Psilocybin-containingHymenogastraceaeMexico
Psilocybe galindoi
Sclerotia-forming psilocybe
Mexican grassland species that forms underground sclerotia, closely allied to P. mexicana and P. tampanensis.
Regional status: Native to southern Mexico
- Cap
- Conical to convex, 10–30 mm, straw to tawny, hygrophanous.
- Gills
- Adnate, pale then purple-brown.
- Stem
- 30–70 mm, slender, pale, blueing at the base.
- Flesh
- Thin, blueing.
- Spore print
- Dark purple-brown
- Habitat
- Grassy and disturbed soil in subtropical Mexico.
- Distribution
- Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca).
- Season
- Rainy season
- Bruising
- Blue at the base and where damaged.
- Odour
- Farinaceous
- Potency
- Strong
Key features
- ▪Forms underground sclerotia
- ▪Grassland and disturbed soil
- ▪Slender blueing stem
Field tests
- Purple-brown spore print
- Blue reaction at the stem base
Edibility
Psilocybin-containing; not a food species.
Warning
Grassland small brown mushrooms include toxic Conocybe. Never identify from photographs alone.
Photo and feature-based identification is probabilistic. Never consume a wild mushroom on the basis of an app result — confirm with an experienced mycologist.