Our trip fell one month into the 'green season' 
as it is referred to by the Costa Rican nationals (Ticos y Ticas).....It 
was wet....to put it mildly but it did not spoil our trip one bit :-) We 
had a rented 4x4 (tiny) and we traveled to 4 different geographical regions 
within Costa Rica. We did not collect these specimens in a cloud forest region 
which are approx 3000'-4400' above sea level near the continental divide. 
The cubies were found in the foothills surrounding Arenal Volcano. 
Strangely, they call this area the Central Lowlands but it seems a lot 
higher. I checked for reference and determined that the area is 
1000'-1200' above sea level Having said this, cattle are raised from sea 
level to the highest summit throughout the country and we saw many enticing 
cow fields even in the highest areas. This time of the year the temps were 
a little cool in the higher regions that have perpetual moisture...or maybe 
not...daytime temps were in the low 70s and night temps dropped to the high 
50s/low 60s. Other times of the year, these areas see the 70s-80s that 
were constant in the area around La Fortuna and the base of the volcano. 
For this reason, I would think that cubies could be found in CR any time of 
the year with optimum conditions falling at different altitudes depending 
on the season. Due to the frequent downpours, the mushies we collected 
were a little soggy but stout. 

I have many pics and I have a great story about finding these mushies. I knew 
there must be cubies everywhere but I did not want to trespass and finding 
someone to ask was not too easy but I was determined to get onto someone's 
farm. While on an excursion to the chachagua waterfall in this vicinity, we 
came upon a rasta (hispanic rasta) fellow selling hand made jewelry and hand 
made pipes, bongs as well as hammocks and batiks (sarongs) along the side of a 
rural road. We stopped to have a look and began talk with the guy (Daniele) 
because I was looking for some green. He was extremely cool and invited us to 
his shop to smoke some herb. His shop was just behind his roadside stand and 
behind that his home. His place sat right in the middle of several farms and 
as we talked more I asked if he knew about psilocybe mushies and if they could 
be bought in Costa Rica. He laughed and said they are everywhere and they are 
free...only the herb cost $$. Cattle had not inhabited the fields immediately 
around his place for several months and the grass was waist high. He actually 
called a buddy of his (Mateo) and had him take us to a farm belonging to 
another friends family. The picture you have of the farmhouse is where I am 
talking about...nice place! We scoured the fields and only came up with only 
a handful that day but they said there are usually many more. Only 4 were 
printable. We saw several cubies that were waaay past their prime and were 
all slimy and blue. I did not mess with any of these of course. It had been raining 
heavily the last 24 hours and I think a couple of days later would have been 
productive but we had to travel to the next stop on our trip and could not 
stick around. We (Lana & myself) ate just a little bit for a buzz and sat 
outside with them as the sun set. Mateo ate a full dose and looked to be to 
be in full bloom after about an hour...lol. The guys played the bongos while 
we sat and made jewelry with all the beads and things Daniele had. It was a 
kick ass experience for us as we are city dwellers. We had planned to eat the 
four printing caps in a couple of days since we would be in the cloud forest 
but we could not get them dry fast enough after printing even with rice and as 
a result they got ruined. We were sad but very glad to have the prints 
instead. That way we can try this strain later after giving the spore prints to our
friends at The Hawks Eye.
 the spore prints to our
friends at The Hawks Eye.