Idon'tstudydinosaurs Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 Any ideas? Blue bruising, length of 2-3cm, cap diameter 1-1.5cm. I bought the fern a few weeks ago and they keep popping up. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Berengar Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 Very nice!I guess it could easily be a slightly odd looking P. subaeruginosa, I tried to find something that would fit better, but no luck. Still, you should preserve a piece of tissue if you one day find someone who would want to look at it under the scope. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Anodyne Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 Bwahaha, just in case the Bunnings nursery staff didn't get enough trippers in there already for their cactus, now we'll all be in there poking about in the fern pots too..What type of fern is it?Sorry I have nothing to offer regarding ID - it does look very interesting though, almost good enough to eat. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Yeti101 Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 (edited) Take a print!There are others here with a much better idea than me, but I agree that it does look kind of subby.Never paid much attention to the ferns in Bunnings - that's going to change now!Edit: spelling Edited November 5, 2015 by Yeti101 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Idon'tstudydinosaurs Posted November 5, 2015 Author Share Posted November 5, 2015 next one that pops up I will take a print. The ones in the pot are past that stage unfortunately.The fern is Asplenium bulbiferum Hen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Berengar Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 Spore print won't be of much help in terms of identification in this case, many Psilocybe have spores of similar shape and size. But someone with knowledge and experience might be able to determine the species based on cystidia and basidia, thus a tissue sample. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Idon'tstudydinosaurs Posted December 16, 2015 Author Share Posted December 16, 2015 I have also noticed that the bruising is not instant. It takes around half hour to turn blue.The substrate is also mostly woodchips,no manure has been used.Temps under the patio have been mild for summer (25-30C).They just keep popping up.Does this delayed bruising point to any species? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Berengar Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Not really, it would just point to it having a lower percentage of psilocin, but most wood digesting species usually do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 sagiXsagi Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 take the sporeprint to confirm its a psylo...there are also member of Pluteus that are bruising..stamets book on these genuses can be found in pdf format on the web its pretty cool.awesome find nevertheless! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Berengar Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 This is a Psilocybe species without a smidgen of doubt. Pluteus have tightly-spaced white to pinkish gills, and grow directly from wood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 El Presidente Hillbillios Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 Unusual for any woodlovers to be fruiting without cold 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Berengar Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 That's true. It also has an unusual patterned stipe for a woodlover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 El Presidente Hillbillios Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Id like a print if any more pop up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 zed240 Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 You should ask Alan Rockefeller either on facebook or Shroomery. He's a go-to guy, (he's a very active mycologist), for psilocybes and should be able to put you on the right track.https://www.facebook.com/alan.rockefellerhttp://www.shroomery.org/forums/showprofile.php?User=169393I am nowhere near a psilocybe expert but it just doesn't look quite right to be a psilocybe to me.... The stipe and top of the cap look a bit off. Could be the pics, or my interpretation of them and lack of knowledge..... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 sagiXsagi Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Some potting mixes have some small pieces of wood. and yeah, I forgot you have summer there, crazy bogans. its winter here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Zen Peddler Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 My guess would be Psilocybe alutecea or something weird. Could be a sub but it has a number of unusual characteristics based on that one photo. Examination of the cystidia under a microscope might be more helpful although DNA is better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Etho Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 (edited) I wonder if the fern has a mycorrhizal association, I can see some blue bruising on the third immature fruit, Edited January 14, 2016 by Etho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 karode13 Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 I don't think these are P. alutacea as they have a pronounced nipple on the top of the pileus, and these don't.These do resemble a yet to be named Psilocybe sp. that has been found in potted plants before. It's close to P. moravica but is probably somethng different.Some links:https://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/14381066#14381066http://mushroomobserver.org/7388?q=2hrpIYou should save and dry a specimen for DNA sequencing. Contact me if you want to sequence it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 sagiXsagi Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 i suppose you know moravica=arcana=serbica=boemica , huh?I'd love it your subs to be sequenced and compared to serbica, cyanescens and azurescens clusters from europe. plus cyanofibrilosa cyanescens and azurescens from us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 karode13 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 I sure do.I'd really like to get these sequenced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Any ideas? Blue bruising, length of 2-3cm, cap diameter 1-1.5cm.
I bought the fern a few weeks ago and they keep popping up.
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