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Psilocybe australiana Guzmán and Watling. Photo: Chris King.




 
Cap:16-31 mm in diameter, convex to subcampanulate, with slight umbo, hygrophanous, darker at center of cap, fading to pale ochraceous buff to brownish-yellow and blue tinges are evident along the margin.

Gills:Adnate, with a yellow or dark olivaceous color, becoming purple-brown with age.

Stem:45-110 x 2-3 mm, equal and cylindrical, bulbous at the base. Intense bluing in stem after handling.

Spores:(10-) 12-14 (-16) x (5.5) 6.7-7 (-7.7) x 6.7 microns.

Sporeprint: Chocolate to purple-brown.

Habitat:
Gregarious on humus with woody or leafy debris, on trails and roadsides in Pinus radiata plantations in temperate and subtropical rainforests.

Distribution:Currently known only from South Australia.

Season:
Fruiting in April and May.

Dosage:One or two large fresh mushrooms or one dried gram

Comment:Very close to Psilocybe subaeruginosa, Psilocybe aucklandii, Psilocybe eucalypta and Psilocybe tasmainiana






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