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ID Request - Cyans in PNW * 1
    #27064290 - 11/30/20 10:15 AM (3 years, 2 months ago)

Hello all - I've already gotten implied confirmation through another thread, but I'd like to take an extra measure of precaution and ask for some additional assistance in really making sure I have properly identified these mushrooms. I've been researching for a number of years now and am 99.9% confident here, but it's one thing to be confident in a textbook identification. It's quite another to be confident enough to eat them. :smile: At least for a noob with no one to talk to about this but y'all on the board here :laugh: I'll do a bullet of my confirmation steps to be thorough and clear.

  • Region - Pacific NW (Seattle King County)
  • Environment - mulched bed, growing among camellia, grass, ajuga, and burning bush.
  • Color - Carmel brown to pale ochre / off white when dried. Dark bruising, white stems.
  • Size - fairly small.
  • Details - tightly packed adnate gills. A bit sticky to the touch on a young one with good color. The largest and prettiest specimens had nice wavy caps.
  • Print - dark purple/brown spore print.
  • No distinct annulus
  • Questions? The patch has a lot of very small specimens that have dried out without any "wave" to the cap. Very flat. Stems are pretty thin. Color is very pale as they have aged. Tubaria furfuracea and/or galerinas marginata can look very similar (but these certainly do NOT have a rusty brown print). I've also come across some big patches of (I believe) galerinas marginata locally and have confirmed the rusty brown print.


Again I'm rather confident here, but there's still that first-time leap from here to consumption. I've also taken a print from every single mushroom I have gathered to be certain and all have printed dark purple/brown. Of course some of the "older" ones have not produced as distinct a print.



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Re: ID Request - Cyans in PNW [Re: SEAHUNTER] * 1
    #27064321 - 11/30/20 10:34 AM (3 years, 2 months ago)

Most are for sure Psilocybe cyanescens. Any that are too dried out for you to confirm all key features you mentioned above should be avoided.


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Re: ID Request - Cyans in PNW [Re: CHUCK.HNTR] * 1
    #27064371 - 11/30/20 11:10 AM (3 years, 2 months ago)

They are, most definitely, Psilocybe cyanescens.


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Re: ID Request - Cyans in PNW [Re: SEAHUNTER]
    #27064646 - 11/30/20 01:18 PM (3 years, 2 months ago)

Looks like some weather-beaten Ps cyans. Always better late than never to find em :sadyes:


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Re: ID Request - Cyans in PNW [Re: LogicaL Chaos] * 1
    #27064761 - 11/30/20 02:23 PM (3 years, 2 months ago)

Thanks everyone! I did deliberately post shots of the older / spent clusters since, for me, that's when it gets a bit tougher to be certain - especially when they don't drop as many spores. But there are some nice pins and fresh ones coming along. I think I missed the peak of the first flush here, but I'm hoping it flushes again before the end of the season.

Again, I really appreciate the feedback.


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