Allllrighty hello and welcome! We have some info on this one right here. This one right here? Thissss one right here...may just be at the top of my list of spores to study. The very tipitty tip top. The one above #2. The grail of cubensis in my book. This is all subjective, and you may very well not feel the same way. You feel things about things I may not be into. That's people. That's mushroom spores. But for me, this one is absolutely positively magnificently incredible.

It's a variety from South America, and as it was told to me, a cross of "Mexican cubensis and Spanish gold cap". That's the description I was given by ol man Lou who gave me the genetics originally. I worked with it under the microscope for a while and was one of my favorite studies from the get. I shared it as much as I could giving it as a free drop on a Wyco Wednesday a couple years ago, and perhaps shared it a little too much, as I accidentally gave away my last swab pack and syringe. Like countless other super cool varieties, I lost it and didn't really know anyone personally who I shared it with. I wasn't going to hit up a random person who received it at one point and ask for spores back. But damn....I let it slip.

Fast forward to March of this year, and I'm listening to a myco podcast where I hear dudeman mention MATAPANAS! I had never heard that name before (other than my own sample), so I was incredibly excited. I hit dudeman up to confirm we were talking about the same variety, and he was kind enough to send me some spores to revive this awesome variety for the community. Spread it far and wide let's gooo!! Shout out Alex at mushlovellc.com for the re-hook-up! A true homie <3