Psilocybin-containingHymenogastraceaeSouth AmericaEuropeAustralia
Gymnopilus purpuratus
Purple gymnopilus
Wood-chip species with purple-red tones, naturalised in Germany and known from South America and Australia.
Regional status: Native to South America; naturalised in Europe
- Cap
- Convex to flattened, 15–60 mm, orange-brown flushed purple-red, fibrillose scaly.
- Gills
- Adnate, yellow then rusty.
- Stem
- 30–80 mm, yellowish with purple-red staining.
- Flesh
- Yellowish, bruising purple-red.
- Spore print
- Rusty orange-brown
- Habitat
- Wood chips, sawdust and pig-farm bedding.
- Distribution
- Chile, Argentina, Australia and naturalised in northern Germany.
- Season
- Autumn
- Bruising
- Purple-red staining rather than blue.
- Odour
- Mild
- Potency
- Strong
Key features
- ▪Purple-red staining
- ▪Rusty spore print
- ▪Wood chips and sawdust
Field tests
- Rusty spore print, never purple-brown
- Look for purple-red rather than blue bruising
Edibility
Psilocybin-containing; not a food species.
Warning
Deadly Galerina marginata also fruits on wood chips and has a rusty print too — never use print colour alone here.
Photo and feature-based identification is probabilistic. Never consume a wild mushroom on the basis of an app result — confirm with an experienced mycologist.