Revised January 9, 2005 and October 20, 2007
Copyright 1998-2007 by John W. Allen


Psilocybe subaeruginosa Cleland


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Psilocybe subaeruginosa Cleland. Photograph Courtesy of Hanky



 

Cap: 1.5-5 cm. broad. Conic to convex expanding to broadly convex with a slight umbo. Stranslucent and striate when moist. Hygrophanous fading in drying to a pallid brown to a dingy white.

Gills:Adnate to annexed. separate from stem. Smokey-brown to purplish-brown.

Stem:50-125 mm long by 2-5 mm thick. Slightly swollen at base. Hollow and adorned with white fibrils.

Spores:13-15 by 6.6-7.7 microns.

Sporeprint:Purplish-brown.

Habitat:Solitary to gregarious in complex habitats such as soils rich in woody debris, decaying piles of leaves and twigs, sandy woody soils, gardens and amongst bark chips from pine (Pinus radiata).

Distribution:Australia and New Zealand

Season:May through August

Dosage:1 to 3 small mushrooms or one large mushrooms fresh. Dried 1 gram.

Comment:This species is macroscopically close to Psilocybe azurescens but without the definite umbo of P. azurescens. Also very close macroscopically to P. aucklandii, P. australiana and P. eucalypta.





Psilocybe subaeruginosa. Photograph Courtesy of Free magic





Psilocybe subaeruginosa Photograph courtesy of Blue Meanie


















A special Thanks to Clive Shirley for the use of his four photographs of Psilocybe subaeruginoa Cleland posted directly above. His web-site can be viewed at hiddenforest.co.nz




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