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Funkey
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Psilocybe pseudocyanea??
#11362554 - 11/01/09 12:58 PM (14 years, 4 months ago) |
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This beautifull mushroom caught my attention yesterday. I think it's a Psilocybe caerulea. What do you guys think??
Habitat: A grassy path at the side of woodland. Didn't have a camera with me to take a pic of the habitat. There was only 1 solitary specimen of this mushroom found.
Gills: Gills are dark brown. Attachement is adnate I guess (not really familiar with these expert terms )
Stem: Stem is about 8 cm long, 4-5mm thick. Slightly enlarged near the base. Lots of bluiish green to azure coloring. No annulus. Hollow at the upper part. White mycelium attached at the base.
Cap: Cap is about 4cm in diameter. It clearly has a separable gellatinous pellicle. Sticky when moist. Color is strawlike yellow with blue and greenish areas. A pronounced nipple is also present.
Spore print color: Dark brown
Bruising: There's lots of blue, but it seems it doesn't really increase when squized or abused.
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Edited by Funkey (11/03/09 02:53 AM)
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Twiztidsage
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Re: A beautifull Psilocybe [Re: Funkey]
#11362591 - 11/01/09 01:07 PM (14 years, 4 months ago) |
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Brown spore print? A little scary.
And for some reason your poll won't let me vote...
Wait for a TI to give confirmation.
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Funkey
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I'm not planning to eat it, just wondering what most of you would do... If most of you think it's an active, I'll probably do an attempt at cultivating it.
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Edited by Funkey (11/01/09 08:48 PM)
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Twiztidsage
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Re: A beautifull Psilocybe [Re: Funkey]
#11365441 - 11/01/09 08:46 PM (14 years, 4 months ago) |
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Throw it in my mushroom graveyard, under a hedge in my yard.
Unless you get a black spore print or a positive ID from a Trusted Identifier, don't eat it.
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psychedelicSLUG
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Quote:
Twiztidsage said: Brown spore print? A little scary.
why does that scare you?
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ehtdaedlufetarg
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Sure looks like a Psilocybe.
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psychedelicSLUG
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ehtdaedlufetarg said: Sure looks like a Psilocybe.
mhmm... but its quite possible its not...
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Twiztidsage
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I never said it wasn't a Psilocybe, but most don't have brown spores. Maybe brownish-purple or purplish brown, but not usually dark brown. I am not even sure what to call the color in the spore print picture myself.
I think it is a psilocybe personally, I just thought the spore print was worth thinking twice about.
At least they certainly aren't rusty brown, thats for sure.
You may have a psilocybe there, let's see what the TI's say, as I am no expert.
Cool Mushroom nonetheless.
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psychedelicSLUG
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Twiztidsage said: I never said it wasn't a Psilocybe, but most don't have brown spores. Maybe brownish-purple or purplish brown, but not usually dark brown. I am not even sure what to call the color in the spore print picture myself.
I think it is a psilocybe personally, I just thought the spore print was worth thinking twice about.
At least they certainly aren't rusty brown, thats for sure.
You may have a psilocybe there, let's see what the TI's say, as I am no expert.
Cool Mushroom nonetheless.
yea i know, but the only actives iv found had rusty brown spore prints... with no trace of purple at all...
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Twiztidsage
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What active are you talking about that had rusty brown spores? Gymnopilus?
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psychedelicSLUG
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Psilocybe ovoideocystidiata, and they were EXTREMELY potent aswell
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ShockValue
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Then either
a: you didn't have Psilocybe ovoideocystidiata or b: your spore print was purple-brown.
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psychedelicSLUG
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Re: A beautifull Psilocybe [Re: ShockValue]
#11365606 - 11/01/09 09:13 PM (14 years, 4 months ago) |
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ShockValue said: Then either
a: you didn't have Psilocybe ovoideocystidiata or b: your spore print was purple-brown.
a:confirmed b:nope, it was VERY strange...
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psychedelicSLUG
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it does not have to have that color one to be an active psilocybe... thats just usually the case
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ShockValue
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So you're claiming that you had a confirmed Psilocybe ovoideocystidiata that had a rusty brown spore print?
We better recall all those books, magazines, and web pages that keep telling us that is has to be Purple/Brown or Purple/Black.
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psychedelicSLUG
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Re: A beautifull Psilocybe [Re: ShockValue]
#11365692 - 11/01/09 09:25 PM (14 years, 4 months ago) |
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ShockValue said: So you're claiming that you had a confirmed Psilocybe ovoideocystidiata that had a rusty brown spore print?
We better recall all those books, magazines, and web pages that keep telling us that is has to be Purple/Brown or Purple/Black.
well dude to be honest no guide even says my state has it growing... mushrooms can vary within the same species greatly... im not trying to argue... im just trying to share from personal experience...
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ShockValue
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Not trying to pick an argument.. I'm sure what you had was the real deal I'm just concerned because there are a few mushrooms out there that look very similar to Psilocybes, but have a rusty spore print, and are deadly. I wouldn't want newbs to get the idea that it's OK to eat something like that.
For example:
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psychedelicSLUG
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Re: A beautifull Psilocybe [Re: ShockValue]
#11365984 - 11/01/09 10:11 PM (14 years, 4 months ago) |
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absolutely... glad you are concerned! check my gallery... MOST are ovoids... i printed like 20 with no hint of purple at all... but extreme blackish blueing on alot!
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Time Ed
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That may be a large P. Strictipes. It shows bluing at the base of the stem and it has a separate peel-able pellicle and was found in Europe where they are finding allot of them.
As far as the spore print it may have looked dark brown in the lighting and I have had many Ovoids that have given a dark brown spore print and some that are more purple brown.
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Funkey
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Re: A beautiful Psilocybe [Re: Time Ed]
#11374423 - 11/03/09 02:04 AM (14 years, 4 months ago) |
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I'll be very surprised if this turns out to be a P. Strictipes. Doesn't look like the pictures I've seen of strictipes, especially that much of blue and greenish coloring on the cap itself and the lack of the translucent-striate margins and the cap isn't really very smooth...
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