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Psilocybe semilanceata.   Click a photo to enlarge it.   back to list

synonyms: Liberty Cap, Magic Mushroom, Spitzkegeliger Kahlkopf
Psilocybe semilanceata 3 Mushroom
Ref No: 8856
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Psilocybe semilanceata Mushroom
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Psilocybe semilanceata2 Mushroom
Ref No: 8858
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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

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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