Avery's Albino Liquid Culture Syringe

Avery's Albino is the Cambodian landrace wearing a ghost-white coat — a stabilised true albino isolation that looks unlike almost anything else in the Psilocybe cubensis catalogue. Pearly white fruiting bodies, thick stumpy stems, vivid blue bruising on damage, and a practical quirk that sets it apart from most albino strains: because its spores are genuinely transparent, a spore print tells you nothing. That is why Cloud920 supplies this strain in liquid culture format, not as a spore product.

Origin & Genetics

The standard account traces Avery's Albino to two Shroomery community cultivators identified as Albinous White and Robert Young, who isolated a spontaneous albino mutation from a Cambodian Psilocybe cubensis multi-spore syringe around 2019. Albinous White observed the pale phenotype expressing in culture and cloned it across multiple generations until the albino trait was stable. The CubeList — a community reference document for P. cubensis strains — records the attribution simply: "Isolated albino Cambodian by Albinous White and Robert Young."

The name comes from Albinous White's daughter, Avery — a personal touch that community tradition has preserved. The strain first appeared in Shroomery threads in July 2020 and spread through vendor listings over the following two years, making it one of the faster-circulating true albino isolations in the modern cultivation community.

Avery's Albino is distinct from Albino A+ (which is leucistic, not a true albino, and descends from the A+ strain) and from other true albino cubensis lines like APE or TAT. Its Cambodian parentage gives it a cluster-fruiting, colonisation-vigour profile that APE and TAT — with their Penis Envy and Golden Teacher lineages respectively — do not share.

Why a Liquid Culture (and not spores)?

Avery's Albino is a true albino: its spores lack melanin and are clear to near-transparent. On foil, on glass, on a slide — there is no dark spore deposit to collect. Standard print-based collection does not work, and preparing a spore syringe from a failed print is unreliable. The practical distribution format since the strain's earliest circulation has been swab — cultivators drag a sterile cotton swab across the gill tissue to harvest spores for agar.

A liquid culture syringe goes one step further. Rather than dispersing spores that still need to germinate and get through agar, this syringe carries live mycelium in sterile suspension — already past the germination step. Inoculation to grain is more direct, colonisation is typically faster than from spore material, and you are working with a genetically isolated culture rather than a multi-spore mixture. For a strain like Avery's Albino, where the spore handling challenge is real, LC is simply the cleaner workflow.

Morphology & Appearance

Avery's Albino produces entirely white fruiting bodies — cap, stem, and gills lack the caramel or golden pigmentation typical of most P. cubensis strains. Caps are bulbous to convex, 20–50 mm (2–5 cm) in diameter, retaining a rounded profile even near maturity. Stems are notably thick and stumpy — wider than average for cubensis, consistent with the Cambodian parent's general morphology, estimated 5–12 cm in height.

Blue bruising is vivid and appears readily on both stems and caps when handled or damaged — a reliable sign of active mycelial chemistry. Fruiting tends to come in dense clusters with relatively few aborts, consistent with the prolific flush behaviour associated with the Cambodian lineage.

Harvest timing note: because Avery's Albino produces clear spores with no visible spore veil drop, the standard cue of a dark spore deposit does not apply. Harvest is judged by cap shape (full convex expansion with slight retained curvature), veil separation at cap margins, and stem firmness.

What Makes Avery's Albino Different

The primary distinction is the true albino classification. True albino means absent melanin — transparent spores, no visible print drop, no pigmentation in fruiting bodies. This is a different biological state from leucistic strains (like Albino A+), which retain partially pigmented spores that drop normal prints. The community consensus on Avery's Albino as a true albino is supported by multiple independent cultivator reports confirming zero spore print and swab-only collection.

Potency is a point worth being precise about. Oakland Hyphae Cup HPLC data across 9 samples places Avery's Albino at an average of 0.64% total tryptamines by dry weight, with a peak recorded submission of 0.86% (Mike G., Spring 2021 Cup). TripSitter notes these figures place Avery's Albino on the same tier as Golden Teacher, Koh Samui, and A+ — the mid-range of documented cubensis potency. Marketing copy from some vendors describes this strain in overstated terms that are not supported by the available lab data. This is an honest, moderate strain with good visual character — not a high-potency outlier.

What's in the Pack

• 10cc sterile syringe — live Avery's Albino mycelium in sterile suspension (Cloud920 Heritage Series)
• Sterile 16G needle
• Alcohol swab
• Instructions insert

Lab-verified for purity and mycelial viability. Shelf life: up to 6 months from production date when stored correctly.

Cultivation Notes

Avery's Albino is rated intermediate difficulty. It is not a beginner strain — the white mycelium can visually resemble early contamination during colonisation, requiring attentive monitoring. Sterile technique is important; the strain shows above-average contamination sensitivity.

• Colonisation time: 18–25 days on grain (slower than many popular strains)
• Fruiting temperature: 21–24°C (70–75°F)
• Fruiting humidity: 85–95% RH
• Light cycle: 12h on / 12h off, indirect light recommended (albino fruiting bodies are light-sensitive)
• Substrate: sterile rye grain or oat grain for spawn; BRF, CVG, or bulk substrate for fruiting
• Workflow: LC to grain → colonise → bulk/fruiting chamber
• Typical flushes: 3–4

The Cambodian lineage contributes cluster-dense fruiting behaviour. Expect tight groups rather than single stems. Humidity management matters — both over- and under-humidification can cause issues; aim for the 85–95% range consistently during fruiting.

Storage & Handling

Store the syringe refrigerated at 2–8°C, away from direct light and temperature fluctuations. Do not freeze. For best viability, use within 6 months of production date, though the culture may remain viable beyond this window if storage conditions are consistently maintained. Wipe the needle port with the included alcohol swab before use. Work under still-air or laminar flow conditions for best results.

Sold for microscopy and mycological research purposes.