Psilocybe cyanescens Wakefield. Bläuender Kahlkopf Blueleg Brownie. Cap 2–4cm across, convex then expanded and irregularly wavy, hygrophanous, reddish buff drying ochraceous cream, developing blue-green tints when handled. Stem 25–50´5–8mm, white, bruising strongly blue to blue-green; cortinate ring forming indistinct ring zone. Flesh whitish, tinged bluish in places. Smell mealy. Gills pale ochre-clay at first becoming dark brown. Chrysocystidia lacking. Cheilocystidia thin-walled, lageniform. Spore print dark purplish-brown. Spores elliptic to almond-shaped, 9–12 x 5–7um. Habitat on rotting sawdust and other herbaceous debris. Season late autumn to early winter. Rare. A powerfully hallucinogenic fungus, all hallucinogenic mushrooms can be dangerous to eat. Found In Europe and western north America. |