pretty hot in Arizona. If there are any mushrooms there, ANdy Weil probably knows where but I have only two species identified from this staate.

Gymnopilus sapineus and
Gymnopilus spectabilis.

Mj

However I expect that
Psilocybe caerulipes is in the area somewhere.

Stoner, here are the reported species for Vermont.

Gymnopilus liquiritae,
G. sapineus,
G. spectabilis,
and according to Stamets,
Psilocybe azurescens.

The latter introduced outdoors from either Washhington or Oregon State.

I also believe that Panaeolus subbalteatus is in Vermont since it is popular in Maine amongst a certain group of Maine Lopster Fisherman who use it in an annual festival.

Mj.

Psilocybe caerulipes is pictured in one of Smith and Miller's guides to midwestern and eastern america. then check that against the species I named. You might even find some photographs.

Hi Yoda, Colorado. Well I answered this in another topic some where but one more time for Colorado. Go to the Telluride mushroom festival. I think theres a topic in the forums somewhere from the last ten days.

Concocybe cyanopus,
Gymnopilus sapineus and
Panaeolus papilionaceus, A species similar to Panaeolus subbalteatus.

Have a great foray

Mj.

Ok, here are the species for Washington (24 species):

Amanita muscaria, A. pantherina;
Conocybe cyanopus, C. smithii;
Gymnopilus aeruginosus, G. brandlei, G. luteofolius, G. sapineus, G. spectabilis, G. viridans;
Mycena cyanorhizza;
Panaeolus fimicola, P. papilionaceus, P. subbalteatus;
Psilocybe baeocystis, P. cyanafibrillosa, P. cyanescens, P. fimetaria, P. liniformans var. americana, P. pelliculosa, P. semilanceata, P. silvatica, P. strictipes, P. stuntzii.

And of course the newly introduced species from Oregon: Psilocybe azurescens and the non-hallucinogenic Panaeolina foenisecii.

Mj

According to Stamets, Psilocybe azurescens has been seeded into Wisconsin.

Since Wisconsin is a big dairy country there are obviously numerous large dairy farms and cattle throughout much of the Southern half of the state.

I have hear rumors of Liberty caps being found in this state, and also of P. pelliculosa.

I am sure of Amanita because it is in Michigan and Southern Ontario.

I hope this is helpful and for books Orson Miller's book or Smith and Weber-Smith;s guide to Midwestern mushrooms is excellant.

Lindcoff has a few errors in his guide and I do not beleive that the mushroom you ask me about is a psychoactive species. There is nothing in the literature to suggest that it is.

When he labeled Psilocybe stuntzii as "Stuntzi's Blue Legs" I asked him where he heard this name from and he told me he had made it up for lack of something better.

Andrew Weil referred to the same mushrooms as "Washington Blue Veils" No one has ever heard anyone refer to P. stuntzii as that.

Its common name is "blue ringers."

Mj

Any advice or tips on the actual process of finding mushrooms would be great.

I also live around a couple farms, any dung lovers around the Pa area?

Psilocybe caerulipes grows along strams and riverbank areas on the East Coast including New Yok and if there are any lgging clear cuts you can fin Psilocybe silvatica, a species which resembles Psilocybe pelliculosa (the woodland liberty cap).

There are also several varieties of Gymnopilus which grow on rotted wood and dead tree stumps. and of Course Panaeolus subbalteatus, a rotted hay and sometimes in manure species.

All I can say is do not under any set of circumstances eat any wild mushroom if if does not stain blue.

Oh Gary Lincoff (editor of the Audubon Mushroom Field Guide) has collected Gymnopilus species in Central Park in the fall. so look around during this rainy time and see what you can find.

Take your collections to the New York Botanical Gardens and people there would be more than happy to tell you what you have picked.

Mj.

THis tells you that the mushroom you have just picked and handled most likely has psilocybin in it.

If it does't stain blue then don't eat it.

While Seattle has 18 species. 6-7 of theeose species are common as ice cream ata an icecream parlour.

We find ours in a man made environment.

Y0ou in New York have a lot to look at,

Good Luck

Mj

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I wish there were some liberty caps around here!