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lordshiva
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Help confirm these are Psilocybe cyanescens
#14375954 - 04/30/11 03:04 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Hi,
I recently went trekking in the North Cascades in Washington and as a person who loves shrooms and other psychedelics, I am always looking for shrooms in areas where they are likely to grow, I found some isolated clusters of these shrooms (see attached picture). Most looked pretty young and based on the info I read so far they seem to be psilocybe cyanescens. The color brown with dark brown on the top of caps. The stems were thin but I assumed they are young and yet to look like full grown mushrooms. I found most of them on barks and the area of the park was wet with recent rains and also a lot of waterfalls. I also found some mushrooms that were yellow and jelly like but I dint take a picture of those.
Also if these are the ones I think how long do they take to be harvested. And how long to dry ? I have never eaten shrooms that I have picked up and don't want to be concerned when I am tripping (which will ruin the trip of course).
Here are the pic links:
http://megaindianmovies.com/IMG_7839.JPG http://megaindianmovies.com/IMG_7840.JPG http://megaindianmovies.com/IMG_7840.JPG could take a while to load.
Thanks,
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Re: Help confirm these are Psilocybe cyanescens [Re: lordshiva]
#14375961 - 04/30/11 03:06 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Mycena sp.
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Re: Help confirm these are Psilocybe cyanescens [Re: lordshiva]
#14376093 - 04/30/11 04:28 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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You need to work on your mushroom identification skills. They do not even remotely look like Psilocybe cyanescens. Not at all.
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Re: Help confirm these are Psilocybe cyanescens [Re: German Kahuna]
#14376154 - 04/30/11 05:16 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Upon looking at it more I realise they look more like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psilocybe_azurescens
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Re: Help confirm these are Psilocybe cyanescens [Re: lordshiva]
#14376202 - 04/30/11 05:58 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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No they don't look like ANY Psilocybe, really.
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Re: Help confirm these are Psilocybe cyanescens [Re: German Kahuna]
#14376313 - 04/30/11 07:21 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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They look a little like Psilocybe pelliculosa.
They're not though.
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Re: Help confirm these are Psilocybe cyanescens [Re: elprawn]
#14376503 - 04/30/11 08:39 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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Learn you mushroom... Temperature, moisture, habitat, season.... Weird things happen, but... Not likely.
Wrong season for cyan and pells... Looking down on them, a little like pells.. But they are not...
If you took a spore print, would ID them better....
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Re: Help confirm these are Psilocybe cyanescens [Re: elprawn]
#14376991 - 04/30/11 10:57 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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elprawn said: They look a little like Psilocybe pelliculosa.
They're not though.

ya i agree , all it would take is to turn the cap over and see it has white gills, Psilocybes dont sport nice white gills like Mycenas.
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RIght on brother psylo  I only looked at pic #1 but INSTANTLY i was thinking mycena - specially mycena subcaerulia - - - -looks like they sport a little nipple on the cap and i would think if op said they had any blue - m.subcaerulia it is!!!!
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Re: Help confirm these are Psilocybe cyanescens [Re: sporeRider]
#14377030 - 04/30/11 11:06 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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i dont recall him saying anything about blueing . i think they are just a common Mycena. i have a hell of a time iding to species, but maybe M amicta, if there is a bit of blue this species has a bit. not active tho.
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Re: Help confirm these are Psilocybe cyanescens [Re: lordshiva]
#14377065 - 04/30/11 11:13 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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lordshiva said: Upon looking at it more I realise they look more like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psilocybe_azurescens
Not even close. What you are doing is common among nubs: you see a random mushroom, and not knowing anything about magic mushrooms, somehow jump to a conclusion that the random mushroom is or might be psychedelic. Wishful thinking is common on this board amongst newbies. See this article on the fallacy of wishful thinking: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wishful_thinking. This is describing you.
Facts: 1) Those do not even look remotely like Psilocybe cyanescens or azurescens. There are thousands of different types of mushrooms that fit the approximate profile of "small and brownish," and some of these will be very unpleasant to eat. 2) It is not the correct season in PNW for most Psilocybe mushrooms. That would be the fall. 3) It is highly unlikely that you will find cyanescens in any wild and undisturbed area. They seem to grow almost exclusively areas with at least some development.
Any research into the habits and lifecycle of Psilocybe cyanescens would have provided the above facts and cleared up your misunderstandings. What you have found is a very common and mundane mushroom.
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Re: Help confirm these are Psilocybe cyanescens [Re: lordshiva]
#14377185 - 04/30/11 11:45 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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lordshiva said: Upon looking at it more I realise they look more like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psilocybe_azurescens
Wishful thinking with mushrooms can get you killed. Trust the identifiers they have been doing this for a long time!
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You are also looking in the wrong area and season for Psilocybe cyanescens. I don't imagine they grow wild in the north cascades. Where abouts were you hiking? Just curious because I spend tons of time up there in the summer and fall prospecting. Great area for edibles and Amanita sp
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Re: Help confirm these are Psilocybe cyanescens [Re: NeoSporen]
#14378186 - 04/30/11 03:10 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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they did have a dirty white spore prints, so they probably are mycenas as many of you have stated. I knew I couldn't get it right the first time thats why I figured I should be asking people here first. I am not going to be eating any shroom I pick up yet.
I went for a hike at Lake 22, it was a great hike and I wasn't looking for mushrooms too much, just found some in the start of the hike. I wish it was shroom season already as I won't be here for that. But at least I will be in India where it is apparently a lot cheaper and easier to get them.
Edited by lordshiva (04/30/11 03:16 PM)
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Re: Help confirm these are Psilocybe cyanescens [Re: freespeech]
#14378400 - 04/30/11 03:54 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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freespeech said: See this article on the fallacy of wishful thinking: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wishful_thinking.
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Re: Help confirm these are Psilocybe cyanescens [Re: lordshiva]
#14378412 - 04/30/11 03:57 PM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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lordshiva said: Upon looking at it more I realise they look more like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psilocybe_azurescens
No, they don't.
Also, you need to focus on the mushrooms when you take the pictures from now on, and look at them in review to make sure you actually have good pics. Blurry doesn't help anyone. But even blurry, no, they're not active.
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Re: Help confirm these are Psilocybe cyanescens [Re: lordshiva]
#14381743 - 05/01/11 09:08 AM (12 years, 8 months ago) |
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lordshiva said: Upon looking at it more I realise they look more like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psilocybe_azurescens
Are you just taking random guesses as to what they are/look like? Shit, if you want them to be, maybe they are chunks of gold too!
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Re: Help confirm these are Psilocybe cyanescens [Re: lordshiva]
#17317513 - 12/01/12 09:28 PM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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heres some pics of some psilocybe cyanescens i have been working on thought id share them:

the newer pics are at the top and they get older toward the bottom but they are from today and Nov. 24th and Nov. 20th (10 days ago)
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Re: Help confirm these are Psilocybe cyanescens [Re: froste]
#17317703 - 12/01/12 10:06 PM (11 years, 1 month ago) |
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Lol, goin nutz on these old threads bro, I was literally ROFL when I saw your name down the right side of the main page on every thread that was about P. cyans..
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