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candry
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What is this tiny blue-bruiser? (redux)
#22394370 - 10/17/15 05:13 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Hi everyone, I'm new here and new to shroom-hunting. I've been reading up like crazy and doing some searching - so far, at three parks and a school - and found nothing much, only to run into something interesting here at home. But what is it?
My ability to take pics right now is limited to borrowing someone's phone - so, my apologies for the low quality.
* Location: suburban Seattle * Habitat: sandy soil full of rotten fragments of old lumber, in a weedy, mossy area in permanent shade, just out from under the north side of our deck. No nearby trees * Grouping: seven mushrooms within a ten-inch space. Five of which got eaten by slugs (ARGH), so there could have been more originally * Gills: see pic * Stem: off-white, mostly smooth, hollow, equal thickness, 2mm wide, 3 - 5 cm tall, no rings * Scent: weak and indistinct, my nose isn't good enough to say more * Spore print: plum purple * Bruise color: dark green-blue on cap/gills (bluer than it looks in the pics), unclear darkish tones on stipe * Cap: conical at first, maturing to flat with umbo, 1 - 2 cm; slimy when wet, and a transparent membrane comes off on my finger * Color: in daylight, a rich caramel tone - not as brown as my LED flashlight makes it look. Margins pale where unbruised, slightly striate, translucent right at the edge

(That's a penny, for scale.)
Thank you!
Edited by candry (12/15/15 07:39 PM)
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elprawn
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Re: What is this tiny blue-bruiser? [Re: candry]
#22394374 - 10/17/15 05:14 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Interesting.
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AztecWarrior
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Re: What is this tiny blue-bruiser? [Re: elprawn]
#22394395 - 10/17/15 05:17 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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psilocybe cyanescens Cool that you found them growing in that sort of habitat
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Joust
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Re: What is this tiny blue-bruiser? [Re: AztecWarrior]
#22394527 - 10/17/15 05:49 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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Quote:
AztecWarrior said: psilocybe cyanescens Cool that you found them growing in that sort of habitat:)
yeah any woodchips in that habitat?
-------------------- ~~~~~~***Psilocybin Mushrooms***~~~~~~ _________A Practical Guide To Psilocybin Mushrooms_________ "Think about the species, not your scale". -NeoSporen "Mr. Joust, I see you don't actually partake in the psilocin, but it looks like it may partake in you!" -Gojira
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candry
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Re: What is this tiny blue-bruiser? [Re: Joust]
#22394780 - 10/17/15 06:55 PM (8 years, 3 months ago) |
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No, there's no wood chips of the kind used for mulching. But there's lots of rotten old lumber chunks and fragments throughout the soil. Most of it was originally plywood and it's been there for 10+ years.
I'd thought Ps. cyanescens might not be the likeliest candidate, because of the a) sub-optimal environment and b) much smaller size than usually described for it. Perhaps (a) explains (b)?
Whereas certain pics of Ps. ovoideocystidiata (like this one and this one) quite resemble what I've got. The environment, size, and green tones in the bruise color all seem consistent. On the other hand that species is apparently rare, and most pics show them with rings.
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candry
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Re: What is this tiny blue-bruiser? [Re: candry]
#22660002 - 12/15/15 07:39 PM (8 years, 1 month ago) |
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This thread got me wondering again about these mushrooms in my backyard, though they haven't fruited in over a month now. I'm fairly sure it's a Psilocybe, but which? The more Cyanescens I've seen elsewhere - hundreds, now - the more I think the shoe doesn't fit.
The only other picture I got was this:

1. All mushrooms produced by this patch had hollow stems - I could get a toothpick up the larger ones. Zero cyans I've found elsewhere have had hollow stems.
2. The wet pellicles of all these mushrooms would come off onto my dry fingertip with even a slight touch. This has not been true of any other cyan I've seen - to separate the pellicle I need to use my fingernail.
3. All my other cyan spore prints (taken from six different places) have had exactly the same dull-purple color. The prints from these had a slightly brighter plum tone.
4. In maturity, their upturned margins were never wavy. (What looks like a little wave in the first post was only a place where I'd accidentally bent the cap.)
5. In no other patch have I seen a mature cyan so little. One cap was only 6mm across when the margins turned up!
Not to mention the atypical habitat. At this point I really wish I'd taken the trouble to get better pictures. And saved the spore prints. Their powdered fruits are intermingled with those of my other finds, so I can't even confirm activity.
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Re: What is this tiny blue-bruiser? [Re: candry]
#22660502 - 12/15/15 08:53 PM (8 years, 1 month ago) |
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Keep monitoring the area, would love to see more pictures, perhaps you found a new species? Hopefully they're really strong if they're that small lol.
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