Psilocybe cubensis
MAGIC MUSHROOM
⚠️ It's illegal to grow, possess, or eat Psilocybe cubensis
Order: Agaricales, Family Strophariaceae
CAP BRUISES BLUE
Cap: 2-9 cm wide; pagoda-shaped when young, becoming convex to flat with knob; whitish or yellowish, sometimes brownish; smooth; slimy when moist; bruises blue
GILLS BECOMING PURPLE-BLACK
Gills: attached, later appearing free; crowded; whitish at first, quickly becoming deep purple-gray then blackish
STALK NOT BRUISING BLUE
Stalk: 4-15 cm long, 4-14 mm thick; whitish, bruising blue
Ring: white ring quickly covered by blackish spores, sometimes washed away
SPORE PRINT DARK PURPLE BROWN
Psilocybe cubensis⚠️ HALLUCINOGENIC
FOUND ON DUNG, GROUWN ILLEGALLY INDOORS
LOOKALIKES
Psilocybe coprophila
Meadow Muffin Mushroom
Not staining blue
Agrocybe praecox group
Spring Agrocybe
Lighter spore print, not blue-staining
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Some urban dwellers eat magic mushrooms or grow them indoors. Since possessing this shroom is against the law, this type of mushroom consumption or farming is illegal and cultivators and buyers and sellers have been arrested in the Denver area.
Magic mushrooms do not grow wild in most U.S. cities. If you're disappointed, think about this: There are lots of good reasons to hunt city mushrooms. Many are beautiful, and some are delicious. You get outside, meet your neighbors, discover new things and enjoy natural highs of various kinds. The key to enjoying city mushrooms is not to obsess on any one reason to look for them, but to realize that there are innumerable aspects of the City Mushroom Hunt that are worthwhile.
