''Psilocybe strictipes'' is a mushroom that grows on grassy meadows and lawns; It is found throughout the cool temperate and

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and it is most common in Europe, and the Pacific Northwest region of North America. It contains the psychoactive compound psilocybin is closely related to '' Psilocybe semilanceata'' and ''

Psilocybe pelliculosa ''Psilocybe pelliculosa'' is a species of fungus in the family Hymenogastraceae. The fruit bodies, or mushrooms, have a conical brownish cap up to in diameter atop a slender stem up to long. It has a white partial veil that does not leave a ...

''. ''Psilocybe strictipes'' is commonly confused with ''Psilocybe semilanceata'' and can be differentiated by its lack of a papilla and a convex to subumbonate cap. "Strictipes" comes from the Latin words ''stricti'' (narrow) and ''pes'' (foot).

Description

''Psilocybe strictipes'' has a farinaceous smell and taste. Pleurocystidia are absent and its lageniform cheilocystidia are 21-45 by 7-10

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. The cap is 5 to 30 mm across, conic to campanulate to convex, smooth, and translucent-striate near the margin, often with a low umbo. It is walnut brown to dark rusty brown, with a smooth surface and a separable gelatinous pellicle. It is Hygrophanous, fading to buff as it dries. The flesh sometimes stains blue where damaged. The gills are cream-colored when young and dark purple brown when mature, with an

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attachment. The

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s are dark purple brown, suboblong, and 11 by 6

. The stipe has a white to ocher, equal, tough, and cartilaginous structure with fibrillose patches. It is 4 to 10 cm long and around .25 cm thick. The partial veil is thin, cortinate, and does not usually leave any remnants on the stipe.

Distribution and habitat

''Psilocybe strictipes'' fruits in late summer to fall in Chile, England, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Scotland, Slovakia, Siberia,

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, and the Pacific Northwest. ''Psilocybe strictipes'' is found in lawns and grassy fields but never growing directly from dung.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q7255936 Entheogens Psychoactive fungi strictipes Psychedelic tryptamine carriers Fungi of Europe Fungi of South America Fungi of North America Taxa named by Rolf Singer Taxa named by Alexander H. Smith

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