Psilocybe strictipes Magic Mushrooms
Psilocybe strictipes: Background
Psilocybe strictipes magic mushrooms get their species name from the Latin words stricti (narrow) and pes (foot). It is often confused with the species Psilocybe semilanceata and can be differentiated by its lack of a papilla (nipple-like protrusion in the cap).
Psilocybe strictipes: Habitat
Psilocybe strictipes magic mushrooms fruits from late summer to fall on lawns and grassy fields (and never directly on dung) in Chile, England, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Scotland, Slovakia, Siberia, Sweden, and the Pacific Northwest.
Psilocybe strictipes: Taxonomy/Naming
Genera
Psilocybe
Species Name
strictipes
Sub Species
strictipes
Common Name
Psilocybe strictipes: Physical Description
Pileas
The cap ranges in shape from conic to bell-shaped to convex. Colour is walnut to dark rusty brown, bruising blue.
Gills
Gills are attached to the stem and cream-coloured when young, becoming dark purple brown when mature
Spore Print
Dark purple-brown
Spores
Dark purple-brown
Stipe
Stem is cylindrical, tough, cartilaginous, and white to ocher in colour with fibrillose patches. Partial veil usually leaves no traces on the stem.
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