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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.

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8 Comments

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Congrats on your 4th spotting btw. :-)

CorduneanuVlad
CorduneanuVlad 10 years ago

I have added another photo with clearer colors. I think it's P. luteonitens.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

We get their relatives on kangaroo and wombat dung. :-)

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

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.

CorduneanuVlad
CorduneanuVlad 10 years ago

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 :)

CorduneanuVlad
CorduneanuVlad 10 years ago

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.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

or Psilocybe fimetaria... better with nipple

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

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)

CorduneanuVlad
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CorduneanuVlad

Timiș, Romania

Spotted on Sep 19, 2013
Submitted on Sep 19, 2013

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