Psilocybin-containingHymenogastraceaeAustralia
Psilocybe australiana
Australian psilocybe
Wood-chip and forest-litter species of south-eastern Australia, often treated as a close relative of P. subaeruginosa.
Regional status: Native to south-eastern Australia
- Cap
- Convex to flattened, 15–50 mm, tawny to olive-brown, hygrophanous.
- Gills
- Adnate, pale clay then dark purple-brown.
- Stem
- 40–100 mm, whitish, tough, blueing.
- Flesh
- Whitish, blueing.
- Spore print
- Dark purple-brown
- Habitat
- Wood chips, forest litter and pine plantation debris.
- Distribution
- Victoria, Tasmania and New South Wales.
- Season
- April – July
- Bruising
- Blue-green where bruised.
- Odour
- Farinaceous
- Potency
- Strong
Key features
- ▪Wood chips and pine litter
- ▪Tough fibrous stem
- ▪Blue-green bruising
Field tests
- Purple-brown spore print
- Blue reaction on the stem base
Edibility
Psilocybin-containing; not a food species.
Warning
Deadly Galerina marginata fruits in the same wood debris.
Photo and feature-based identification is probabilistic. Never consume a wild mushroom on the basis of an app result — confirm with an experienced mycologist.