Found by David Edington. 5 February 2011 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. Synonymns Psilocybe montana Cap Convex, sometimes with a small central bump, reddish brown, hygrophanous, drying pale brown, radially lined from the margin, margin scalloped, to about 15 mm across Gills Adnate to subdecurrent, somewhat distant, pale brown to dark brown Stem Equal, slender, longitudinally decorated with small white fibrils Flesh Thin, brown Smell Indistinct Taste Unknown Season All year, especially autumn and winter Distribution Infrequent Habitat On sandy soil with mosses, favouring heaths and moors Spore Print Lilac brown Microscopic Features Spores mitriform (like a bishop's hat), smooth, thick walled, germ pore prominant (7-9) x (4.5-6) µm2. Basidia slenderly club shaped, 4 spored. Gill edge cystidia slenderly flask shaped (lageniform). Gill face cystidia absent. Edibility Unknown 
12 February 2011 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. 
Spores viewed with a x100 immersion objective. 12 February 2011 Hampshire. Photograph copyright Leif Goodwin. |