Psilocybin-containingHymenogastraceaeAsiaAustraliaAfricaNorth America
Gymnopilus dilepis
Scaly rustgill
Tropical scaly rustgill of wood chips and mulch, with lilac-tinged scales when young.
Regional status: Widespread in warm regions
- Cap
- Convex to flattened, 30–100 mm, purple-brown scaly on a tawny ground.
- Gills
- Adnate, yellow then rusty orange.
- Stem
- 40–90 mm, fibrillose, with a ring zone.
- Flesh
- Yellowish, bitter.
- Spore print
- Rusty orange-brown
- Habitat
- Wood chips, mulch beds and rotting hardwood in warm climates.
- Distribution
- South-East Asia, Australia, Africa and the south-eastern United States.
- Season
- Warm wet months
- Bruising
- No blue reaction.
- Odour
- Mild
- Potency
- Moderate
Key features
- ▪Purple-brown scales on the cap
- ▪Rusty spore print
- ▪Mulch and wood chips
Field tests
- Rusty spore print separates it from Psilocybe
- Bitter taste
Edibility
Bitter and unreliable; not a food species.
Warning
Confusable with other rustgills and with deadly Galerina in the same mulch.
Photo and feature-based identification is probabilistic. Never consume a wild mushroom on the basis of an app result — confirm with an experienced mycologist.