Agrocybe pediales

many characteristics of Psilocybes - but some not so much. Mottled decurrent gills, dark spores, tiny bits of veil remnants, smooth cap with a surface that feels a little greasy and rubs right off if touched.

OK folks... for all of you silly people who have walked up and asked me "is that a magic mushroom" and been huffy when I've said no - I don't know exactly what it is, and I suggest you never eat anything you that you don't know exactly what it is... (what... do you think I'm lying so I can keep them all for myself ?!?) I might have finally, after many years of photographing mushrooms, seen one.. and I _still_ don't know exactly what it is... working on it..

comments (7)

Flown Kimmerling

Lion

I'd post on Mushroom Observer for a firm ID. People are SO helpful there! I'm definitely not an expert on Psilocybe! Posted 6 years ago
1. morpheme
  
  Lion
  
  LOL.. I've posted it on the Shroomery message board. If it is a psilocybe someone over there will know.. and probably want to know where I found them :P Posted 6 years ago
2. 1. Flown Kimmerling
    
    Lion
    
    True. I'm sure there are some experts there!
    
    I wouldn't give up the spot if I were you (for many different reasons)! Posted 6 years ago
  2. Flown Kimmerling
    
    Lion
    
    Either way, these are really lovely! Posted 6 years ago
  3. 1. morpheme
      
      Lion
      
      Another thought is Deconica - related enough to Psilocybe that they used to be part of the genus and were moved recently - though most of them live on dung and are not psychoactive. Now this spot *may* have been fertilized with a manure based compost - and it's just been there long enough to no longer smell and decomposed enough to not be recognizable... Posted 6 years ago
    2. 1. Charles Loughlin
        
        Green Fly
        
        I've always been under the impression that Psilocybins were primarily found on dung
        ( Please...correct me if I'm wrong. For personal knowledge. I'm much too busy to go tromping around looking for one of these just to risk the few brain cells I have left after 20 odd years of The Simpsons !! ).
        Charles Posted 6 years ago
      2. morpheme
        
        Lion
        
        Some are -but there are range of species. Some most certainly are on dung, others specifically parasitize rotting grasses, others like wood chips quite a lot - garden landscaping has become a common habitat... Those above turned out to not be either Psilocybe or Deconica (they used to be classified as Psilocybes, but were recently - just 2005 - removed to their own genus - they are not psychoactive), but I did come across some genuinely psychoactive Psilocybes just a couple weeks later - in a really natural habitat even - not in a landscaped bed. And no.... I did not pick them... I'm a pretty happy person in general... the idea of possibly messing about with my mental health in that way holds no appeal.
        
        Posted 6 years ago, modified 6 years ago