PANAEOLUS CYANESCENS “BLUE MEANIE”
Panaeolus cyanescens “Blue Meanies”, also called “Goliath”, “Pan Cyan mushroom”, or the “blue Hawaiian mushrooms”, is a long stemmed subtropical magic mushroom that grows from dung in pastures and fields.
To this day there are only thirteen Panaeoli known to be psilocybin-producing, most are found in the tropics and neo-tropics of both hemispheres.
The Blue Meanie cubensis, inherits all its names from its readily bluish bruising flesh (sign of psilocybin presence), its powerful mind-altering properties and its colossal stature. The Blue Meanie mushroom potency is known to contain exceptionally high level of baeocystin, one of the psychoactive compounds present in magic mushrooms.
Indigenous to Hawaii it is also referred to as the “Hawaiian Blue Meanie” or “Natal Blue Meanie”. Its dung-loving nature is a factor that has greatly expanded its distribution.
Dung is a vessel for ultimate proliferation, it acts as a travelling substrate and has allowed the Blue Meanie cubensis to spread outside of Hawaii.
This is how Panaeolus cyanescens Blue Meanies came to make its way inside the hearts of many cultures worldwide.
The Samoans, Indonesians and Hawaiians, who all share ancient history with this magic mushroom, would refer to the Blue Meanie being the “perfect alchemist” that “transforms dung into gold, into the golden light of enlightenment”. The Blue meanies mushroom undeniably is amongst one of the most appreciated magic mushrooms out there.
The Blue Meanie mushroom effects reflect through the numerous endearing names it is given. With nick0-names such as Faleaitu (Samoan,“comedy house”), Pulouaitu (Samoan, “spirit hat”), Taepovi (Samoan, “cow patty”) and Ambur/Jamur (Indonesian, “golden mold”), it is impossible to ignore, the Hawaiian Blue Meanies potency foster euphoria.
The relationship these cultures have with Panaeolus cyanescens Blue Meanies is yet another witnessing of the special power of laughter and the respect it deserves.
After all, laughter is a legitimate therapeutical tool; it enhances our intake of oxygen, stimulates our heart, lungs, and muscles, and overall contributes to relaxing us. The Blue Meanie mushroom effects are known to tense and release _ from tension to deep release, they foster a sense of lightness, and relieve us from stress.
Because Pan Cyan has been around for so long, it left traces in literature. Reports describes colourful accidental intoxications “filtering sight through a green hue and turning walls into animated fractals”. Fortunately, none have been proven to be poisonous. The Blue Meanies mushroom effects aren’t just deeply euphoric, they are also very visual.
Even though people call the Blue Meanie mushrooms “cubensis”, they aren’t. They are not from the Psilocybe genus, they are from the Panaeolus genus. Though the faulty comparison is understandable as the Pan cyanescens stature and resistant nature reminds that of the Psilocybe cubensis. Also, they share a common choice of substrate: dung.
Psilocybe authority Paul Stamets suspects that the quality of the substrate can affect the potency. With no doubt, the Blue Meanie mushroom potency is one that reflects its rich tropical substrate.
Found growing naturally in the USA in Hawaii, Louisiana and Florida, the Blue Meanies mushroom is also widespread in most semitropical zones such as Brazil, Mexico, Bolivia, the Philippines, eastern Australia and the Mediterranean region. The Panaeolus cyanescens Blue Meanies relatives include Panaeolus tropicalis and Pan. cambodginiensis,
Also called the “Blue Hawaiian mushroom”, the Pan cynescens can occasionally be mistaken for Psilocybe cyanescens aka Wavy Caps with which it shares the same abbreviation.
Surely, the wavy cap of P. Cyan are distinguishable from those of the Blue Hawaiian mushrooms , along the fact that the former is a wood-loving specie whereas the ladder (Pan cyanescens) grows on dung.
It is said that the sudden appearance of the Blue Meanie mushroom within the European soil was established via imported Indonesian race-horse feces. In the early seventies, Blue Meanies were reported growing in Budapest Fairgrounds near the pavilions from Thailand and Vietnam only. Coincidence?
Meanwhile, in the early 1960s, in the South of France, several strange mushroom “intoxications” were reported. The faulty fungi were identified as the tropical species Hawaiian Blue Meanies.
Perhaps these series of strange mind-altering intoxications contributed to giving the species its common name: the Blue Meanies mushroom, the “golden mold”, the “spirited comedy hat” that readily turns blue and can bring you on a “mean” trip.
Amongst its many glories, the Blue Meanie mushrooms have been investigated as a possible therapeutic for anxiety, depression, and mood disorders. To this day research continues, and the use of psychoactive substances to help in psychiatry is being explored.
Today, the Blue Meanie is amongst the popular magic mushroom strains cultivated both indoors and outdoors. It is surely an ultimate favourite for psychonauts in seek of a good laugh or as the Samoans would say: in seek of a visit to the Faleaitu (Comedy House).
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PANAEOLUS CYANESCENS "BLUE MEANIE" Potency
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