Psilocybin-containingHymenogastraceae
Psilocybe caerulipes
Blue-foot mushroom
Uncommon eastern North American species on hardwood debris.
- Cap
- Convex to flat, 1-3.5 cm, cinnamon-brown drying buff, hygrophanic.
- Gills
- Adnate, pale cinnamon to rusty brown-purple.
- Stem
- 20-60 mm, pale with a blue-tinged base.
- Flesh
- Blues slowly at the base.
- Spore print
- Purple-brown
- Habitat
- Decaying hardwood logs and debris, especially birch and maple.
- Distribution
- Eastern North America from Canada to the Carolinas.
- Season
- June to October.
- Bruising
- Blue at the stem base only.
- Odour
- Farinaceous.
- Potency
- Mild
Key features
- ▪Blue only at the stem base
- ▪Hardwood log habitat
- ▪Small cinnamon cap
Field tests
- Spore print must be purple-brown, not rust
- Compare against Galerina on the same log
Edibility
Contains psilocybin at low levels.
Warning
Grows on the exact substrate as deadly Galerina marginata.
Photo and feature-based identification is probabilistic. Never consume a wild mushroom on the basis of an app result — confirm with an experienced mycologist.