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Penis Envy and Albino Penis Envy, measured

Penis Envy and APE cubensis in figures: the measured psilocybin content, why the line grows slowly, the undocumented origin, Dutch grow bags and the law.

Pale, thick-stemmed cultivated mushrooms on a laboratory bench next to a dial gauge and a balance — CAM 1 Generated illustration, not a photograph of a specific culture

Instrument panel

Sourced figures, one per instrument. Select a source to read the full readout.

G1Total tryptamines Penis Envy 17.59 mg/g dry 2nd of 14 strains Sharchaton et al. 2026 G2Total tryptamines Albino Penis Envy 12.33 mg/g dry 5th of 14 strains Sharchaton et al. 2026 G3Psilocin Penis Envy 1.77 mg/g dry highest of 14 strains Sharchaton et al. 2026 M1Mycelium on potato dextrose agar, day 25 % of plate covered Pepe et al. 2025 M2Range across 14 strains 2.62 to 20.65 mg/g dry, total tryptamines Sharchaton et al. 2026 D1Single mushrooms, one strain 12.8 to 23.4 % coefficient of variation; psilocybin, five fruiting bodies each, six strains Sharchaton et al. 2026 D2Peer-reviewed content studies 1 one culture each of PE and APE, one harvest, one laboratory PubMed and Europe PMC search, Oct 2026 T1Fruiting window °C, never above 27 °C Dutch-Smart grow bag manual

S1Status

Origin documentedno
Grow bag legal to buy, NLyes
Mushrooms legal, NLno
Adults only18+

AProduct slot

APE Albino Penis Envy grow bag 2100g

Substrate: 2,100 g, fully colonised
Grow level: advanced (shop)
Potency: very strong (shop)
Yield claim: none stated
Price: €49.95
Shop: Dutch-Smart

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Legal to buy in the Netherlands, adults only. The mushrooms fall under the Opium Act once they appear.

Operator notes

Penis Envy is a line of Psilocybe cubensis known for a thick, dense stem and a small cap that often stays closed. Albino Penis Envy (APE) is its pale form. Both are sold as cultures and grow bags, and both have a reputation for strength. This site sets out what is behind that reputation, panel by panel, with a source for every figure on the dials above.

What the instruments say

Content. In the only peer-reviewed comparison, Penis Envy contained 17.59 mg of tryptamines per gram of dried mushroom, second of 14 strains, and APE 12.33 mg/g, fifth (lab data).
Growth. On potato dextrose agar, APE mycelium covered 30.5 percent of a plate in 25 days, where B+ covered all of it (growing).
Origin. The story of McKenna, Pollock and the Amazon was corrected by its main source in 2021 and is documented by no one (origin).
Law. A grow bag is legal to buy in the Netherlands; the mushrooms are illegal once they appear, and illegal in the UK, Germany and under US federal law (the law).

Why the numbers matter

A gram of Penis Envy in that study held about one and a half times the total of a Golden Teacher cross grown beside it, and single mushrooms of one strain varied with a coefficient of variation of up to 23 percent. A portion judged by habit from another cultivar can be much stronger than intended. The effects and risks page explains what that means in practice, with the combinations to avoid.

The grow bag in the slot

The bag in the product slot is the APE grow bag from Dutch-Smart: 2,100 g of substrate, fully colonised, no activation step. The shop marks it as advanced. If you are new to growing, the grow bag guide compares it with B+, Golden Teacher and two Penis Envy descendants, from forgiving to demanding.

APE Albino Penis Envy grow bag 2100g Price€49.95 ShopDutch-Smart View at Dutch-Smart

Bluey Vuitton grow bag 2100g Price€49.95 ShopDutch-Smart View at Dutch-Smart

B+ grow bag 2100g Price€49.95 ShopDutch-Smart View at Dutch-Smart

Reading this site

Each page is a readout for one question, with a spec strip of its key values at the top and labelled panels below. Start with what Penis Envy looks like if you want to recognise it, or with the lab data if you want to know how strong it is. This site is published by the team behind Dutch-Smart; the about page explains how we work. Adults only.