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Plasticmetaphor
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Help identify a South African mushroom
#19248719 - 12/09/13 03:56 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Thanks in advance! I am interested in finding out what sort of mushrooms these are. I have checked against what sort of Psilocybin containing mushrooms grow here in Swaziland and think that I may have found Psilocybe Natalensis - but I am no expert!
Habitat: Found growing on aged cow manure in a grassy pasture and a cattle pen in rural Swaziland, a landlocked country that borders South Africa and Mozambique. It has been raining the past few days and the climate has been relatively humid and damp.
Gills: Dark brown to black.
Stem: Length: 2inches/6cm, diameter: 3.5/4mm, color: cream to light beige, texture: smooth and hollow.
Cap: Diameter: 2cm, color: light brown to beige, texture: smooth, gills present not pores, spherical, and convex
Spore print color: Black.
Bruising: Light blue to dark blue bruising on stems and caps.
Other information: Scent of the mushroom, anything else you think is important, large close-up pictures showing stem, cap and gills.
Edited by Plasticmetaphor (12/09/13 08:50 AM)
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Plasticmetaphor
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here is a link to the images in my gallery. I hope this works.
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Tmethyl
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Heres your photos, snatched them from your gallery.



I would call these Panaelolus cyanescens, some very healthy ones. If that's blue bruising I'm seeing, if not then maybe they're another species of Panaeolus.
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Tangich


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Re: Help identify a South African mushroom [Re: Tmethyl]
#19248749 - 12/09/13 04:11 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I agree with Copelandia. Can you please post a picture with a more universal size reference? I doubt many of us know the actual size of that coin.
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Plasticmetaphor
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Re: Help identify a South African mushroom [Re: Tangich]
#19248763 - 12/09/13 04:20 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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What? You don't know Southern African coinage? C'monnnnn lol.
That coin is in between size of a U.S. dime and U.S penny.
Thanks for the help so far guys, I appreciate it and I welcome any more information.
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Tangich


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Quote:
Plasticmetaphor said: That coin is in between size of a U.S. dime and U.S penny.
That doesn't help me either as I'm not from the US. 
Take a spore print on aluminum foil, then scoop the spores onto a small pile. it should be completely black. Macro photos of the gill surface would help as well.
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Plasticmetaphor
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Re: Help identify a South African mushroom [Re: Tangich]
#19249199 - 12/09/13 09:03 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Shoot! The coin has a diameter of 1.8cm. The larger mushrooms have caps around 2cm in diameter and the smaller ones have a diameter of around 1cm.
I edited my first post to include cap dimensions and can confirm after examining a spore print further that the spores are indeed black. Unfortunately my camera cannot take the best macro pictures so I hope this new upload helps.
Let me know what you guys think! Thanks again!
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Byrain

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Copelandia, micro would prolly be needed to tell you which species exactly, not that it matters much if you just want to find active mushrooms.
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Plasticmetaphor
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Re: Help identify a South African mushroom [Re: Byrain]
#19249431 - 12/09/13 10:28 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Thanks everyone, this was a really positive welcome to the board.
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