The cap was 1 to 2 cm large, the stem is about 5-6 cm high and the cap has a small nipple on top. Growing on sheep or deer dung, on a pasture.
Please help me identify this spotting.
A friend of mine found them and last evening he showed them to me. At first it seemed to be a Psilocybe sp., but as I said, I could not find much on the subject on the web. This has been bugging me all night long :)
Ha! They look great floating freely in space. Maybe a good chance of Psilocybe coprophila.. (Deconica coprophila, commonly known as the dung-loving Psilocybe, is a species of mushroom in the Strophariaceae family - wiki)
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Congrats on your 4th spotting btw. :-)
I have added another photo with clearer colors. I think it's P. luteonitens.
We get their relatives on kangaroo and wombat dung. :-)
P luteonitens looks good too. the Italians and French are talking about them http://www.funghiitaliani.it/index.php?s... and http://www.mycodb.fr/fiche.php?genre=Psi... It might be hard to prove species though as they all look similar. P luteonitens is tall like yours.
A friend of mine found them and last evening he showed them to me. At first it seemed to be a Psilocybe sp., but as I said, I could not find much on the subject on the web.
This has been bugging me all night long :)
Hey Mark,
thanks for the suggestion. I have a hunch it's Psilocybe luteonitens but I can't find much on the net on it.
or Psilocybe fimetaria... better with nipple
Ha! They look great floating freely in space. Maybe a good chance of Psilocybe coprophila.. (Deconica coprophila, commonly known as the dung-loving Psilocybe, is a species of mushroom in the Strophariaceae family - wiki)