What makes the Albino Burma mushroom white?

Albino Burmas mushrooms do not demonstrate true albinism, which is a complete lack of pigmentation. Instead, ‘Albino’ refers to the leucism present in these special strains, which is instead a reduced appearance of pigmentation. Generally, this mutation will occur randomly in a standard cubensis strain, after which the mycologist will isolate the sample and propagate it until the genetics are stabilized. 

How do you get spores from an albino strain?

Collecting spores from an Albino strain is, surprisingly, the same as with any other type of psilocybe cubensis. As Albino mushrooms are not true albinos (they are leucistic), the spores still exhibit the dark purple color that is the hallmark of Psilocybes. The most common method of spore collection is to wait until a fully mature cap has opened and the veil, slice it off where it meets the stem with a sanitized and sharp knife, then place it on a clean piece of foil with a mug/glass set over it. Leave this to sit overnight or for a couple of days, and you will have a ring of billions/trillions of spores known as a spore print. 

This print can be stored in an airtight container for up to two years later or used immediately to create your spore syringes (you can also inoculate jars directly with the print if you wish or use it on agar if you have more advanced mycology skills).

Spore prints for Albino Burma mushrooms

This print can be stored in an airtight container for use up to two years later or used right away to create your own spore syringes (you can also inoculate jars directly with the print if you wish, or use it on agar if you have more advanced mycology skills).

Specifications – Albino Burma

These mushrooms are so rare that we can’t definitively say exactly how tall or wide they will get – but how about some interesting stats on a different Albino Burma-borne species – the infamous Python. The Albino Burmese Python can reach up to 19’ long, and while they generally sport a ‘chill’ demeanor, they get aggressive at times and are indeed carnivores. 

From Spore Syringe to Symbiosis – The Albino Crash Course

Although you think a pocketful of Albino Burmas would make you the cool kid in your circle of friends, in the wild, albinism often contributes to a much shorter life span. Albino California Kingsnakes, for example, stick out like a sore thumb in their sunny habitat, making them easy to spot by predators. To make matters worse, albinism also affects pigmentation in the eyes, impairing the ability to focus and sometimes causing near-complete blindness. 

Albino Humans – Magic?

But wait, there’s more – albino people in Africa are killed as its believed their body parts have magical powers – too bad they didn’t just stick to Burma ‘shrooms. And then there are albino plants, which lack the all-important chlorophyll which made life on Earth as we know it possible. 

Albino Plants and Mushrooms – Adaptation

While seeing an albino plant would make you very lucky (they usually die as seedlings after using up the energy stored in the seed), once in a while, they do survive. In certain growing mediums, these albino plants will adapt to source all necessary nutrition from their growing medium via their root systems. Albino plants are actually not uncommon in laboratory settings, as scientists look to develop ornamentals (like daylilies) and other unique crops (for various purposes). 

Oregon and California-native Coast Redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens) are among the precious few widespread examples of wild albino plants. These trees are poorly understood; since they often sprout new shoots which grow directly back into the main trunk (or grow into trees with pine needles lacking green pigment), common theories suggested sempervirens were parasitic and self-sabotaging freaks of nature. 

But, as it turns out, these albino trees form a symbiotic relationship with the parent, receiving nutrients usually obtained through photosynthesis and, in exchange, absorb heavy metals and other environmental toxins from the parent. Areas known to have soil with high levels of heavy metal contamination have a statistically higher number of these albino Redwoods. Heavy metals are known to interfere with healthy photosynthesis, so albinism is likely nature’s way of adapting. 

Spontaneous albinism also occurs in some plants (for example, while an Orchid is germinating) when they begin to depend exclusively on root fungi (mycorrhizae) for survival. 

Albino Burma cubensis – The Most Rare Spore Syringe on Earth?

Maybe you thought Albino Burmas were a cool novelty – now you know that when something is albino, it’s time to pay attention – because something remarkable is going on behind the scenes.

Disclaimer

We sell premium spore syringes made in sterile laboratory environments containing trillions of spores per syringe, suspended inside a 10cc syringe in pharmaceutical-grade distilled water (for research purposes only). All our syringes are made in a negative-pressure HEPA-filtered clean room. Cultivation of cubensis mushrooms is illegal in the United States of America. Psilocybin mushroom spores are legal in 47 of the 50 states, excluding California, Georgia, and Idaho.