Psilocybin-containingBolbitiaceaeNorth America
Conocybe siligineoides
Psilocybin-active Conocybe recorded from Oaxaca, Mexico; known from traditional Mazatec use.
Regional status: native
- Cap
- Conical to bell-shaped, ochre to tawny
- Gills
- Adnate, pale then rusty brown
- Stem
- Very slender and fragile
- Flesh
- Thin, often bruising blue where cut
- Spore print
- Rusty brown
- Habitat
- Rotting hardwood, especially decaying logs in cloud forest
- Distribution
- Oaxaca, Mexico; known from traditional Mazatec use
- Season
- Rainy season
- Bruising
- Stem base may bruise blue in active species
- Odour
- Indistinct
- Potency
- Unknown
Key features
- ▪Found on rotting hardwood, especially decaying logs in cloud forest
- ▪Spore print rusty brown
- ▪Stem base may bruise blue in active species
Field tests
- Take a spore print before any identification
- Check for blue bruising on the stem base
- Compare against deadly rusty-spored lookalikes
Edibility
Psilocybin-containing. Not a food species; legal status varies by country.
Warning
Photographs and app results can never establish that a mushroom is safe to eat. Deadly Galerina, Conocybe and Amanita species grow in the same habitats and can look near-identical in the field.
Photo and feature-based identification is probabilistic. Never consume a wild mushroom on the basis of an app result — confirm with an experienced mycologist.