Source-backed guide map

Psilocybin mushroom guides, TEKs, and community resource maps

This page turns public community resource lists into a cleaner LearnShrooms navigation layer. We preserve source attribution, write original context, and organize links by the questions a reader is actually trying to answer.

72source-backed resource cards
19topic groups
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Start with the topic that matches your question, then compare the original source with current LearnShrooms guides, videos, and local law. Older forum posts can still be useful, but methods, language, and legal context change.

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Start Here

5 resources
Start Here overview

Bod's simplified cultivation methods

A source-backed LearnShrooms reference card. Use it to orient yourself, then cross-check current law, safety guidance, and newer community updates.

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Start Here beginner

Getting Started Flow Chart and Tips

A sterile-work and equipment reference for understanding clean process, pressure-cooking context, air control, and repeatable prep.

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Start Here beginner

Easy AF cheapest way to get started without a pressure cooker and very low maintenance

A sterile-work and equipment reference for understanding clean process, pressure-cooking context, air control, and repeatable prep.

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Start Here shoebox

Easy AF shoeboxes stupid simple

A fruiting-stage resource for thinking through tubs, surface conditions, airflow, humidity, and the handoff from colonized spawn.

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Start Here overview

Bod's 2017

A source-backed LearnShrooms reference card. Use it to orient yourself, then cross-check current law, safety guidance, and newer community updates.

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Sterile Work & Equipment

5 resources
Sterile Work & Equipment pressure cooker

Easy AF Pressure Cooker TEK

A sterile-work and equipment reference for understanding clean process, pressure-cooking context, air control, and repeatable prep.

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Sterile Work & Equipment still air box

Easy AF SAB TEK

A sterile-work and equipment reference for understanding clean process, pressure-cooking context, air control, and repeatable prep.

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Sterile Work & Equipment flow hood

Easy AF Laminar Flow Cabinet TEK

A sterile-work and equipment reference for understanding clean process, pressure-cooking context, air control, and repeatable prep.

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Sterile Work & Equipment lids

Easy AF Polyfil Lid TEK

A sterile-work and equipment reference for understanding clean process, pressure-cooking context, air control, and repeatable prep.

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Community Navigation

6 resources
Community Navigation search

Easy AF Search Engine TEK

A community-navigation resource for finding better answers, asking useful questions, and checking whether older forum advice still holds up.

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Community Navigation forum

AMU's Forum

A community-navigation resource for finding better answers, asking useful questions, and checking whether older forum advice still holds up.

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Community Navigation qna

QnAMU question-and-answer thread

A community-navigation resource for finding better answers, asking useful questions, and checking whether older forum advice still holds up.

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Community Navigation beginner forum

The Noob Forum

A community-navigation resource for finding better answers, asking useful questions, and checking whether older forum advice still holds up.

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Community Navigation qna

The Noob Forum Q&A thread

A community-navigation resource for finding better answers, asking useful questions, and checking whether older forum advice still holds up.

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Community Navigation beginner

Advice for people new to the Shroomery or new to growing mushrooms

A source-backed LearnShrooms reference card. Use it to orient yourself, then cross-check current law, safety guidance, and newer community updates.

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Liquid Culture & Spores

2 resources
Liquid Culture & Spores spore syringe

Bod's spore syringe making TEK

A spores and culture reference with legal context: verify your jurisdiction and treat microscopy-only language seriously where it applies.

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Liquid Culture & Spores spore print

Bod's proper spore print TEK

A spores and culture reference with legal context: verify your jurisdiction and treat microscopy-only language seriously where it applies.

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Agar & Cloning

1 resources
Agar & Cloning agar

Agar TEKs including Bod's Easy AF comprehensive agar TEK

Use this as an agar-work starting point: clean-transfer vocabulary, culture selection, and where sterile technique becomes non-negotiable.

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Spawn to Bulk & Fruiting

1 resources
Spawn to Bulk & Fruiting monotub

Easy AF Unmodified Tub TEK

A grain-spawn resource for comparing common grain choices, hydration/prep concepts, and the checkpoints before moving to bulk.

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Grain Spawn

1 resources
Grain Spawn oats

Easy AF Oat Prep TEK

A grain-spawn resource for comparing common grain choices, hydration/prep concepts, and the checkpoints before moving to bulk.

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Substrate

1 resources
Substrate bulk substrate

Easy AF Bucket TEK

A substrate resource for comparing bulk-material approaches and the practical difference between pasteurization, hydration, and field capacity.

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Harvest & Storage

1 resources
Harvest & Storage harvest

Easy AF Harvesting TEK

A harvest-stage reference for timing, handling, and quality-control questions that come after a grow reaches maturity.

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Video & Visual Learning

1 resources
Video & Visual Learning videos

Easy AF cultivation videos

A source-backed LearnShrooms reference card. Use it to orient yourself, then cross-check current law, safety guidance, and newer community updates.

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Gourmet & Field Mycology

1 resources
Gourmet & Field Mycology reishi

Reishi find, clone, and grow

Use this as an agar-work starting point: clean-transfer vocabulary, culture selection, and where sterile technique becomes non-negotiable.

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Author Collections

9 resources
Author Collections library

Bod's Library

A source-backed LearnShrooms reference card. Use it to orient yourself, then cross-check current law, safety guidance, and newer community updates.

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Author Collections agar

Pastywhyte's Easy Agar Tek

Use this as an agar-work starting point: clean-transfer vocabulary, culture selection, and where sterile technique becomes non-negotiable.

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Author Collections mini mono

Pastywhyte likes mini monos

A source-backed LearnShrooms reference card. Use it to orient yourself, then cross-check current law, safety guidance, and newer community updates.

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Author Collections straw

Pastywhyte's Easy Invitro Straw

A source-backed LearnShrooms reference card. Use it to orient yourself, then cross-check current law, safety guidance, and newer community updates.

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Author Collections agar transfer

Tic Tac Toe Agar (Tiger Drop 2.0)

Use this as an agar-work starting point: clean-transfer vocabulary, culture selection, and where sterile technique becomes non-negotiable.

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Author Collections lids

Pastywhyte's Easy Lid Tek

A sterile-work and equipment reference for understanding clean process, pressure-cooking context, air control, and repeatable prep.

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Author Collections monotub

Pastywhyte's Easy Micropore Dialed Monos

A fruiting-stage resource for thinking through tubs, surface conditions, airflow, humidity, and the handoff from colonized spawn.

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Author Collections liquid culture

Pastywhyte's EzLC tek

A spores and culture reference with legal context: verify your jurisdiction and treat microscopy-only language seriously where it applies.

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Author Collections principles

Basic principles of mushroom cultivation

A source-backed LearnShrooms reference card. Use it to orient yourself, then cross-check current law, safety guidance, and newer community updates.

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Trusted Compendiums

5 resources
Trusted Compendiums compendium

AMU TEKs

A source-backed LearnShrooms reference card. Use it to orient yourself, then cross-check current law, safety guidance, and newer community updates.

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Trusted Compendiums compendium

Ultimate Tek Compendium: For Noobs And Onward

A source-backed LearnShrooms reference card. Use it to orient yourself, then cross-check current law, safety guidance, and newer community updates.

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Trusted Compendiums beginner

Getting Started 2017

A source-backed LearnShrooms reference card. Use it to orient yourself, then cross-check current law, safety guidance, and newer community updates.

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Trusted Compendiums cultivation

General Cultivation Topics 2017

A source-backed LearnShrooms reference card. Use it to orient yourself, then cross-check current law, safety guidance, and newer community updates.

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Strains & Genetics

2 resources
Strains & Genetics strains

The Strain Forum

A community-navigation resource for finding better answers, asking useful questions, and checking whether older forum advice still holds up.

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Strains & Genetics strains

Strains, varieties, species questions answered

A genetics or species reference for separating strain talk, species-level differences, and specialty cultivation vocabulary.

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Standout Threads

6 resources
Standout Threads shoebox

Mushboy's making shoeboxes

A fruiting-stage resource for thinking through tubs, surface conditions, airflow, humidity, and the handoff from colonized spawn.

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Standout Threads shoebox

Mushboy shoebox results

A fruiting-stage resource for thinking through tubs, surface conditions, airflow, humidity, and the handoff from colonized spawn.

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Standout Threads agar

c10's agar guide

Use this as an agar-work starting point: clean-transfer vocabulary, culture selection, and where sterile technique becomes non-negotiable.

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Standout Threads surface conditions

ComebackKid's proper surface moisture and when to increase FAE

A fruiting-stage resource for thinking through tubs, surface conditions, airflow, humidity, and the handoff from colonized spawn.

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Standout Threads pf tek

Ziran's updated PF TEK guide with cakes in SGFC or monotub

A fruiting-stage resource for thinking through tubs, surface conditions, airflow, humidity, and the handoff from colonized spawn.

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Standout Threads flow hood

C10's Cadillac flowhood build

A sterile-work and equipment reference for understanding clean process, pressure-cooking context, air control, and repeatable prep.

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The Basics

16 resources
The Basics beginner

Where to begin?

A source-backed LearnShrooms reference card. Use it to orient yourself, then cross-check current law, safety guidance, and newer community updates.

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The Basics agar

Why you should really start with agar

Use this as an agar-work starting point: clean-transfer vocabulary, culture selection, and where sterile technique becomes non-negotiable.

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The Basics still air box

SAB (Still Air Box)

A sterile-work and equipment reference for understanding clean process, pressure-cooking context, air control, and repeatable prep.

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The Basics search

How to use the search feature

A community-navigation resource for finding better answers, asking useful questions, and checking whether older forum advice still holds up.

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The Basics community

Tips for better posts

A community-navigation resource for finding better answers, asking useful questions, and checking whether older forum advice still holds up.

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The Basics sgfc

Principles of the SGFC

A source-backed LearnShrooms reference card. Use it to orient yourself, then cross-check current law, safety guidance, and newer community updates.

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The Basics cakes

The Misted Cake Project

A source-backed LearnShrooms reference card. Use it to orient yourself, then cross-check current law, safety guidance, and newer community updates.

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The Basics rye

Rye berries spawn

A grain-spawn resource for comparing common grain choices, hydration/prep concepts, and the checkpoints before moving to bulk.

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The Basics rye

Quick rye prep

A grain-spawn resource for comparing common grain choices, hydration/prep concepts, and the checkpoints before moving to bulk.

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The Basics wbs

WBS wild bird seed spawn

A grain-spawn resource for comparing common grain choices, hydration/prep concepts, and the checkpoints before moving to bulk.

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The Basics lids

Lids

A sterile-work and equipment reference for understanding clean process, pressure-cooking context, air control, and repeatable prep.

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The Basics pressure cooker

Pressure cooking

A sterile-work and equipment reference for understanding clean process, pressure-cooking context, air control, and repeatable prep.

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The Basics bulk substrate

Bulk substrate using CVG

A substrate resource for comparing bulk-material approaches and the practical difference between pasteurization, hydration, and field capacity.

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The Basics monotub

Principles of the monotub

A fruiting-stage resource for thinking through tubs, surface conditions, airflow, humidity, and the handoff from colonized spawn.

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The Basics monotub

How to make a monotub

A fruiting-stage resource for thinking through tubs, surface conditions, airflow, humidity, and the handoff from colonized spawn.

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The Basics spawn to bulk

Spawning to bulk and fruiting

A grain-spawn resource for comparing common grain choices, hydration/prep concepts, and the checkpoints before moving to bulk.

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Species & Specialty Grows

2 resources
Species & Specialty Grows sclerotia

A comprehensive sclerotia cultivation guide

A genetics or species reference for separating strain talk, species-level differences, and specialty cultivation vocabulary.

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Species & Specialty Grows species

Psilocybe, Panaeolus, and edible cultivation attempts

A genetics or species reference for separating strain talk, species-level differences, and specialty cultivation vocabulary.

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Contamination & Identification

6 resources
Contamination & Identification contamination

Guide to common contaminate mushrooms

A contamination and visual-ID reference for learning what healthy, stressed, and unsafe grows can look like before acting on a tray or jar.

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Contamination & Identification contamination

Recognizing and dealing with contamination

A contamination and visual-ID reference for learning what healthy, stressed, and unsafe grows can look like before acting on a tray or jar.

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Contamination & Identification visual check

How it should and should not look

A contamination and visual-ID reference for learning what healthy, stressed, and unsafe grows can look like before acting on a tray or jar.

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Source and provenance

These records were organized from public source lists and rewritten for LearnShrooms. Direct per-thread deep links can be enriched later when a stable crawl is available; the current version keeps the primary source list attached to every card.

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