October 2004 New Forest, Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Synonymns Psilocybe merdaria Cap Convex, expanding with age, sometimes with a narrow central bump, surface smooth, viscid to dry, reddish brown to yellowish brown, hygrophanous, drying paler, margin decorated with white veil remnants, sometimes radially lined, to about 4 cm across Gills Broadly adnate, distant, black brown, edge white, toothed Stem Cylindrical, whitish, decorated with dark veil remnants near the apex, hollow Flesh Thin, pale brown Smell Mushroomy Taste Mushroomy Season Autumn Distribution Frequent Habitat On dung of sheep, cattle and horses, on dried out sewage beds, and on manured straw Spore Print Dark brown vinaceous Microscopic Features Spores ellipsoidal, slightly angular in face view, smooth, thick walled, with germ pore (10-14) x (7-9) µm2. Basidia subcylindrical, 4 spored. Gill edge cystidia cylindrical. Gill face cystidia absent. Edibility Unknown |