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submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works to c/mushrooms@lemmy.world

View the spoiler for my guess at what I think it might be, but please first come to your own conclusion before looking at mine — I don't want to bias your guess.

My guessPsilocybe cyanescens


They were found in mid-november in the Salish Coast region of Cascadia. They were growing out of woodchips composed of a mixture of western hemlock (majority), and western red cedar.

Side view of one full mature specimen:

A group with a sample of the substrate (the cap appears to be umbonate):

A closeup side view, and internal view of the stem (it appears to be hollow):

Cross section of the gills — they appear to be adnate, or sub-decurrent:

Underside of view of the gills:

Spore print (first on white background (the split is due to two halves), second on a black background):

Examples specimens once dried:

Examples of the colony, and the location/substrate in which it was growing:


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[-] the_artic_one@programming.dev 3 points 8 hours ago

When there's so little functional difference between the species, groups become more useful for identification.

I don't blame you if you don't want to chew on raw Russula long enough to tell whether or not it's eventually spicy though.

this post was submitted on 20 Nov 2024
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