Psilocybin-containingBolbitiaceaeNorth AmericaEuropeAsia
Conocybe cyanopus
Bluefoot conecap
Tiny lawn conecap with a blue stem base; a near twin of the deadly Pholiotina species.
Regional status: Widespread in temperate lawns
- Cap
- Convex to bell-shaped, 5–20 mm, ochre-brown, hygrophanous.
- Gills
- Adnate, pale then rusty cinnamon.
- Stem
- 15–35 mm, very slender, whitish with a blue-green base.
- Flesh
- Very thin.
- Spore print
- Rusty cinnamon-brown
- Habitat
- Mossy lawns, grassland and garden soil.
- Distribution
- North America, Europe and Asia.
- Season
- Summer – autumn
- Bruising
- Blue-green at the stem base only.
- Odour
- Mild
- Potency
- Moderate
Key features
- ▪Rusty spore print
- ▪Blue-green stem base
- ▪Very small lawn mushroom
Field tests
- Rusty spore print, unlike Psilocybe
- Look for blue only at the very base
Edibility
Psilocybin-containing; extremely risky to identify.
Warning
Nearly identical to amatoxin-containing Pholiotina rugosa, which is lethal. Do not collect this species.
Photo and feature-based identification is probabilistic. Never consume a wild mushroom on the basis of an app result — confirm with an experienced mycologist.