Abbreviations
From Mushrooms
General Abbreviations
| 50/50 | 50% vermiculite / 50% peat moss |
| 50/50+ | 50/50 with gypsum, lime, or oyster shell added |
| BE | Biological Efficiency |
| BME | Barley Malt Extract |
| BRF | Brown Rice Flour |
| Coir | Coco Coir or Coconut Coir |
| Contam | Contamination |
| dH2O | Distilled Water |
| DNR | Dunk and Roll |
| DT | Double Tub |
| EtOH | Ethanol |
| FAE | Fresh Air Exchange |
| FC | Fruiting Chamber |
| FH | Flow Hood |
| G2G | Grain to Grain Transfer |
| GB | Glove Box |
| GE | Gas Exchange |
| H2O2 | Hydrogen Peroxide |
| HEPA | High Efficiency Particulate Arrestor |
| HPOO | Horse Manure |
| HW | Honey Water |
| IPA | Isopropyl Alcohol |
| LC | Liquid Culture |
| MEA | Malt Extract Agar |
| MeOH | Methanol |
| MT | Mono Tub |
| MYC | Mycelium |
| NY | Nutritional Yeast |
| PC | Pressure Cook or Pressure Cooker |
| PDA | Potato Dextrose Agar |
| PF | Psilocybe Fanaticus |
| Pin | Primordium (Formation of a mushroom fruit body) |
| Pins | Primordia (Formation of a mushroom fruit body - Plural) |
| Poo | Manure |
| RH | Relative Humidity |
| SAB | Still Air Box |
| SUB | Substrate |
| TEK | Technique |
| Verm | Vermiculite |
| WBS | Wild Bird Seed |
Species Abbreviations
| AZURES | Psilocybe Azurescens |
| CINCTS | Panaeolus Cinctulus |
| COPES | Copelandia Cyanescens (Renamed to Panaeolus Cyanescens) |
| CUBES | Psilocybe Cubensis |
| CYANS | Psilocybe Cyanescens AKA Wavy Caps (a woodlover often confused with PANS) |
| GYMS | Gymnopilus aeruginosus |
| LIBS | Psilocybe Semilanceata (Liberty Caps) |
| PANS | Panaeolus Cyanescens (a dung lover often confused with CYANS) |
| SUBBS | Panaeolus Subbalteatus (often confused with SUBS, Renamed to Panaeolus Cinctulus) |
| SUBS | Psilocybe Subaeruginosa (often confused with SUBBS) |
| WC | Wavy Caps AKA Psilocybe Cyanescens |
Strain Abbreviations
| A | A Strain |
| A+ | A Plus |
| AA+ | Albino A Plus |
| AC | Acadian Coast |
| AF | South African (Note: SA is South American) |
| AG | Argentina |
| AL | Allen Strain |
| AM | Amazonian (usually PESA) |
| AMA | Amazonian (usually PESA) |
| AMZ | Amazonian (usually PESA) |
| APE | Albino Penis Envy |
| AR | Argentina |
| AU | Australian |
| AZ | Amazonian (usually PESA) |
| B+ | B Plus |
| BHT | Ban Hua Thanon or Ban Hua Thai AKA (Pink Buffalo) |
| BLN | Ban Lipa Noi |
| BN | Ban Nathon |
| BP | Bo Phut |
| BR | Brazillian |
| BRAZ | Brazillian |
| BS | Ban Saket |
| BU | Burma |
| BZ | Brazillian |
| CA | Cambodian |
| CAM | Cambodian |
| CM | Cambodian |
| CO | Columbian |
| CR | Creeper |
| EG | Elephant Gate |
| EQ | Ecuador |
| F | Florida Plus |
| FL | Florida |
| GC | Gulf Coast |
| GT | Golden Teacher |
| HU | Huatla |
| HW | Hawaiian (usually PESH) |
| KS | Koh Samui |
| KSSS | Koh Samui Super Strain |
| LA+ | Leucistic A Plus (AKA Albino A Plus) |
| LY | Lipa Yai |
| M3 | Mexican #3 |
| MAL | Malabar Coast |
| MAZ | Mazatapec |
| MB | Malabar Coast |
| MC | Malabar Coast |
| MC | Mexi-Cub |
| MEXA | Mexican A (Sclerotia) |
| MP | Mexican Paleneque |
| MR | Matias Romero |
| MZ | Mazatapec |
| NSS | Natal Super Strength |
| OI | Orissa India |
| PAN | Panama |
| PB | Pink Buffalo (AKA Ban Hua Thanon) |
| PE | Penis Envy |
| PE6 | Penis Envy 6 |
| PES | Pacific Exotic Spora (A Company) |
| PESA | Pacific Exotic Spora Amazonian |
| PESH | Pacific Exotic Spora Hawaiian |
| PF | Psylocybe Fanticus |
| PI | Phucket Island |
| PM | Plantasia Mystery |
| PR | Peurto Rican |
| SA | South American (Note: Don't confuse with South African) |
| SAF | South African (Note: SA is South American) |
| SAT | South African (Note: SA is South American) |
| TAP | Tapalpa |
| TAZ | Tasmanian |
| TC | Treasure Coast |
| TP | Tapalpa |
| TX | Texan |
| VI | Virgin Islander |