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Invisiblemushroomexplorer

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Key to West Coast Psilocybe
    #16638861 - 08/03/12 09:16 AM (11 years, 7 months ago)

I was practicing making keys and made the following. I figured I would share it.


Key to West Coast Psilocybe sections

1 a) Spores thin walled---------------------------------------------------------Section Singeriana
1 b) Spores thick walled------------------------------------------------------------------------See 2

2a) Spores asymmetric in side view------------------------------------------Section Aztecorum
2b) Spores not asymmetric in side view-----------------------------------------------------See 3

3a) Spores rhomboid or subrhomboid in face view---------------------------Section Stuntzae
3b) Spores not as above----------------------------------------------------Section Semilanceatae


West Coast Psilocybe species in the section Aztecorum
The only Psilocybe from the West Coast that is in the section Aztecorum is Psilocybe baeocystis.

Key to West Coast Psilocybe species in the section Semilanceatae
1 a) Persistent membranous annulus-------------------------------------------Psilocybe fimetaria
1 b) No persistent membranous annulus--------------------------------------------------------See 2

2 a) Pleurocystidia present-----------------------------------------------------------------------See 3
2 b) Pleurocystidia unkomon or absent---------------------------------------------------------See 5

3 a) Cap undulating in maturity----------------------------------------------Psilocybe cyanescens
3 b) Cap not undulating in maturity-------------------------------------------------------------See 4

4 a) Stem 9-20cm in maturity-------------------------------------------------Psilocybe azurescens
4 b) Stem less than 9-20cm in maturity----------------------------------Psilocybe cyanofriscosa

5 a) Grows directly on manure-----------------------------------------------------Psilocybe sierrae
5 b) Does not grow directly on manure---------------------------------------------------------See 6

6 a) Cap acutely umbonate--------------------------------------------------Psilocybe semilanceata
6 b) Cap not acutely umbonate------------------------------------------------------------------See 7

7 a) Spores are 12-15� by 7-9�---------------------------------------------Psilocybe Liniformans
7 b) Spores not as above--------------------------------------------------------------------------See 8

8 a) Cheilocystidia with forking neck present-------------------------Psilocybe cyanofibrillosa
8 b) Cheilocystidia not as above-----------------------------------------------------------------See 9

9 a) Cheilocystidia 17-36 � by 4-8 �-----------------------------------------Psilocybe pelliculosa
9 b) Cheilocystidia not as above---------------------------------------------------------------See 10

10 a) Spores are 6-10� by 4-6�--------------------------------------------------Psilocybe silvatica
10 b) Spores are 10-12� by 5-8� -----------------------------------------------Psilocybe strictipes

Key to West Coast Psilocybe species in the section Singeriana
The only Psilocybe from the West Coast that is in the section Singeriana is Psilocybe washingtonensis. Psilocybe washingtonensis is not  known to contain psilocybin. It has been suggested that Psilocybe washingtonensis may contain psilocybin but I find this unlikely due to the fact that other Psilocybe in the section Singeriana do not.

Key to West Coast Psilocybe species in the section Stuntzae
No pleurocystidia present-------------------------------------------------------Psilocybe stuntzii
Pleurocystidia present-----------------------------------------------Psilocybe ovoideocystidiata

Edited by mushroomexplorer (08/03/12 12:34 PM)

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Re: Key to West Coast Psilocybe [Re: mushroomexplorer]
    #16639031 - 08/03/12 10:12 AM (11 years, 7 months ago)

I thought Psilocybe cyanescens had it's own section, but you're right - it now falls under Semilanceatae. Wikipedia has been updated to reflect this.

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Invisiblemushroomexplorer

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Re: Key to West Coast Psilocybe [Re: User_7]
    #16639471 - 08/03/12 11:58 AM (11 years, 7 months ago)

Yeah it used to be classified under a different section but things are constantly being switched around.

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Re: Key to West Coast Psilocybe [Re: mushroomexplorer]
    #16639524 - 08/03/12 12:07 PM (11 years, 7 months ago)

Quote:

mushroomexplorer said:
Yeah it used to be classified under a different section but things are constantly being switched around.




When was this? I believe that it sometimes must be quite frustrating
to be a professional mycologist. Imagine you spent a number of years
writing new papers on a certain clade and suddenly someone from
across the Atlantic turns the coin...

Thanks for sharing your key, anyway!


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InvisibleKokanee Shroom
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Re: Key to West Coast Psilocybe [Re: Anglerfish]
    #16645711 - 08/05/12 04:44 AM (11 years, 7 months ago)

Great info!  Thanks man.  :thumbup:

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Re: Key to West Coast Psilocybe [Re: mushroomexplorer]
    #16645740 - 08/05/12 05:05 AM (11 years, 7 months ago)

I like this approach, including cheilocystidia size and microscopic features immediately in the identification key.

Keep going with it!

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