Psilocybe cyanescens
Wood-chip species · 0.5–1 g dried · wavy caps, bruising blue
- Cap
- Caramel brown, strongly wavy margin, 2–5 cm
- Habitat
- Wood chips, mulch beds and deciduous debris
- Spore print
- Dark purple-brown
- Season
- Late autumn, after first cold snap
- Bruising
- Intense blue bruising within seconds
Deadly lookalike
Galerina marginata
Galerina fruits in the same mulch and wood debris. It contains amatoxins and has a rusty-brown spore print — a single cap can be fatal.
Photo and feature-based identification is probabilistic. Never consume a wild mushroom on the basis of an app result — confirm with an experienced mycologist.