sub or cub

[Quarzo]

went hunting for subaeruginosa today, on the way walked through a cow field and found a whole bunch of cubes, i ended up finding this little guyhanging out with a patch of cubes, and i seems very subaeruginosary to me, i thought i should get your IDs though as it was growing out of a cow pat, or atleast through a cow pat, and ive never heard of subs doing that before, bruised blue too

[Berengar]

Hi Karode! Yeah, it's me.

 

Well, I've seen pictures of alleged alutacea that look almost like semilanceata, and then ones that look very similar to subaeruginosa. I think one of those is on MO, and identifyed as alutacea, based on both macroscopic and microscopic characteristics. So I assumed this might be alutacea as well, going on habitat and season, and general appearance. But I agree with you, very interesting whatever it is!

[Responsible Choice]

Looks cubish to me. Spore print?

[Quarzo]

prints are quite light as i moved them to take pictures

 

also this is the print from one of the cubes that was near them 

 

[Crop]

Mate I'm from the tropics, totally different I know but it looks like a Blue meany to me, but I don't think they get down that far. 

[Crop]

Is the top oily, does the stem blue if you squeeze it?

 

[Quarzo]

top was oily when i picked it, although it was lightly raining so i might of just been that, also very blue when squeezed. it doesnt look anything like the cubes it was surrounded by

[Crop]

Look up Copelandia cyaescens, according to Erowid they grow in NZ so mast handle the cold. Mate in the North and in Asia these things are every where a buffalo poops. In my opinion much better than cubes.

[Quarzo]

Copelandia seems likely however the colour of the cap still makes me a bit unsure, guessing the colour varies alot though. anyway heres a comparison to a cube i also found today 

Edited February 26, 2018 by corn_dog131

[Berengar]

Most likely Psilocybe alutacea.

[karode13]

Hey Tangich?

 

Looks a bit too stout for one of those. Definitely not P. cubensis or Panaeolus cyanescens.

 

Something different and interesting for sure.

[Quarzo]

Thanks for the help, after a quick search of alutacea it looks quite promising. I saw a few baby ones of these when searching so I might go back today for another look. 

[karode13]

Get some habitat pictures and note the substrate it's growing from, please.

Edited February 27, 2018 by karode13

[Quarzo]

will do next time i head out there karode