Amanita Notes

Amanita Notes

by | Jan 1, 2002 | Research

-By M. S. Smith Harvesting Amanita muscaria Depending on your climate Amanita muscaria will fruit from late Summer until Fall. In my own area of the upper Ohio River Valley the mushrooms will stop fruiting concurrent with the falling of the leaves. It is a beautiful...

Voacanga africana – Voacanga

Voacanga africana – Voacanga

by | Jan 1, 2002 | Plants

FAMILY: Apocynaceae GENUS: Voacanga SPECIES: Africana, Bracteata, Dregei, Grandiflora COMMON NAMES: Voacanga The various species of the Voacanga genus are evergreen trees.  They grow to a height of 6 m with a spread of 2 m, but are usually kept smaller in cultivation....

Virola theiodora – Cumala Tree

Virola theiodora – Cumala Tree

by | Jan 1, 2002 | Plants

FAMILY: Myristicaceae GENUS: Virola SPECIES: Theiodora COMMON NAMES: Cumala Tree, Parika, Yakohana Most, if not all, species of Virola have a copious red “resin” in the inner bark. The resin of a number of species is prepared as an hallucinogenic snuff or...

Trichocereus pachanoi – San Pedro Cactus

Trichocereus pachanoi – San Pedro Cactus

by | Jan 1, 2002 | Plants

FAMILY: Cactaceae GENUS: Trichocereus SPECIES: Pachanoi COMMON NAMES: Achuma, Aguacolla, Huachuma, San Pedro Cactus The Trichocereus pachanoi cactus is by far one of the best grafting stocks among cacti, and is often the base stock seen in photographs, so you are...