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Re: Psilocybe caerulipes 2023 [Re: 3way_beef] * 3
    #28443028 - 08/22/23 05:07 PM (5 months, 3 days ago)

A few more from today.

Wet and rotted hardwood and mosquitoes in your eyes = Caerulipes likely nearby.
They seem to prefer the smooth bark sp like beech, birch, maple, etc. but I’m starting to think it’s because of the way they get wet and rot on the inside while still keeping that layer of bark which keeps it from drying out. I think the other habitat features like hemlock, sloping areas, near streams, etc. are just good indicators of where you are more likely to see those types of hardwoods that will stay nice and wet in the leaf litter while they decay.


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Re: Psilocybe caerulipes 2023 [Re: Icyurmt]
    #28443713 - 08/23/23 11:00 AM (5 months, 2 days ago)

:congrats::awedance:


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Re: Psilocybe caerulipes 2023 [Re: Icyurmt]
    #28443928 - 08/23/23 02:12 PM (5 months, 2 days ago)

Thanks for all of the habitat knowledge, Icyurmt.

I spent a few hours location scouting this morning in Pennsylvania...lots of heavily rotten birch trees, and I definitely needed long pants/sleeves and a bug net.  No luck on the caerulipes front, but I wonder if it isn't still a bit early.

Lots of Lactarius, Cortinarius, Various Chanterelles, and Hygrocybes today...but no caerulipes yet.  Still looking!


Can anyone give more insight into the taxonomic history of this mushroom? I believe I remember Alan mentioning that it's more closely related to Psilocybe semilanceata, unlike the ovoids in PA which are closer to cubensis.  Could/would this mean it was likely spread by humans, coming from the UK, and adapted to these growing conditions?  If so, could abandoned mining/logging towns be a vector point? Just a thought this morning, but I don't have anything to back it up with.


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Re: Psilocybe caerulipes 2023 [Re: Icyurmt] * 1
    #28444467 - 08/23/23 08:50 PM (5 months, 2 days ago)

Getting Bluefoots in central NY! 💥
These were in my beech tree section of woods. Usually I find Hericium here. Found some patches growing in beech leaf duff even. More pics in my gallery







Edited by SchwiftySchrooms (08/23/23 08:54 PM)


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Re: Psilocybe caerulipes 2023 [Re: SchwiftySchrooms]
    #28444677 - 08/24/23 04:47 AM (5 months, 2 days ago)

Thanks for the pov shot it really puts their true tiny size in perspective :takingnotes:
Kick ass finds :congrats::cheers:


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Re: Psilocybe caerulipes 2023 [Re: rhizoRider] * 1
    #28447693 - 08/26/23 05:52 PM (4 months, 30 days ago)

Hiked another great trail along the MA/NY border and spotted a bunch of them in both states along the way without even leaving the path (a few within sight of the border marker).
I think we are gonna have to stop calling these rare, I really believe they are relatively common when the conditions are right; they’re just tiny, easy to overlook, and in their habatat the preferred conditions don’t seem to last too long. In the past couple of years though Ive spotted more patches of caerulipes then gyms or active pluteus combined.

Edit: habitat videos
https://streamable.com/8qdw6l
https://streamable.com/bvc9ed
https://streamable.com/f46fvc


A couple zoomed out/in shots side by side to try and show their small size in relation to habitat.









Hericium starting to show up.

G. luteus on white birch, something I’ve never seen before.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend 🍄


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Re: Psilocybe caerulipes 2023 [Re: Icyurmt] * 1
    #28448043 - 08/27/23 06:17 AM (4 months, 29 days ago)

nice photos, that ridge in the distance looks cool! i agree with your thoughts on the prevalence of caerulipes, this is my first year really looking for them but have found them in several distinct locations with relative quickness. i love how similar they are to liberty caps

what do you usually find gymnopilus luteus growing from? white birch seems to be the preferred substrate in my area


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Re: Psilocybe caerulipes 2023 [Re: Icyurmt]
    #28448260 - 08/27/23 10:20 AM (4 months, 29 days ago)

Awesome finds! It poured thursday and friday around me and I've got today and tomorrow off and so I'm definitely spending them in the woods!  *fingers crossed* :biggrin:


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Re: Psilocybe caerulipes 2023 [Re: Carnonos] * 2
    #28448844 - 08/27/23 04:49 PM (4 months, 29 days ago)

best finds of the week with habitat                                                                             
                                         
  a few minutes later         
 
 
 
 
 


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Re: Psilocybe caerulipes 2023 [Re: 3way_beef]
    #28449018 - 08/27/23 07:18 PM (4 months, 29 days ago)

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what do you usually find gymnopilus luteus growing from? white birch seems to be the preferred substrate in my area




Wild. I typically find luteus on a mix of all different hard woods including other types of birch, just never on white birch. Honestly I rarely see anything grow on fallen white birch aside from mycena, very few sp seem to care for it in the areas I frequent.


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Re: Psilocybe caerulipes 2023 [Re: Icyurmt] * 1
    #28449349 - 08/28/23 04:19 AM (4 months, 29 days ago)

I see gymnopilus on softer hardwoods like poplar and apple. Mostly poplar (which is a pioneer species of fields, so should be a lot of big dead poplars on landscapes where the fields were abandoned 50-100 years ago, because they are relatively short-lived trees).

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/180543186

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/180550617

A couple finds in one area, including a sprawling fruiting area with big mushrooms in fat clusters. Mosquitoes were bad everywhere, but especially bad where I found the caerulipes. Both spots are hemlock dominated stands with lots of dead hardwoods. I think the hemlocks do well in these spots cause they can handle the lack of oxygen on their roots that comes with the high water table.

Very nice to see everyone's success this year. I believe the season is going strong, but should be dwindling soon in my area.


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Re: Psilocybe caerulipes 2023 [Re: raffib128] * 4
    #28450458 - 08/28/23 08:09 PM (4 months, 28 days ago)

The past two days of hiking definitely payed off... Northwest CT reporting in!


The patch at the base of an old rotting black birch (Betula lenta) amongst several younger beech and hemlock.  Total area of patch roughly 1 meter square.




The Beauty Shots:

                 


Scale Shots + Mycelium:

   


Habitat photos - location was roughly in the middle between a river and vernal pool at the base of a hill (both features about 20-30 yards on either side of this patch):

   


Comparison Photos of Bruising on Single Fruitbody.  Stipe and edge of cap were lightly pinched between thumb and finger.  Time intervals for photos are T+0 minutes, T+2min, T+60min.:

   


Forgot to take picture of the cap I broke in half to show the presence of a separable pellicle, but it's present in these mushrooms.  Was much easier to lift it on fresher darker fruitbodies, was difficult to lift on older lighter caps without re-hydration, but still present.  Currently have about a 1/2 dozen caps printing that I brought home, but given the color of the gills in some of the above shots I'm pretty sure it's going to be purplish-brown come morning.


*Edit: Just realized if you look closely in the 6th "Beauty Shot" you can see a spore shadow on the green beech leaf in the background... that looks browinsh-purple to me even if it is out of focus...


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Re: Psilocybe caerulipes 2023 [Re: Carnonos]
    #28450536 - 08/28/23 09:09 PM (4 months, 28 days ago)

:congrats::awedance:Wow awesome finds and pics


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Re: Psilocybe caerulipes 2023 [Re: rhizoRider] * 2
    #28451535 - 08/29/23 07:15 PM (4 months, 27 days ago)

went out yesterday to check some of the spots i found them in last week and only saw a couple. today i went out into some woods a bit further from home that i’ve never been in, but i had a good idea of what to expect for forest types

took a bit of hiking up the trail to start finding them, but they were pretty abundant in some areas!











lots of trumpets, most of the patches were full of old dried up mushrooms but the fresh ones were massive

hopefully we get some good rain tomorrow!


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Re: Psilocybe caerulipes 2023 [Re: raffib128]
    #28451979 - 08/30/23 04:00 AM (4 months, 27 days ago)

Almost all if not all my gym logs are on basswood in central ny, maybe I gotta look on other logs


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Re: Psilocybe caerulipes 2023 [Re: Sporespreder]
    #28452174 - 08/30/23 09:17 AM (4 months, 26 days ago)

So a question for you more experienced folks since this is my first time with a wild Psilocybe ID... Successfully printed the caps I brought home the other day, but they've got me scratching my head.  Everything I've read says that this shroom's print should be purple-brown so I'm thinking along the lines of cubensis or ovoid color-wise, like dark purple-brown.  Did a quick search to find some good definitive photos of caerulipes to compare to but couldn't really find any good ones.  Mine came out a lighter brown with a kind of taupe purplish-clay tint to them.  Is this a thing to have lighter prints from bluefoots or did I get bamboozled? (kinda thinking not since every other characteristic matches caerulipes, but you never can be too careful in ID-ing)


 


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Edited by Carnonos (08/30/23 09:33 AM)


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Re: Psilocybe caerulipes 2023 [Re: Carnonos] * 1
    #28452360 - 08/30/23 12:20 PM (4 months, 26 days ago)

spore color of psilocybe can vary. That color print isn't outside realm of possibility for them. If theyre indeed prints from specimens you posted you're good dude


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Re: Psilocybe caerulipes 2023 [Re: evlyshrooms]
    #28452386 - 08/30/23 12:41 PM (4 months, 26 days ago)

:whathesaid:

I’ve had a hell of a time getting them to drop good prints, but when they did it’s always been a light pinkish brown.

Part of the reason why it’s difficult to find photos of the prints I think is because so few of have been passes around and they’ve never been cultivated afaik. I highly encourage anyone here that does print them to think about doing a small giveaway or some thing like that to help give back and further some research on these cool little guys. I know one person I passed along a print to had been looking for prints for close to a decade, so you could really make someone’s day as well.

Congrats on all of your finds btw! It’s awesome seeing new folks out and successful!

Loving all the pics too everyone :congrats:


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Re: Psilocybe caerulipes 2023 [Re: Icyurmt]
    #28452414 - 08/30/23 01:16 PM (4 months, 26 days ago)

I'll bet some of the success comes from figuring out the habitat, which seems to have happened on this forum. We're scientists! :smile:

It's actually pretty amazing how many discoveries have happened here. What a great community; keep posting pics all!


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Re: Psilocybe caerulipes 2023 [Re: raffib128]
    #28452418 - 08/30/23 01:19 PM (4 months, 26 days ago)

@Sporespreder Basswood is a pretty soft hardwood actually (I'm surprised, I just looked that up). I'll definitely have to keep an eye out for basswood logs.


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