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Psilocybe squamosa

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Field Notes

Description:

Confusing little fella... Barely 3cm tall mushroom, brown but covered with white fibrils or hair. Hat was still not open, so difficult to ID -

Habitat:

Foothills of Jura massif; forest floor of a wooded area, deciduous trees mainly.

Notes:

Various suppositions: Psilocybe squamosa? Inocybe sp.? Psathyrella pennata? Pholiote?

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Psilocybe squamosa

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
Christine Y.
Nice! Perhaps Pholiota sp. or Inocybe sp. (such as a fiber head)?

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PublishedOctober 6, 2017

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