The Hierophant from Emma Anna's installation A Walk in the Woods was originally produced in October 2025 for the Bienal de Cuenca, Ecuador. 
 
This is an archival-quality Gicleé print provided as part of a limited release to help fund the Australian premiere of A Walk in the Woods in mid-2026.
 
Print measures 70cm x 70cm + 2.5 cm white border edge (finished size 75cm). Signed and numbered by the artist on reverse and on an accompanying Certificate of Authenticity.
 
Also included is a pack of 22 x A6 sized Tarot cards, each representing the different archetypes as defined by the Major Arcana. Details related to the potential interpretation of each card, and the characteristics, species / genus of the selected mushroom / fungi that is illustrated, is printed on the reverse of each card. 
 
Available to order until November 22, 2025. Shipment in early December 2025. 
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The Hierophant / Teaches
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Psilocybe is a genus of gilled mushrooms, growing worldwide, in the family Hymenogastraceae. Many species contain the psychedelic compounds psilocybin and psilocin. Psilocybe arose about 65 million years ago.
 
Psilocybe fruit bodies are generally small, undistinguished mushrooms with a typical ‘little brown mushroom’ morphology. 
 
Macroscopically, they are characterized by their small to occasionally medium size, brown to yellow-brown coloration, with a hygrophanous cap, and a spore print-color that ranges from lilac-brown to dark purple-brown (though rusty-brown colored varieties are known in at least one species). Hallucinogenic species typically have a blue-staining reaction when the fruit body is bruised. 
 
Microscopically, they are characterized by pileipellis with hyphae that run parallel to the pileus surface, forming a cutis, by their lack of chrysocystidia, and by spores which are smooth, ellipsoid to rhomboid to subhexagonal in shape, with a distinct apical germ pore. Ecologically, all species of Psilocybe are saprotrophs, growing on various kinds of decaying organic matter.
 
Geographically, species in this genus are found throughout the world in most biomes.The greatest species diversity seems to be in the neotropics, from Mesoamerica through Brazil and Chile.
 
Many of the species found in temperate regions, such as Psilocybe cyanescens, seem to have an affinity for landscaped areas mulched with woodchips and are actually rather rare in natural settings removed from human habitation. 
 
Contrary to popular belief, only a minority of Psilocybe species, such as P. cubensis and P. subcubensis, grow directly on animal feces. Many other species are found in habitats such as mossy, grassy, or forest humus soils. 
 
Source : 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psilocybe