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Pewmeister
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Identification please.
#13191313 - 09/13/10 08:06 PM (13 years, 5 months ago) |
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Hi guys,
I went hunting today, and I think I may have found some potential Psilocybe semilanceata. If I haven't, ah well, I'll learn and move on.
So, the mushrooms I picked: http://tinyurl.com/2uay8rw
Habitat: Picked in the Wicklow mountains, Ireland. Edge of a coniferous forest. Growing in tufts of grass at the edge of the forest, and also in the detritus a metre or so inside the forest. Sheep/deer droppings observed around the area. The area was well lit for the edge of a forest, and the forest edge was bordered by a grassy area.
Gills: Cream white, darkened to a brown/black when dried.
Stem Length: 4 - 5 centimetres on average for each specimen. Diameter: About 1mm or less. Give or take. Color: Cream white when picked, darkening to a black/brown. Texture: Dry, smooth. hollow/solid: Hollow. Thin/thick: Thin.
Cap Diameter: Smallest specimens: About 2-3mm. Medium specimens: 5-6mm. Largest specimen: About 11mm. Color: Cream white, darkening to an earthy, creamy, brown when dry. Texture: Very soft to the touch. Conical/spherical: Canonical, with a nipple. Convex/concave: Concave.
Spore print color: Most of the caps had dried before I could print them, but the largest gave me a black print when it was dry.
Bruising: None observed.
Pictures(i'm working on trying to improve them, so apologies in advance if they don't help):
http://tinyurl.com/345549g http://tinyurl.com/33v9wwx http://tinyurl.com/3y4bl7v http://tinyurl.com/3ya39vl http://tinyurl.com/39lax8r http://tinyurl.com/3yp2go7 http://tinyurl.com/2wsh4wr http://tinyurl.com/37doong
Habitat shot: They were growing inside the tufts of grass in the foreground, and about a metre back into the forest: http://tinyurl.com/38qva5r
Extra note: If these do turn out to be Psilocybe semilanceata, then I am shocked at truly how tiny they actually are!
Thanks for all the help, and I'm learning a good bit just by being out there looking.
Thanks again!
Pewmeister. *pew*
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elprawn
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Re: Identification please. [Re: Pewmeister]
#13191319 - 09/13/10 08:08 PM (13 years, 5 months ago) |
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Mycena?
Absolutely 100% not semilanceata or anything psychoactive.
5 seconds research would've told you that Psilocybes don't have white gills.
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Pewmeister
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Re: Identification please. [Re: elprawn]
#13191355 - 09/13/10 08:15 PM (13 years, 5 months ago) |
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Ah yes OK. I looked up the mycena genus, and they seem to match Mycena flavoalba.
Thanks for the help.
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elprawn
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Re: Identification please. [Re: Pewmeister]
#13191377 - 09/13/10 08:19 PM (13 years, 5 months ago) |
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You know all that info you filled in when you entered your ID request? If you want to find Psilocybe semilanceata, I suggest you find out that info about the species. Then next time you hunt, you'll be armed with that information and you'll only pick species that match. Also, look at a shitload of pictures. That's what I did and believe me it helps! When I finally found liberty caps, I knew I'd found what I was looking for.
You wanna look in fields of wet grass about 6 to 10 inches in length once the weather is cool enough. Good luck...
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Pewmeister
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Re: Identification please. [Re: elprawn]
#13191397 - 09/13/10 08:24 PM (13 years, 5 months ago) |
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Ok cool, thanks for the tip. I'll bring that with me next time.
Thanks again.
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elprawn
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Re: Identification please. [Re: Pewmeister]
#13191446 - 09/13/10 08:33 PM (13 years, 5 months ago) |
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No problem, mate. If you wanna check out pictures of the ones that I found last year, then be my guest.
Another cool thread to check out is the 2010 UK liberty cap thread but make sure you only take note of actual liberty caps and not ID requests that people've posted that aren't actually semilanceata.
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