My local mushroom thread

[dithyramb]

I don't live in mushroom paradise, at least to my current awareness, so don't expect too much from this thread, for now ;⁠-⁠)

I was prompted to start this thread from unexpectedly running into these. I may be wrong, but they seem very much like a psilocybe species to me. It was growing on and around dung, I think. It very clearly has a gelatinous pellicle. The gills seem very liberty cap-ish, minus the very flat bottom, and the spores will surely be dark brown. A print will come soon.

I just cannot fit it into any species that I know of.

What do you guys say?

 

[Sakkadelic]

Looks similar to Deconica coprophila

Interesting info

First described as Agaricus coprophilus by Jean Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard in 1793,[4] it was transferred to the genus Psilocybe by Paul Kummer in 1871.[5]

In the first decade of the 2000s, several molecular studies showed that the Psilocybe was polyphyletic[6][7][8] and the non-bluing (non-hallucinogenic) species were transferred to Deconica.[9]

 

[dithyramb]

Thanks for the reply, @Sakkadelic . Yes, it actually does look like Deconica coprophila. The gelatinous pellicle is what got my hopes up. Probably didn't mean what I thought.

 

[blig-blug]

I also think it may be Deconica coprophila, they grow where I am and look exactly like that.

 

[Transform]

Looks similar to Deconica coprophila

Interesting info

I also think it may be Deconica coprophila, they grow where I am and look exactly like that.

That's exactly what I was thinking too, the Deconica coprophila bit at least.

 

[doubledog]

I would advice to use also its smell when identifying mushrooms. It's especially useful in case of Psilocybe, as they have very unique and specific smell, which is quite easy to recognize.

 

[Sockdolager]

I don't live in mushroom paradise, at least to my current awareness, so don't expect too much from this thread, for now ;⁠-⁠)

I was prompted to start this thread from unexpectedly running into these. I may be wrong, but they seem very much like a psilocybe species to me. It was growing on and around dung, I think. It very clearly has a gelatinous pellicle. The gills seem very liberty cap-ish, minus the very flat bottom, and the spores will surely be dark brown. A print will come soon.

I just cannot fit it into any species that I know of.

What do you guys say?

They look similar to liberties but they are really dome shaped, liberties have a kinda nipple. If you gently pull the cap apart you should see a membrane that covers the split in the mushroom cap if they are liberty caps. You should also do a spore print to be sure. Pluck the cap off the stem & put it gills down on a piece of white paper with a glass over it for 12 hours or so. The spores that it drops should be purple-ish brown if it’s a liberty cap. Not brown or any other colour and if there is no print at all try it again with a fresh cap on a dark piece of paper. If you get a white spore print it is highly probably they are really poisonous.