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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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James Price (United Kingdom) - 21 October 2008
Photo By Jimultura 2008
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