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Psilocybe baeocystis
baeos, potent psilocybe, knobby tops
Specimens
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Habitat: Scattered to numerous, in wood chips, on decayed wood, and decaying moss.
Spores: September-November
Conservation Status: Not of concern
Edibility: Hallucinogenic
Description:
Edibility:
Hallucinogenic
Identification Notes:
Cap: conical with incurved margin, expanding to convex or flat; sticky, olive- to buff-brown, bruising and aging greenish about margin. Gills: attached, close, broad; grayish, becoming dark purplish-gray. Stalk: whitish, covered with small, whitish fibers, Veil: partial veil evanescent.
Sources: Lincoff, Gary. National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1981.
Accepted Name:
Psilocybe baeocystis Singer & A.H. Sm.
Synonyms & Misapplications:
(none provided)
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Psilocybe baeocystis in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database
CalPhotos: Psilocybe baeocystis photos
3 photographs:
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