Meet The Blue Teacher: The Newest Cubensis Strain
Fungal creativity is reaching an all-time high, and the novel Blue Teacher strain is the perfect embodiment of it. This guide will give you a clear understanding Blue Teacher’s characteristics, so that you can feel comfortable working with it moving forward.
Disclaimer: Blue Teacher mushrooms, and all strains of psilocybe cubensis are federally illegal to have in your possession. This content is for educational purposes only, and is meant to provide added context regarding our microscopy spores syringe products. Our spores are for microscopy only, and none of the information provided is intended to imply that our spores are for anything else.
What Is The Blue Teacher Mushroom?
History & Background
Blue Teacher is just a baby in the psilocybe community, but its origin story is one to learn from; one that exemplifies the idea of fungal creativity and a growing market here in the USA. Blue Teacher was born out of a love for a different strain, the Golden Teacher, one of the most well known & studied strains in existence. Despite its status as a behemoth in the community, mycologists at Eden Shrooms felt as if GT doesn’t receive enough love, and wanted to do something about it. Unlike Penis Envy or Tidal Wave strains which have been experimented with and evolved into a plethora of adjacent strains, golden teacher had seemingly been left alone!
So, with their 20+ years of mycological experience, the team at Eden Shrooms recognized this gap in the market and was able to produce a brand new iteration of the golden teacher with some exceptionally balanced & exciting characteristics. Months of hard work, experimentation, and consumer research led to a strain with a beautiful aesthetic, ease of study, and all sorts of wonderful traits. As of April 2024, the Blue Teacher is alive and its spores are available!
Physical Characteristics & Identification Of Blue Teacher Mushrooms
In the USA, you’ll only be able to work with the spores of Blue Teacher mushrooms, so we’ll discuss those features first. Then, for educational purposes, we’ll describe what the mushroom itself would look like if it hypothetically could fruit in the wild.
What Do The Spores Of Blue Teacher Look Like?
The spores of the Blue Teacher mushroom are sub-ellipsoid on 4-spored basidia. For a visual example, think of what a red-blood cell looks like floating around your bloodstream. The general oval, cell-like shape is not too dissimilar. The spores, though different genetically than golden teacher, have a very similar black-to-brown hue that is easy to notice on a contrasting background. Oh yeah, and the Blue Teacher is a pretty heavy spore producer, leaving noticeable deposits and beautiful prints! Finally, while you may be able to see masses of spores with the naked eye, each spore is too small to see on its own. As you put these spores under your microscope, you’ll get a much better idea for what they look like.
What does the Blue Teacher Mushroom look like?
Let us reiterate that Blue Teacher mushrooms are illegal to have in the USA, and so you won’t have luck viewing them within our borders. However, for the sake of education, we can attempt to describe what they’d look like if they did grow in the wild, or in a legal jurisdiction elsewhere in the world. Blue Teachers can be visualized as a paler version of the golden teacher, with a tendency to bruise deep blues. Oftentimes, if not usually, the mushroom will bruise blue without even being touched or damaged! It would be quite the spectacle to see those deep blues with a pale-brown cap, and a heavy-black spore deposit to contrast. Look closer at the chemical anatomy of the Blue Teacher, and you’ll see a much higher alkaloid content than that of the golden teacher as well. Overall, and in our mycological opinion, Blue Teacher is one of the most visually brilliant strains that there is.
How Big Are Blue Teacher Mushrooms?
What about size? Well, Blue Teachers aren’t the biggest, they aren’t the smallest, but rather an optimal size for rapidly & effectively dealing with environmental conditions. BT’s are tough, vibrant, and chemically dense, but aren’t really the largest mushrooms you’ll ever see.
Legal Status of Blue Teachers
As legislation evolves, this information is subject to change. However, this is the general legal situation from a bird’s eye view:
Buying Blue Teacher Mushrooms = Illegal
Possessing Blue Teacher Mushrooms = Illegal
Growing Blue Teacher Mushrooms = Illegal
Buying Blue Teacher Spores = Legal in 48 states! (sorry Georgia and Idaho)
Consuming Blue Teacher Mushrooms = Illegal (Warning: Blue Teachers are very potent and consumption is NOT advised)
Are Blue Teachers Easy To Work With?
The Blue Teacher strain is quite a simple strain to work with, making it a great starting point for beginners with an interest in microscopy. Why? Well, studying the strain can be done very quickly and obtaining quality results can be achieved a lot more easily than, say, the Albino Penis Envy strain.
Where Can I Buy Blue Teacher Spores?
Blue Teacher spores are sold exclusively on EdenShrooms.com. Should you see them listed anywhere else, be careful, as they are not true Blue Teacher genetics. Additionally, you may have luck finding Blue Teacher spores in any of our 100+ retail locations near you! Since the Blue Teacher mushroom does not have a native range, shopping spore syringes is the only way to acquire any genetic material pertaining to this strain. Maybe one day it will have found a native range, but not yet!
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