Apehilly Bumpkin (HBP × APE) – Hybrid Spore Profile

Genetic Lineage & Isolation Notes

Developed during an advanced hybrid hunt, Apehilly Bumpkin has shown:

• Genetic consistency across Isolates #1 and #2 — with strong phenotypic representation of both parent strains

• A third isolate (AB #3) displaying a partial reversion, including:

  • Taller stipe formation

  • Active spore discharge

  • Distinctive coloration shifts uncommon in its predecessors

These variations offer valuable insights for microscopy and comparative phenotype research.

Microscopy Features

• Spore Color: Dark violet to purple

• Spore Size: ~7 × 12μm

• Gill Formation: Broad, typically non-discharging in APE-dominant isolates

• Cap Structure: Varies between isolates, some showing APE’s albino traits, others reverting toward classic Cubensis tones

Why Choose Apehilly Bumpkin?

• 🧬 Hybrid lineage: HBP × APE cross with visible trait diversity

• 🔬 Microscopy-grade samples: Ideal for research and taxonomic study

• 💡 Three unique isolates available: Study continuity, variation, and reversion

• 📦 Prepared under sterile lab conditions by Basidium Equilibrium

Mycologist’s Notebook:

You spend hours in the lab chasing ghosts—scraping tissue from one plate, streaking spores on another, hoping the damn things are in the mood to mate. There’s no glamour in it—just condensation on Petri lids and the dull hum of the fridge. You become obsessed. You swear you smell the difference when something takes. It’s slow, delicate work—microscopes, dead ends, long nights with red eyes and coffee that tastes like agar. But when a new cross finally shows itself—morphology shifting, traits merging—you feel it. You didn’t just observe it. You became part of it. The fungus changed, and so did you.