Ethnomycological Journals: Sacred Mushroom Studies Volume VIII Photograph: Dan Molter. ABSTRACT   Cultivation and analysis of Psilocybe ovoideocystidiata, a new bluing species from Ohio and Bethany West Virginia is presented. Cultivation of this species was demonstrated on hardwood substrate.  Analysis of both caps and stems revealed the presence of psilocybin, in most cases psilocin and always low concentrations of baeocystin. Psilocybin, psilocin and baeocystin levels varied in the bluing caps and stems of this new species. The highest concentrations of these alkaloids were found in both naturally grown and cultivated fruiting bodies of Psilocybe ovideocystidiata which, at the present moment is an indigenous species found in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.. The relative alkaloidal content of psilocybin, psilocin and baeocystin found in Psilocybe ovoideocystidiata from Ohio was similar to that measured in Psilocybe caerulipes by Leung et al.  Recent comparative chemical analysis of both species was unable to be performed due to a denial of specimens through the University of Michigan’s herbarium. KEYWORDS: Psilocybe ovoideocystidiata, Psilocybe caerulipes, cultivation, psilocine, psilocybine, baeocystine, Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania.   Article (12-pages), with 21 full color photographs (including a double-sided full colored cover, plus an additional 3 SEM Photographs by Dr. Prakitsin Sihanonth of Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand and Chemical Analysis by Dr. Jochen Gartz of the University of Leipzig, Germany. Available only in PDF format for ($12.99) Dollars U.S. Via Pay Pal Only. Order through Pay Pal to: mjshroomer1@yahoo.com Return to Main Index Page