Psilocybe sp. (Psilocybe)

In the genus Psilocybe, the cap radically changes from brown to yellow or white as the the cap dries. There is often a whitish fringe along the gill edge and many develope a fibrillose annular zone in the upper regions if the stem that is derived from the partial veil, which is usually dusted with the purple-brown spores as the fungi matures..

These mushrooms are usually slender, with conical to hemispheric caps often bearing a pointed umbo.

The stem and basal mycelium readily turn blue when bruised or handled.

 

Psilocybe sp. is listed in the following regions:

Canberra & Southern Tablelands


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Species information

  • Psilocybe sp. Scientific name
  • Psilocybe Common name
  • Highly Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Machine learning
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