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| synonyms: Liberty Cap, Magic Mushroom, Spitzkegeliger Kahlkopf |
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| location: North America, Europe |
| edibility: Hallucinogenic |
| fungus colour: White to cream, Grey to beige |
| normal size: Less than 5cm |
| cap type: Conical or nearly so |
| stem type: Stem much longer than cap diameter |
| flesh: Mushroom slimy or sticky |
| spore colour: Purplish to black |
| habitat: Found in fields, lawns or on roadsides
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Psilocybe semilanceata (Fr. ex Secr.) Kummer Spitzkegeliger Kahlkopf Liberty Cap or Magic Mushroom. Cap 0.5–1.5cm across, elongate conical with a distinct sharply pointed umbo, puckered at margin, hygrophanous, yellowish-brown with olivaceous tinge drying ochre-buff, covered with a viscid pellicle. Stem 25–75 x 1–2mm, white to cream, sometimes with a bluish tinge at the stem base. Flesh cream to pallid. Gills pale clay at first, finally dark purple-brown. Spore print dark purplish-brown. Spores elliptic, 11.5–14.5 x 7–9um. Habitat lawns, pasture and roadsides. Season late summer to late autumn. Frequent. Hallucinogenic. Edible but not recommended. Hallucinogenic and widely collected for this purpose, but should be regarded as mildly poisonous; also, there is the possibility of misidentification. Distribution, America and Europe.
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Jon Lilley () - 15 October 2011

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Jon Lilley () - 15 October 2011

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Jon Lilley () - 15 October 2011

Photograped in Wales, not far from Swansea.
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karl knight (United Kingdom) - 03 September 2011

UK, sheffield liberty caps
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Silly Psybin (United Kingdom) - 14 November 2010

Larger specimens
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Silly Psybin (United Kingdom) - 14 November 2010

Love, trees and this...
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pip sars (United Kingdom) - 28 September 2010

growing on a field
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pip sars (United Kingdom) - 28 September 2010

Notice how the stem has a blue hue on some of the stems
28/09/2010
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Mr shaun Evans. (United Kingdom) - 11 November 2009

Taken 28/10/09 Very common in south west uk.
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pip sars (United Kingdom) - 19 October 2009

found these on a field 19/10/09,
they all seemed to grow in one area
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pip sars (United Kingdom) - 28 September 2009

found these on 1/08/09
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James Price (United Kingdom) - 21 October 2008

Photo By Jimultura 2008
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