Hero mushrooms offer repeated and significant flushes, excellent contamination resistance, and rapid colonization. Considering there are over 400 species of fungi in the Amazon, a species has to be very powerful to survive – and that is apparent in this wonderful cross-breed Psilocybe. The Hero strain is celebrated for its remarkable adaptability, thriving in a wide range of substrates and environmental conditions. It produces medium to large-sized fruits, featuring golden-hued caps with a unique radial pattern and robust, sturdy stems. This strain is revered for its potency, offering psychonauts a profound and introspective journey, fostering courage, resilience, and personal growth.

What is the Hero mushroom strain?

Hero mushrooms are a cross between Penis Envy and Amazonians, two legendary strains of Psilocybe cubensis hailing from the Amazon rainforest. The Amazon is a competitive place, and organisms must possess immense vigor to thrive in such an environment – it’s believed that both of these mushroom strains offer great genetics resulting in a desirable strain of fungi for mycologists and psychonauts alike. 

Hero – Specifications

People report this strain’s potent, spicy flavor, with caps sporting intricate and beautiful patterning. Cap diameter varies, but Hero mushrooms can get quite tall, reaching up to 33cm! 

To Be a Hero for the Magic Mushroom Movement

Many brave souls have fought and dedicated their lives to educating society about the value of psychedelics as medicine and ultimately moving towards policy reform on entheogenic legislation. They, too, began as a mere spore (well, sperm, technically). Here is a brief list of people we dub a hero in the mushroom community:

Tim Ferriss [Author of Multiple NYT Best Sellers like ‘The 4-Hour Work Week’]

Entrepreneur, author, investor, and lifestyle guru, Tim Ferris (well-known for authoring ‘The 4-Hour Work Week’) uses his podcast, blog, interviews, and social media outlets to educate hundreds of millions of people on entheogens. In addition, Mr. Ferriss has donated generous sums of money to various non-profits and research institutions, ultimately sparking much-needed avalanches of mushroom and other psychedelic initiatives.  

Rick Doblin, Ph. D. [Founder of MAPS]

Quoted as saying the criminalization of psychedelics is ‘a mass exercise in cultural amnesia,’ Rick Doblin heads the Multidisciplinary Application of Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), which he started in 1986. 

MAPS has been (and continues to be) an invaluable asset to our ongoing progression of the psychedelic renaissance, helping by publishing hundreds of articles, reports, and research papers over the years and helping with countless international studies and clinical trials. For example, MAPS was the first to gain FDA approval to research MDMA for PTSD. 

Joe Rogan [Former Fear Factor Host, MMA Star, Host of Joe Rogan Experience]

Come on, you loved Fear Factor, and you loved Joe Rogan. But of course, in these cancel-culture times, many would scoff at us for labeling Joe Rogan a mushroom hero. He has nonetheless been instrumental in bringing psychedelics to mainstream consciousness. An established comedian, mixed martial arts commentator, and podcast host, Joe Rogan has interviewed numerous psychedelic experts from around the world, resulting in his podcast being one of the most popular on Earth for nearly ten years.

As a bonus, many of his guests have, as a result of their interview with Mr. Rogan, gained a significant following and additional support from people interested in learning about mental health, psychedelics, and the role of entheogens in modern society. 

Michael Pollan [Esteemed Author + Journalist-Turned-Psychonaut]

With a last name like Pollan, it makes sense that you’d be interested in plants – but this man is a real hero, if nothing else, for his recent work How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence. 

This book has caused an explosive increase in scientific research for mushrooms and other psychedelics and is only one of many inspirational works published by this esteemed author. 

Alex Grey [Psychedelic Artist Extraordinaire, Vajrayana Practitioner]

If you have never seen an Alex Grey painting, you are undoubtedly missing out and should google said artwork post haste. This artistic savant and mushroom hero is an author, teacher, Vajrayana practitioner, and visual artist who is legendary for his one-of-a-kind spiritual and psychedelic artwork. 

Alex Gray’s art has contributed to the world of psychedelics and mushrooms in many ways, but especially by communicating aspects of the psychedelic experience that are impossible to capture with mere words. 

Paul Stamets [Owner of Fungi Perfecti, Master Mycologist, Mycoremediation Advocate]

Perhaps the mushroom hero to end all mushroom heroes, Paul Stamets, is likely the most well-known, widely-read, and well-respected mycologist in the world. However, his most notable contribution, especially in light of current environmental issues, is his advocacy and pioneering of mycoremediation – a term describing the use of various fungi to clean polluted soil, water, and more. 

Author of Fantastic Fungi: How Mushrooms Can Heal, Shift Consciousness, and Save the Planet and owner of the medicinal mushroom business Fungi Perfecti, Mr. Stamets is, by our standards, one cool dude.

David Bronner [CEO of Dr. Bronner’s, MAPS Board Member]

You have probably used at least one Dr. Bronner’s product in your life (maybe even this morning) – and if you haven’t, we encourage you to jump on the bandwagon. CEO of Dr. Bronner’s, Mr. David Bronner (grandson of the company’s founder Emanuel Bronner), is well-known and respected for his continuous advocacy for sustainable agriculture, animal rights, fair-trade practices, and drug policy reform. This soap-making hero also sits on the board of MAPS, helping to guide further initiatives for psychedelic-assisted research. 

Honor the Hero Inside Yourself – But Be Mindful With Spore Syringes

This list is very far from comprehensive. Dozens upon dozens of others have made invaluable contributions to get us where we are today – on the cusp of decriminalizing, legalizing, and socially accepting Psilocybe mushrooms and psychedelics as medicine.

Next time you eat some fresh-grown Hero cubensis, see if you can commune with the late psilocybin mushroom hero Terence McKenna and channel some of his legendary poise and aplomb into our modern chaotic world. 

You’re a hero in your own right simply by being a psychonaut, though – it takes guts to embark on a psychedelic journey, and for that, we commend you. Letting go and giving yourself to whatever the mushrooms have to show you is the challenge of a lifetime – but the potential payoff can be, to say the least, illuminating, liberating, and often lifelong.

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.