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Growing out of cow dung in my garden.....Psilocybe?
Spotted on Dec 17, 2013
Submitted on Dec 17, 2013
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Ahhh, thanks a lot Gully. I didn´t know about that. And I think you are right as these are bluing.
My instincts tell me Deconica, though I can't be 100%. The genus was 'the original Psilocybes' if you like...
They were once all in the genus Psilocybe along with current Psilocybes. At this time time, many mushrooms within this genus were found to be hallucinogenic so when the psychoactive compound within them was discovered it was named 'psilocybin'. Then it was realised that mushrooms which contain psilocybin formed a distinct genetic clade and could thus be defined as a distinct genus. However the 'type species' of Psilocybe at the time, P. montana did not contain psilocybin and by nomenclature rules this would have meant that the psilocybin containing mushrooms would have to change their name leaving no psilocybin with the genus Psilocybe.
To make sense of this problem the Nomenclature Committee for Fungi decided to make an exception and retain the name Psilocybe for the psilocybin containing species. As a result P. montana and it's relatives were evicted form their own genus and moved to a new genus - Deconica.
Thanks a lot. Nature never getting boring and offering so much beauty
No worries :) You take beautiful pictures, by the way!
Thanks Ashley.
hahaha thanks a lot.....sorry, i´m not native speaker. but your change sounds much nicer :D
Hi Florian, beautiful mushrooms! I have replaced the profanity in your description with a more kid-friendly word, remember we are a site for all ages :)