarded as psychoactive, often, specimen from the wild do not always contain active substances.

Modern African strains such as the African Transkei Cubensis (SAT), and the African Kobe Cubensis, were initially collected from Transkei South Africa. Said to offer a generally consistent moderate potency, these magic mushroom strains are a good choice for beginner psychonauts in need of some connection to Africa, the cradle of civilisation.

Visual Description

• Cap: 1,5-2cm broad. Obtusely conic to hemispheric. Surface is smooth and viscid when wet but may crack and present scales at disk area when exposed to sun). Coloration is grayish, creamy white, sometimes reddish towards the disk, turning grayish brown in age. • Gills: adnate to adnexed, widely spaced. Color is grayish to grayish black to blackish in age and mottled when mature. • Stem: 30-50 mm long by 4-6 mm thick. Equal, firm, robust. Color is whitish to white with pinkish hues. No veil remnants. • Spore print: nearly black. • Microscopic features: 11.5-14.5 by 7.9-10 µ.

PANAEOLUS AFRICANUS Potency

MILD < 0.25% While Panaeolus africanus is regarded as psychoactive, often, specimen from the wild do not always contain active substances. As an in vitro cultivated species, it probably becomes more potent.

Habitat Origin

Reported from central Africa to the southern regions of Sudan. Favours growing on elephant, rhinoceros and hippopotamus dung in the spring or during the rainy season. The selling of the “zoo-doo” as compost to gardeners is helping spread the species from its African soil to other regions of the world.

PANAEOLUS AFRICANUS Effects

Consumers report a quick come-up (20 to 30 mnts) with smooth body sensations such as light-twinkling and skin-tingling. Open eye visuals, tracers, dancing lights and geometric shapes. Energetic, euphoric.

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