Closer said:

It's not a lot but I was ecstatic to finally find some. I will scope out some spots next summer and will be on the hunt earlier next year now that I know where and what to look for

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I know that feeling of finally hitting home.

Nice finds, and welcome to the Shroomery.

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quite possibly P. Strictipes

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pac.ytrebil said:

It's been minus over here but now getting warmer and rainy! Here are some findings from a few days ago in eastern Sweden

Day 1 started out getting 7 frosty shrooms early in the morning at a new random field.


Then, to another field I discoverd last week it is a field with unusually dark green, tall grass. (No animals roaming). Found 580 big ones in 3 areas of around 50 m squared each.




Day 2 we began the day with some coffee above the cows pasture



Saw this bird hammering the tree:

Found some in the forrest right next to the pasture:

Then some more


The sun has gone down:

After that I took this awsome picture which fused the sacred mushroom together with the moon - causing this alchemical process resulting in me finding my best patch of liberty caps ever right afterwards!

It was 55 huge ones next to 21 rotten ones glued together next 10-15. Closest to the moon.

Ended up with 510 from this field also so a total of 1090 from these days

This song is perfect for hunting: Keep your head down, keep on working, keep on digging to the end of the day"

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Very inspiring psilocybe-fairy tale with illustrations! Thanks for that and good luck on your next adventures!

StInvetroThomas said:

Sorry my friend, but are you serious? You are trying to tell me that https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psilocybe_strictipes don't exist? (They have have been both documented by Stamets and Guzman.)

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StInvetroThomas said:

Sorry my friend, but are you serious? You are trying to tell me that https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psilocybe_strictipes don't exist? (They have have been both documented by Stamets and Guzman.)

Since when? Even if it has been reclassified to now fall under semilanceata, of which I have seen no evidence to support that ... these mushrooms have nothing at all to do with any sort of galerina (of which I can personally correctly identify without issue) or deconica (gills are totally wrong for deconica also and I have found several types before).

My post was not asking if these are psilocybe, it was a request to see if anyone has found anything similar in our geographic area from the same type of habitat.

I actually remember when you first joined the Shroomery, and I am in no way an amateur, just haven't been around much the last years. (this being my second account and you can see the join date on this account), and I know a psilocybe when I see one. They are most certainly semilanceata or strictipes - perhaps something new, but given the peat bog habitat, they exhibit slightly different characteristics. A deeper color and can get quite large, but in general they fit within either of the two mentioned species. I have also found libs that had more umbonate caps in mature specimens.

As I mentioned above, very purple/brown sporeprints, easily removable gelatinous pellicle (on younger to middle aged specimens),and noticable papilla, especially in the younger mushrooms, but also most often slightly in the older specimens also. The photos I posted were merely an example, showing the color variations. They are quite hygrophanous and dry much lighter in the caps than when fresh.The young ones look very much like semilanceata, but the mature ones like strictipes. I personally have more experience with Liberty Caps, but then again most people do. These are active psilocybe, just curious as to if anyone else has found anything similar growing in peat bogs (mostly from mosses and sedge grasses). Even looking at the photos of the younger ones, how you could possibly jump to galerina or deconica is baffling, and in general I know that you are quite decent at identifying fungi. I would encourage you to read a little bit more into a post before making a comment such as the one you made, and also consider the source ... Not only that, but be 100% certain that a mushroom either exists or doesn't before saying it doesn't. It can cause a lot more harm than good, especially for those new to the field. Cheers and happy hunting.

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I went down the strictipes rabbit hole last year. Found this old post from Alan which seems to confirm strictipes = semis
https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/24590209#24590209

I guess until its official it will continue to confuse
If you find an possible example it might be worth getting tested?