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View the spoiler for my guess at what I think it might be, but please first come to your own conclusion before looking at mine β€” I don't want to bias your guess.

My guessPsilocybe cyanescens


They were found in mid-november in the Salish Coast region of Cascadia. They were growing out of woodchips composed of a mixture of western hemlock (majority), and western red cedar.

Side view of one full mature specimen:

A group with a sample of the substrate (the cap appears to be umbonate):

A closeup side view, and internal view of the stem (it appears to be hollow):

Cross section of the gills β€” they appear to be adnate, or sub-decurrent:

Underside of view of the gills:

Spore print (first on white background (the split is due to two halves), second on a black background):

Examples specimens once dried:

Examples of the colony, and the location/substrate in which it was growing:


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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

Sorry to disappoint but looks like hypholoma dispersum to me.

  • there's no blueing on the stems or margin in any of your photos, the ones you picked should have had stained blue anywhere you touched them
  • The margin isn't translucent striate

If the cap cuticle is peelable you could make a case that it's not Hypholoma but without any blueing it's gonna be Deconica not Psilocybe.

[–] Kalcifer 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If the cap cuticle is peelable you could make a case that it’s not Hypholoma but without any blueing it’s gonna be Deconica not Psilocybe.

For clarity, are you saying that all species in the genus deconica have a peelable cap cuticle?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's probably not 100% absolute but most Deconica and Psilocybe have a peelable cuticle to some extent.

[–] Kalcifer 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I gathered another sample of the mushroom, and, from what I can tell, the cuticle is not peelable/it has no pellicle.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

That's consistent with Hypholoma, maybe next time.

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