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Psilocybe baeocystis
baeos, potent psilocybe, knobby tops
Specimens
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Habitat: Scattered to numerous, in wood chips, on decayed wood, and decaying moss.

Spores: September-November

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Edibility: Hallucinogenic

Description:
Edibility:

Hallucinogenic

Identification Notes:

Cap: conical with incurved margin, expanding to convex or flat; sticky, olive- to buff-brown, bruising and aging greenish about margin. Gills: attached, close, broad; grayish, becoming dark purplish-gray. Stalk: whitish, covered with small, whitish fibers, Veil: partial veil evanescent.

Sources: Lincoff, Gary. National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Mushrooms. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1981.

Accepted Name:
Psilocybe baeocystis Singer & A.H. Sm.

Synonyms & Misapplications:
(none provided)
Additional Resources:

PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Psilocybe baeocystis in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database

CalPhotos: Psilocybe baeocystis photos

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