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 SEmushroomHunter
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Registered: 09/14/08
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Loc: SE USA Zone 7/8
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 Silvery-blue cap, bruising blue, purplish print, SE usa.
#8930370 - 09/14/08 08:05 PM (2 months, 19 days ago) |
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Habitat: On the ground nearby a swampy creek, in mixed woods of mainly river birch.
Gills: Attached, crowded, color is tan/cream.
Stem: up to 5 inches long, up to 3/8 inches thick, hollow, color is reddish-brown to tan/cream.
Cap: smooth, conical expanding to knobbed or convex, up to 2.5 inches wide, color is silvery-blue.
Spore print color: purplish
Bruising: dark bluish bruising within minutes, base of stalk displays similar bruising even before handling.
Location: Southeastern USA, USDA Hardiness Zone 7/8
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 inski
Shroom Magnet
Registered: 02/28/06
Posts: 718
Loc: New Zealand
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 Re: Silvery-blue cap, bruising blue, purplish print, SE usa. [Re: SEmushroomHunter]
#8930382 - 09/14/08 08:08 PM (2 months, 19 days ago) |
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Psilocybe weilii.
Beautiful finds
By the way I love that gill shot, one of the best I've seen of this species!
inski...
Edited by inski (09/14/08 08:20 PM)
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tripsis
biophile-misanthropist-doofer
Registered: 04/13/08
Posts: 4,138
Loc: Gondwana
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Re: Silvery-blue cap, bruising blue, purplish print, SE usa. [Re: SEmushroomHunter]
#8930386 - 09/14/08 08:10 PM (2 months, 19 days ago) |
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Beautiful specimens too!
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inski
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Re: Silvery-blue cap, bruising blue, purplish print, SE usa. [Re: tripsis]
#8930456 - 09/14/08 08:22 PM (2 months, 19 days ago) |
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I agree, they look like they were nicely collected with little damage!
inski..
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 Beege
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Re: Silvery-blue cap, bruising blue, purplish print, SE usa. [Re: inski]
#8930472 - 09/14/08 08:25 PM (2 months, 19 days ago) |
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psilocybe weilli... I love the look of this mushroom but I've never found one
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uarewotueat
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Re: Silvery-blue cap, bruising blue, purplish print, SE usa. [Re: Beege]
#8931956 - 09/15/08 05:57 AM (2 months, 18 days ago) |
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best n00b id request EVER !
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inski
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Re: Silvery-blue cap, bruising blue, purplish print, SE usa. [Re: uarewotueat]
#8932054 - 09/15/08 07:06 AM (2 months, 18 days ago) |
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I nominated the gill shot for POTM!
I would love to see more habitat shots!
What a great first post
inski.
Edited by inski (09/15/08 07:07 AM)
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tripsis
biophile-misanthropist-doofer
Registered: 04/13/08
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Loc: Gondwana
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Re: Silvery-blue cap, bruising blue, purplish print, SE usa. [Re: inski]
#8932057 - 09/15/08 07:07 AM (2 months, 18 days ago) |
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I was going to do the same but you beat me to it inski.
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inski
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Re: Silvery-blue cap, bruising blue, purplish print, SE usa. [Re: tripsis]
#8932075 - 09/15/08 07:13 AM (2 months, 18 days ago) |
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I thought wow, I very rarely see nice gill shots of that species and had to nominate it!
Hopefully SEmushroomHunter can bring us some more nice images
inski..
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tripsis
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Re: Silvery-blue cap, bruising blue, purplish print, SE usa. [Re: inski]
#8932088 - 09/15/08 07:19 AM (2 months, 18 days ago) |
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Too true and rarely such unblemished specimens too. So often they are pretty torn up or deformed looking. It's a good start at the Shroomery with pics like that.
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inski
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Re: Silvery-blue cap, bruising blue, purplish print, SE usa. [Re: tripsis]
#8932107 - 09/15/08 07:31 AM (2 months, 18 days ago) |
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Indeed, a lot of the time the specimens we see here are quite damaged, a good thing for people interested in mycology to remember is to collect specimens fully intact, this is going against the scissors theory but for proper examination and identification complete specimens are required, and also to damage each specimen as little as possible!
I hope he comes back with more nice finds
inski.
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tripsis
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Re: Silvery-blue cap, bruising blue, purplish print, SE usa. [Re: inski]
#8932112 - 09/15/08 07:33 AM (2 months, 18 days ago) |
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There's pros and cons to the scissors theory, but that's another story.
Yes, hopefully he'll return with many more good finds.
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inski
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Re: Silvery-blue cap, bruising blue, purplish print, SE usa. [Re: tripsis]
#8932134 - 09/15/08 07:46 AM (2 months, 18 days ago) |
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Yes there are pro's and con's when it comes to harvesting but if you are making collections for study and identification purposes complete specimens are necessary because quite often there are identifying features found at the base of the stipe that would be lost if scissors were used!
inski..
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notorius gib
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Re: Silvery-blue cap, bruising blue, purplish print, SE usa. [Re: inski]
#8932333 - 09/15/08 09:15 AM (2 months, 18 days ago) |
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those are the most perfect weilii i've seen on this whole forum.
you deserve a few penguinmonkeys for that
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SEmushroomHunter
mushroom hunter
Registered: 09/14/08
Posts: 6
Loc: SE USA Zone 7/8
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Re: Silvery-blue cap, bruising blue, purplish print, SE usa. [Re: notorius gib]
#8935136 - 09/15/08 06:44 PM (2 months, 18 days ago) |
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Thanks for all the compliments, and for the quick ID, inski.
I knew I had come across something very interesting, but didn't consider P. weilii as a serious possibility for two reasons:
#1 These were NOT found in Georgia.
#2 They don't seem to resemble the typical appearance/coloration of P. weilii seen in most other photos.
I'd like to request more ID confirmations from veteran hunters and those who have found P. weilii before.
(habitat/weather conditions: rising through a layer of deciduous leaves (mainly River Birch and Maple) and pine needles. under considerable shade and off the beaten path, being somewhat sheltered by a backdrop of decomposing logs and a few small overhead bush saplings. situated in an area of slightly soggy ground, although perched a few feet up on a bank, roughly 20 feet from a nearby swampy creek. found late summer/early fall after a summer of very severe drought, with only perhaps two or three good soaking rains all summer. no rain within the last two weeks.)
And, here's another habitat shot. Can you spot them?
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Beege
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Re: Silvery-blue cap, bruising blue, purplish print, SE usa. [Re: SEmushroomHunter]
#8935167 - 09/15/08 06:49 PM (2 months, 18 days ago) |
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=O
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landsnorkler
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Registered: 09/26/06
Posts: 1,619
Loc: Montana
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Re: Silvery-blue cap, bruising blue, purplish print, SE usa. [Re: Beege]
#8935262 - 09/15/08 07:07 PM (2 months, 18 days ago) |
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Beautiful!
What state are you in?
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cactu
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Re: Silvery-blue cap, bruising blue, purplish print, SE usa. [Re: landsnorkler]
#8935301 - 09/15/08 07:12 PM (2 months, 18 days ago) |
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100%weillii.
congratulations 
And Welcome to the Shroomery
iam curious weilli grow in a big area that still is mapping every year, what state are you in , this is important since the only other thing that can be is psilocybe caerulescens but they look more like weillii to me,
rare save many specimens even if turn out to be a weillii is a new record for the area maybe....
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Edited by cactu (09/15/08 07:19 PM)
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Beege
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Re: Silvery-blue cap, bruising blue, purplish print, SE usa. [Re: cactu]
#8935309 - 09/15/08 07:12 PM (2 months, 18 days ago) |
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a weilli found outside of georgia?
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Jeffedelic
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Re: Silvery-blue cap, bruising blue, purplish print, SE usa. [Re: Beege]
#8935319 - 09/15/08 07:14 PM (2 months, 18 days ago) |
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Quote:
Beege said:
a weilli found outside of georgia?
Who would have thought?
Is there any possibility this is something else, or has weilii finally made the jump?
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