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Magic Mushroom

Panaeolus cyanescens

Description:

Panaeolus cyanescens is a coprophiliac (dung-inhabiting) species which grows in tropical and neotropical areas in both hemispheres.

Habitat:

Seen growing in the wild on mountains.

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10 Comments

orbea
orbea 10 years ago

Probably not P. cyanescens or another Copelandia species. It has a really dark stem and doesn't seem to be staining blue, this one would be pretty interesting to look at under the microscope.

Wild Things
Wild Things 12 years ago

Welcome Leuba. I am not sure of the I.D and I really do not know anything about mushrooms. But, I guess the pics do match with Panaeolus cyanescens a bit.

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 12 years ago

Have heard a lot about these -if they are magic mushrooms, but have never seen one. I hope you can confirm the ID - thanks for sharing Satyen

Wild Things
Wild Things 12 years ago

Thanks for the help Alex. I guess I have got he magic one?

Wild Things
Wild Things 12 years ago

Thanks again Alex. Shall look for the species suggested by you.

AlexKonig
AlexKonig 12 years ago

it's definitly a magic picture, but the genus : stropharia,psilocybe or panaeolus has also mushroom which are not hallucinogenic,(no MAGIC substances ) ! I would had better said they look as some from the genus panaeolus, but i'm not sure if they also magic mushrooms!! take a look at : Panaeolus cyanescens, ( http://www.google.nl/search?hl=nl&su... ), ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panaeolus_c... ), Take a look satyen, when you think it is it, then have you a magic one!!

Wild Things
Wild Things 12 years ago

Thanks Alex.

AlexKonig
AlexKonig 12 years ago

that can be stropharias/psilocybe (genus of the magic mushrooms) but not sure, would need to see more pictures, but thats no longer possible, Also a very nice shot

Wild Things
Wild Things 12 years ago

Uttarakhand Mountain range near Haridwar, en route to the shrine of Shri Badrinath.

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

which mountain range is this?

Wild Things
Spotted by
Wild Things

Uttarakhand, India

Spotted on Aug 13, 2011
Submitted on Aug 22, 2011

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