Magic Mushroom - Psilocybe semilanceata
The cream-coloured caps range from 0.5 to 2 cm in diameter, they have striations that become more pronounced with age and in dry weather. The caps usually have a distinct pimple on the top. The grey free gills turn purple-black as the spores mature. The stem is long and fibrous.
Panaeolus semiovatus, the Dung Roundhead, is usually larger and does not have a pointed cap. Panaeolina foenisecii, the Brown Mottlegill or Mower's Mushroom, is very similar in colour but is usually larger and does not have a pointed cap.
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A grassland mushroom that is most often found on upland pastures, notably on hill slopes.
Summer and autumn.
Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
Margaret McLoughlin
Charnwood Lodge NNR
07 November 2021
Margaret McLoughlin
Charnwood Lodge NNR
07 November 2021
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Species profile
- Common names
- Liberty Cap, Magic Mushroom
- Species group:
- Fungi
- Kingdom:
- Fungi
- Order:
- Agaricales
- Family:
- Strophariaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 3
- First record:
- 07/11/2021 (McLoughlin, Margaret)
- Last record:
- 18/11/2023 (Nicholls, David)
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