Description
Golden Teacher Spores!
Comes with 10cc of Golden Teacher spores, an 18g needle to get your spores onto the slides, and an alcohol wipe so you can ensure that your microscope is super clean.
These chaps tend to be good for beginners to look at under the microscope, as they are usually pretty hardy and can cope with a lot of mistakes. Bit of an all-time classic, for good reason. Pretty much everyone’s starting point in their microscopy studies. Golden Teacher spores are great for using with microscopes. Fun Fact time! If you lived in Brazil or Jamaica they’d be great for growing Golden Teacher mushrooms (you can even buy Golden Teacher mushrooms legally in Jamaica), so I dunno, maybe move there if you wanna have fun with them.
Interestingly, whilst these are super easy to use, and most people start off their mycological journeys with them, I think it’s a bit of a self-sustaining myth: I don’t believe that any of the other Psilocybe cubensis phenotypes are any more difficult than another. I mean, yeah, sure, my experience is anecdotal as well, but I’ve had a fair bit of that experience. They’re still awesome, and still something that I like to research (even after all this time!) and that’s what really matters.
Wanna read more about the mysterious origins of these spores? I’ve done a blog post, called “Golden Teacher Mushrooms (and spores!)” that you can read by clicking on the words. Handy!
Ideally, keep these Golden Teacher spores refrigerated, where they will happily last a couple of years. Magic mushroom spores are tough like that – don’t let them freeze though! Failing that, you can keep them in a nice dark cupboard where they’ll be just fine for at least six months. They’re pretty simple to store. You can even use them multiple times, just replace the needle cap back on (don’t remove the needle as that’s one more chance for contaminants to get in there), and the next time you go to use them, heat the needle up with a lighter until it glows red. Simple! You could even put them back into the supplied bag if that’s your jam.
This Golden Teacher spore syringe has been produced in the UK using a flowhood in order to make sure that what you see under the microscope is exactly what’s supposed to be there and nothing else – just premium spores!
Handy dos and don’ts:
DO:
- Keep it somewhere cool and dark, it’ll keep for 6 months+
- Keep it in the fridge maybe, it’ll last for years there
- Enjoy microscopy, it’s a great hobby
- Read/watch a variety of microscopy techniques across sites like Reddit and YouTube, knowledge is power
- Be really clean when you’re handling it, it’s critical
DON’T:
- Drink it. You can, it won’t hurt you, it’s just very expensive pop at that point
- Try and grow anything with it, unless you live somewhere where that is legal
- Store it anywhere dusty, dirty, or hot
- Try and do your microscopy in a drafty, dusty room
For a bit more detailed of an explanation on exactly what to do, click here!
Product Information: contains Psilocybe cubensis mushroom spores and distilled sterilised water, in a sterile syringe
