Psilocybin-containingHymenogastraceaeMexico
Psilocybe muliercula
Mujercitas
Mexican montane species of fir and pine forest, known in Nahuatl tradition as "mujercitas" or little women.
Regional status: Native to montane central Mexico
- Cap
- Convex to umbonate, 15–40 mm, chestnut to ochre, hygrophanous.
- Gills
- Adnate, brownish then dark purple-brown.
- Stem
- 30–70 mm, pale, fibrillose, blueing where touched.
- Flesh
- Whitish, blueing.
- Spore print
- Dark purple-brown
- Habitat
- Humus and needle litter under Abies and Pinus in montane forest.
- Distribution
- Central Mexico (Mexico State, Morelos, Puebla).
- Season
- August – October
- Bruising
- Blue where bruised.
- Odour
- Farinaceous
- Potency
- Strong
Key features
- ▪Montane fir and pine forest
- ▪Clustered growth in needle litter
- ▪Blues on handling
Field tests
- Purple-brown spore print
- Blue bruising within a minute
Edibility
Psilocybin-containing; not a food species.
Warning
Amatoxin-containing Galerina fruits in the same litter and 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.