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Trout_hiker
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Strange looking Psilocybe in Maryland
#26703755 - 05/29/20 07:57 AM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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Found these on a walk yesterday in Maryland in the Baltimore region and noticed their blue stained stems and pointy bald caps with shades of blue, with some purple hues on the older ones. I would greatly appreciate any help! (Sorry for the duplicate pics)
Habitat: On wood debris in overgrown floodplain beside small creek.

Gills: Light brown to darker brown gills with dark purple brown spores

Stem: Pretty long stems in maturity, tallest of those found is about 6in. Stems are off white and hollow, thick with partial veil.

Cap: Biggest found was about 3in in diameter and fairly flat in maturity. Most found are very conical with prominent umbonate.

Spore print color: Dark purple/brown

Bruising: Heavy blue bruising

Other information: These mushrooms smell just like cubes/ovoids. Some of the larger caps are splitting at the margins. Hygrophanous caps that have slight slippery feel when fresh.
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doctorghosty
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Re: Strange looking Psilocybe in Maryland [Re: Trout_hiker]
#26703772 - 05/29/20 08:01 AM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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what about them makes you think they aren't ovoids?
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TexturedSounds
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Re: Strange looking Psilocybe in Maryland [Re: doctorghosty]
#26703792 - 05/29/20 08:10 AM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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You may have stumbled across one of my transplants. I've put a lot of that variety around there. I'll pm you
-------------------- Click Here for examples of P. ovoideocystidiata including ... Examples of different phenotypes, habitat and a transplant setup from natural habitat materials. Extra image uploads possible thanks to koods
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Re: Strange looking Psilocybe in Maryland [Re: doctorghosty]
#26703793 - 05/29/20 08:10 AM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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I'm still pretty new to this but have found many many ovoids this season and none of these unknowns seem to have that wavy cap look. The two biggest of these mystery caps I found were almost completely flat and just didn't look similar. Im by no means an expert though so I could be mistaken.
Some of my ovoids...
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doctorghosty
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Re: Strange looking Psilocybe in Maryland [Re: Trout_hiker]
#26703795 - 05/29/20 08:11 AM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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Yeah, they’re just a different phenotype of ovoids. The coolest looking ones imo, nice finds
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Re: Strange looking Psilocybe in Maryland [Re: Trout_hiker]
#26703800 - 05/29/20 08:14 AM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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All are Psilocybe ovoideocystidiata
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|-------------------[Ps. Azurescens]------------------------------------------[Ps. Semilanceata]--------------------------------------------[Ps. Allenii]------------------------|
|--------------[Ps. Ovoideocystidiata]------------------------------------------[Ps. Stuntzii]--------------------------------------------[Ps. Baeocystis]----------------------|
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Re: Strange looking Psilocybe in Maryland [Re: TheDuder]
#26703892 - 05/29/20 08:48 AM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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Man, I thought I might've found something new haha. Are Ovoids the only psilocybe in Maryland?
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Re: Strange looking Psilocybe in Maryland [Re: Trout_hiker]
#26703909 - 05/29/20 08:55 AM (3 years, 8 months ago) |
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They are the only ones that look like that, you also get Psilocybe caerulipes which is tiny and very very rarely liberty caps
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