Psilocybe allenii - Cyclone Psilocybe Spore Print Microscopy Kit

Habitat: Wood debris, landscaped areas
Climate: Temperate

Strain Origin: California, USA

Cap: 20 - 40+ mm in diameter, convex to broadly convex to plane at maturity. Very light brown maturing to light yellow to greyish white upon drying. Surface viscid. Flesh white soon bruising bluish green.

Stem: 30 - 70+ mm in length, yellowish. Flesh dramatically bruising bluish green where injured. Partial veil cortinate sometimes leaving an annular zone.

Gills: Attachment adnate to adnexed. Grayish coloration in young fruit bodies becoming purplish brown in maturity.

Spores: 10.5-13.0 microns, Purplish brown, subellipsoid.

* Spores intended for microscopy and taxonomy purposes only. Images provided for informational and educational reference only and originate from cultivators and labs outside the US. Cultivation of this species is illegal in many countries including the United States. Please check your local regulations.

Comments: Initially thought to be Psilocybe cyanofibrillosa but the presence of abundant pleurocystidia and the larger average size of the carpophores and spores indicate a different species.  Described in 2012 as Psilocybe allenii. Photo credit: Waylitjim.

Selected References:

Borovicka, J.  2012. Psilocybe allenii – a new bluing species from the Pacific Coast, USA

Guzman, G. 1983. The Genus Psilocybe. Valduz, Germany: J. Cramer.

Guzman, G. 1995. Suppliment to the monograph of the Genus Psilocybe. In Taxonomic Monographs of the Agaricales. Eds. O. Petrini and E. Horak. Bibliotheca Mycologica 159: 91-141.

Stamets, P., 1996. Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World. Berkeley, Calif.: Ten Speed Press.

Stamets, P., 2005. Mycelium Running, Berkeley, Calif.: Ten Speed Press.

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