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Help identify a South African mushroom
    #19248719 - 12/09/13 03:56 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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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Re: Help identify a South African mushroom [Re: Plasticmetaphor]
    #19248724 - 12/09/13 03:59 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

here is a link to the images in my gallery. I hope this works.


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Re: Help identify a South African mushroom [Re: Plasticmetaphor]
    #19248734 - 12/09/13 04:05 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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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Re: Help identify a South African mushroom [Re: Tmethyl]
    #19248749 - 12/09/13 04:11 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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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Re: Help identify a South African mushroom [Re: Tangich]
    #19248763 - 12/09/13 04:20 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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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Re: Help identify a South African mushroom [Re: Plasticmetaphor]
    #19248767 - 12/09/13 04:24 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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. :lol:

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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Re: Help identify a South African mushroom [Re: Tangich]
    #19249199 - 12/09/13 09:03 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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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Re: Help identify a South African mushroom [Re: Plasticmetaphor]
    #19249334 - 12/09/13 09:53 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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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Re: Help identify a South African mushroom [Re: Byrain]
    #19249431 - 12/09/13 10:28 AM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Thanks everyone, this was a really positive welcome to the board.


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