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Russula eccentrica often fruits close to yellow chanterelles, and is used by some collectors as an indicator species, much like Amanita muscaria is with Boletus edulis.

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good shit man, didnt know that, ive seen those before and not seen chanterelles nearby.
then again, they like to hide!

you found some chants? really? alright thats it im going on a fat hunt right now
be back in a few hours

Suimush, nice to see you're still around ( and be sure there's not many with a tat like that..hehe)

I'm not sure exactly where the photos are here on the shroomery, but you can see photos of the pins on the actual p subaeruginascens patch here

http://mushroomobserver.org/17626?search_seq=871016

that happens with p subaeruginascens in all weather conditions, and is one of the outstanding characteristics I've noticed to really separate this from most of the other actives in the Bay Area

that p subaeriginascens patch on MushroomObserver is only 30 feet away from this one just posted here, which doesn't necessarily mean much except that over the years, I've noticed some kind of 'satellite' function with related species, like cyans and friscosas

if you find friscosas, you might well find cyans nearby and visa-versa, and it's like that with this

but nobody really knows for sure until you can get this under a microscope, map it out, add it to the database, and so on

BTW, the p subaeruginascens patch nearby has NOT even started pinning yet...that will probably take another month, or two

here's another angle




very very specific underlying basic colors associated with all of the actives, nearly around the world (in fact, when I hunt on my bike, that's what I'm tuned into, is the color - a blinding second of that color will make me hit the brakes) ( I don't want to be so arrogant to say that color is the entire ID process, but it's a big part of it...the problem is that many people have different eyes, and color visions, and that can never be really corrected, so the 'color, is but one part of it, as it should be)

I tried these last year. They're allright, but nothing spectacular like p subaeruginascens nearby (but those get a lot bigger too). This in the photo is barely enough for one person

The pins however, are always dark, at least with p subaeruginascens, and that's the first time I've ever seen anything remotely suggesting anything other than this 'basic underlying color'. But this all changes within a few days, and nobody except the extremely desperate picks pins anyway..haha

actually, more specific, for pins that dark, it actually masks the underlying color, but it only takes a couple of days to turn the right 'psilocybe family' color, and then the rest of the entire life cycle is good and proper

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suimush said:
the small dark blue on the small pins is probobly from a drop in humidity.

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auweia said:
rare stuff



This is in the same area I share with Urbanism, near the p subaeruginascens patch, but it's not p subaeruginascens, and it's not cyan, friscosa, or stuntzii

these are smaller than subaer's and the potency is merely OK, and it's probably a psilocybe species (if not now, probably someday). I've tried them, they're OK, but they're so tiny. The ones in this photo, this stage, are only maybe the size of a penny

it's possible Urbanism could have seen these during one of those threads referenced on MushroomObserver, but there's also stropharias nearby (a few photos he took looked like these when they mature)

these definately aren't the same as the main p subaeruginascen patch 30 feet away, but I wouldn't be surprised if spores show they are also in section stuntzae

kinda look like mini azures

anyway, this is only the 2nd time I've seen these, last year about 10 feet away, and they don't get really big
either. Unless they start popping up all over, it's almost one of those rare things that are nice to look at but hardly worth it for 6 of these

if they ever become common like panaeolus, then yep, that would be worth it

Oh , if you blow it up and look close, there's two tiny pins, also dark like p subaeruginascens. cyan pins don't look like that, but subaeruginascens do

maybe it's one of those sub species people are trying to get a handle on that family..who knows

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auweia said:
The bay Area will always have an over all better mushroom season than the PNW because of the simple fact that your season is shorter, and it snows, even on the coast, as early as November...and that's when it's usually over

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Do they follow amanita's favorable temperature?

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