Psilocybe capnoides

Smoky-gilled Wood-lover


Description
Cap convex with umbo, Ø 2-6 cm, pale ochre with yellow-brown centre, with light yellow marginal zone.
Gills cream to grey-lilac or olive-black.
Stem 4-7 cm x 3-9 mm, ochre-brownish yellow, with whitish cortinal zone and dark brown base. Flesh yellowish. Taste faintly sweet. Smell faint.
Edible.

Occurrence
Common on dead wood of coniferous trees. Summer to autumn.
Saprophyte.

Related and/or similar species
- Psilocybe fascicularis

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