Wild Psilocybin Species — Field Guide

Liberty Cap

Grasslands, meadows, pastures; often with fescue grass; cool, wet climates

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Flying Saucers, Azzies

Coastal dune grasses, Ammophila (beachgrass); woody debris on Pacific coast

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Wavy Caps, Blue Halos

Mulched garden beds, wood chips, parks; introduced via wood chip mulch worldwide

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Teonanácatl (historical Mazatec name)

Subtropical grasslands, moss-covered roadsides, meadows with cattle; Central Mexico (Oaxaca, Veracruz)

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Blue Meanies, Pan Cyan

Dung, heavily fertilized soil, subtropical grasslands; tropical and subtropical worldwide

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Magic Truffles, Philosopher's Stones

Sandy soils in subtropical environments; originally found in Tampa, Florida (1977)

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Subs (Australia/NZ)

Wood chips, decaying wood, mulched garden beds in urban areas

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Stuntz's Blue Legs, Blue Ringers

Wood chips, lawns, grassy areas; commonly in urban landscaped areas

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Bohemian Psilocybe

Spruce and mixed conifer forests; on decaying wood, roots, and needle litter

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Conifer Psilocybe

Conifer forests; on needle duff, decaying wood, and disturbed soil

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Weil's Psilocybe

Red clay soils, disturbed grassy areas, roadsides; often near loblolly pine

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Derrumbe

Coffee plantations, disturbed soils, stream banks in subtropical and tropical highlands

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Big Laughing Gym, Spectacular Rustgill

Decaying hardwood stumps, large logs, roots; sometimes conifers

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Rigid-Stemmed Psilocybe

Improved grasslands, lawns, parks, golf courses, roadsides

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Blue-Haired Psilocybe, Rhododendron Psilocybe

Sandy soils along streams and rivers; under alder, willow, cottonwood

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Ko Samui Psilocybe

Buffalo and cow dung, rice paddies, pastures, grassy roadsides in tropical lowlands

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Auckland Psilocybe

Wood chips, mulched garden beds, forest edges with wood chip mulch

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ATLantis truffle, Philosopher's Stone (cultivated form)

Subtropical meadows and grasslands, meadow soils with buried organic matter; forms sclerotia (hardened underground bodie…

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Natal Super Strength

Dung-enriched grasslands and pastures, particularly cattle dung in subtropical regions; also found on compost and wood d…

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European liberty cap lookalike

Grassy areas, meadows, and lawns; grows in similar conditions to P. semilanceata but slightly different microhabitat pre…

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Dung loving psilocybe

Rich soils, dung heaps, compost, and manured grasslands; often in agricultural and horse-grazing areas

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New Zealand native psilocybe

Podocarp and beech forests on decaying wood and leaf litter; New Zealand native forest ecosystems

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Blue-foot psilocybe

Decaying hardwood logs and debris, especially beech and elm; forest edges and riparian woodland

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Ovoid cystidiate psilocybe

Riparian zones along stream banks and river edges; decaying wood and wood chips in moist, shaded environments

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Zapotec sacred mushroom

Subtropical forests on rich humous soils and rotting wood; often found near streams in cloud forest

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Bohemian psilocybe (var. serbica)

Decaying hardwood (beech, alder, willow) in moist forest environments, particularly along stream edges

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Purple Gymnopilus

Decaying conifer stumps and logs in temperate forests; also found on hardwood in some regions

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