Wikidzon Spore Print

One of the genuinely rare ones. Wikidzon — Wikid to its friends — turns up on very few vendor lists, and there's a decent chance you'll never meet a cultivator who's worked with it. That scarcity is much of the appeal: it's a strain for people who collect genetics as much as they cultivate them, and who rather enjoy having something in the library that nobody else has heard of.

What it produces is handsome without shouting about it. Medium-sized caramel caps fading to lighter tan at the edges, sitting on slim, elegant white stems — a classic, well-proportioned cubensis look. The prints are the standout: unusually dark, running deep purple-brown through to near-black, which makes it rewarding for anyone whose interest runs to microscopy.

Something to keep in mind: rarity cuts both ways. Very little reliable information exists on this variety; cultivation logs are thin on the ground, and there's no well-worn body of grower experience to fall back on if something goes sideways. The prevailing view is that Wikidzon is an isolate of Amazonian genetics — PES Amazonian is the usual suspect — so Amazonian behaviour is a reasonable starting assumption, but that's inference rather than fact.

A little history: this is where it gets entertaining. The origin story in circulation has the strain found along the Amazon delta, with specimens reportedly reaching seventeen inches, in clumps of a long-bladed grass the locals call Chima Lo — "the grass" — whereupon the finder printed a specimen where it stood and posted two prints to a friend. A rather less cinematic account credits the isolate to members of a US mycology forum. It's worth saying plainly that the romantic version has never been substantiated and was met with considerable scepticism in the cultivation community at the time, with some long-standing forum members arguing the strain was simply a rename of existing genetics. One cultivator took the strain to heart, had fantastic results… His name was Wikidzon. Take the legend as legend. The mushroom, at least, is real.

Storage: Keep your spores cool and out of sunlight, preferably refrigerated, not frozen, from the moment you receive them. Pop them in the fridge straight away, and they’ll happily keep for a couple of months and, in perfect conditions, even for years.

Remember: All our products are sold for microscopy purposes ONLY; do not try to grow mushrooms with any of our products; that would be illegal and very naughty. While I have your attention on this matter, it is very surprising to learn how many naughty people there are out there. No judging, but I cannot answer any questions about growing mushrooms. It doesn’t matter if you live somewhere where growing is legal; I still won’t answer any questions – please don’t ask. However, if you do ask me naughty questions, I will unfortunately have to add you to my banned list, and you will be unable to enjoy any of my lovely products. I will also inform Santa about your naughty behaviour and ask him to put you on his naughty list – that’s now Christmas stuffed. So please, no naughty questions.

Don’t Forget:

• Keep them in a cool, dark place; about 5’c is nice

• Keep the product in a clean and tidy place

• Don’t let the product get hot

• Don’t let them freeze

• Don’t let them become dusty or dirty