PF Albino Specifications

PF Albino caps reach 50-75mm wide with a dry surface, and the gills show white coloration when young, which matures to blue. The average height for this train is 150mm, and spore-producing tends to be quite weak (similar to Penis Envy). The fruiting bodies can be either long and hefty or short and fat – it all depends on the humidity and air conditions. 

With sufficient humidification, PF strains get long, thick-fleshed, slender, and white while also having a unique flesh amongst cubensis strains. Touching one of these mushrooms feels like moist and soft bread – although there is fibrousness in some of the specimens.

Ascocarp of PF Albino

Another unusual trait of PF Albino is its tendency to produce sterile fruiting bodies (mushrooms that don’t produce spores) or acocarp. Of course, many sterile strains tend to also be the most potent, such as Penis Envy or Albino Penis Envy. Perhaps energy that usually goes towards spore production is instead routed to the synthesis of psychoactive alkaloids. This would align with the belief that harvesting any strain after sporulation begins results in a dramatic reduction in potency. 

It’s common to see entire clumps of PF Albino start as sad-looking aborts and mutated dwarfs, only to see them transform to healthy, robust, thick-stemmed fruiting bodies when mature. Mycologists report that this strain is a very rapid colonizer – a definite advantage over other potent albino strains like APE.

Apparently, it’s the nom for PF Albino to have disappointing first flushes filled with aborts (although sometimes the first flush goes off without a hitch and produces healthy fruits), but usually, the third flush is where people see the best results. 

PF Tek: Preferred Method for PF Strains

Aside from monotubs, the PF Tek is probably the most well-known and widely-recognized magic mushroom cultivation technique in existence. Professor Robert McPherson (who sadly died in 2012 after a long battle with Hepatitis C) first had his cultivation technique covered by High Times in 1991. 

While those who are looking to produce a large amount of mushrooms generally prefer the monotub method (or something similar), the PF Tek has some distinct advantages that have made it a staple of the mycology and entheogen communities. 

First and foremost, the PF Tek is simple. Needed ingredients are basic and readily available, including things like vermiculite, brown rice flour, small mason jars, a pressure cooker, and perlite. Many novice mycologists are on a budget, and the PF Tek offers an economical option to get started without breaking the bank. 

While we don’t sell spore syringes for anything other than use in microscopy and research, word on the streets is that the PF Tek is the recommended method for the cultivation of any PF strain, including PF Classic or PF Albino. 

Do keep in mind that cultivating Psilocybe mushrooms like PF Albino is illegal in the United States (and much of the rest of the world) and can carry severe consequences if caught. Let’s all do our part to vote when the opportunity presents itself so we can decriminalize magic mushrooms and grow these therapeutic fungi without fear of incarceration.

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.