null24 said:
Whoa!
Those are some mad skills you have there!
I want to know how to do that…
Thank you. Once you figure out the basics it gets quite simple really. If you are interested I could point you to the TEKs that I have used or maybe post a detailed write-up in the future.
JKW said:
:shock: I have never heard of any of these.
Let me tell you what I know
TAT is an albino mutation that stems from unstable Golden Teacher genetics. It was discovered, isolated and stabilized about 4 years ago by Jik Fibs. During one of the early TAT grows interesting phenotype popped up - small, dense fruits with wavy caps. This is how Ghost was born
The one in my picture is Ghost Rider, an isolation by Austin Rider. Yeti is a TAT mutation as well.
Now melmac... This one's history is quite mysterious and there seems to be a lot of misinformation surrounding it, like claims that it comes from Terence Mckenna's private collection :roll:
Tony6Strings said:
Melmac is Homestead Penis Envy. Back in the day, Homestead Book Co sold grow kits. Also it is the home planet of Alf.
Tony is correct here. Melmac
is the original Penis Envy. It was created in the late 1970s, when an amateur mycologist from the PNW named Rich Gee got lucky cloning a mutant cubensis. It was called "Rain Magic #1" back then. When they closed down the shop a guy who calls himself "Alf Longstroke" saved the genetics and renamed it Melmac. The particular isolation from my picture is Melmak Reverted, created by Myco Clay.
Avery's Albinos are an albino mutation of Pilocybe cubensis Cambodia. They were isolated by a guy who goes by "Albinous White". He named them after his daughter, Avery.
PE6 was created by RogerRabbit, a shroomery veteran. He was attempting to create a PE that drops spores. It is said to be a cross between Psilocybe cubensis Texas and Penis Envy but it did not really exhibit any PE traits in my experience.
I am unsure who discovered Omni. All I know is that it is a mutation of Melmak OG.
Tony6Strings said:
Is Omni a spore producing mutation, or is it like Enigma (clone/culture only)?
Unlike Engima, Omni often produces "normal" mushrooms which carry spores. Actually, it produces fins, blobs, brains, corals, regular fruitbodies... Hence the name - Omni.
Truly fascinating genetics. Here are some more pics of it: