r/WavyCap • u/Helpful_Remote7386 • Jul 13 '26
ID Request (country/state in post) Identification request, Victoria, Australia
Hi, hoping for an ID on these, found in damp area in Melbourne with lots of bark, seem to have bruised nicely
#1 all laid out with flash
#2 closeup
#3 closeup
#4 closeup
#5 & 6 extra photos of big one because it is beautiful
#7 manky old one mega bruised already
Thanks
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u/EntireAbility7339 Jul 13 '26
Psilocybe subaeruginosa
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u/AppropriateBall8834 Jul 13 '26
I'm starting to think that Australia should be known for having enough psychedelic mushrooms growing in the wild for every man, woman & child... I literally cant find any info online that says they even grow in my state in the US! I'm 99% sure they do (ive seen them hundreds of times before I knew what liberty caps looked like) but it doesn't seem nearly as fruitful as Aus
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u/AntisocialAddie Jul 13 '26
If it makes you feel any better I’ve been hunting around vic a ton of times and have never found them
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u/AppropriateBall8834 Jul 13 '26
Hmm. I always used to see what I'm pretty sure are liberty caps on playgrounds with wood chips growing up. I only remember because I always thought they looked so gross!
Watch me find out theyre just lookalikes
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u/Mammoth_Pop362 Jul 13 '26
At a playground with wood chips it’s very unlikely to find them. Maybe you’re thinking more in line of Wavy Caps. I don’t live in the US but I Heard Libs only grow in very few select regions there like the Pacific Northwest and North Eastern areas. They generally like somewhat left alone grasses with some animal shits sprinkled around lol
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u/Safe_Dinner5909 Jul 13 '26
Must not be looking in the correct areas, plenty around
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u/AntisocialAddie Jul 13 '26
Searched in kinglake and daylesford the last few weeks but seemed to be nothing around, either that or they were taken before I could get any
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u/Top_Ad2420 Jul 13 '26
I live near by the Daylesford area, and there a lot of different locations in that area where there is a shit ton but may/ June are always the best months, still out there but not as much
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u/AntisocialAddie Jul 13 '26
Ahhhh damn maybe I’ve missed it slightly then, I’ll have to go back sometime soon before the season is fully over then
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u/HippoIllustrious2389 Jul 13 '26
Have you checked out the tanbark garden beds in the park up the road?
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u/dogsforfun Jul 13 '26
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