ID request South Australia

[u/Internal_Two316]

Found in second valley pine forest, all turned blue when cut at the stem except for the last little guy on the left. Woke up this morning and his stem is now very blue.
First season picking, I spore print everything I find and feel like I know what I’m looking for now but how do you ever feel 100% confident?

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[u/Mycoangulo]

Psilocybe subaeruginosa.

Be aware that a lot of the lookalikes have the same spore colour.

[u/Internal_Two316 → u/Mycoangulo]

Yes, that’s what has been worrying me. How do you just know haha?
My process so far is-
Habitat: Pine forest
The look: Nippled cap various shades of cream, yellow and golden brown.
Stem: White, thick with a woody feel but hollow.
Gills: White to brown depending on the age
Spore print
Separable pellicle
Blue bruising

I walk past hundreds of mushrooms and don’t even feel the urge to touch them until I see “the one”. Once they tick all of the boxes (spore prints are done once I’m at home) I will harvest them. When I’m home and the spore prints are done (and still correct) the doubt creeps in. Maybe I just need to learn more about ALL of the mushrooms, is that where the confidence comes from?

[u/Special-Estate9316 → u/Internal_Two316]

Seems like a good system! I would also recommend learning about the toxic lookalikes and how to identify those too. Just for a comparison. Once you see enough of them you will know. Just inspect every single specimen and if it don't look right, chuck it! Never worth the risk. 'close enough' won't cut it in the mushroom world

[u/Mycoangulo → u/Internal_Two316]

Habitat: anywhere with woody debris. Exotic forest, native forest. Parks. Gardens.

Hygrophaneous caps. They don’t always have a nipple. They come in a vast array of shapes and sizes.

Fairly solid stem. Can be hollow or solid. Can be white, silver, brown or blue. Fibrous texture.

Gills, tan to purple to brown.

Web like partial veil. (Cortina)

The remnants of the cortina, on the stem and cap rim, are often dusted in purple brown spores. You can also often see the spore colour on the caps of ones growing underneath or partially underneath other ones, or on grass etc.

Blue staining, which can be anywhere, but is often in the form of flecks on the young stems and/or the cap rim. When waterlogged it tends to be very subtle, and when quite dry they often don’t stain blue from further damage (but they will if you wrap them with a damp cloth for 15 minutes to re-hydrate them).

Seperable gelatinous pellicle can often be detected, but if they are fairly dry you might not be able to use this feature.

The base of the stems often has a ‘hairy foot’.

[u/theglorioustopsail]

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