Blue-green Slime-cap
(Lacerated Slime Cap)
Description
Cap hemispherical to flattened expanded, Ø 3-6 cm, slightly slimy-sticky, blue-green or yellow-green to pale yellow or pale ochre, often with yellowish blotches, with evanescent, whitish scales at the margin.
Gills light reddish brown to dark brown.
Stem 4-7 cm x 4-10 mm, finely felted at the apex, whitish to pale blue, below the imperfect ring with upturned, whitish scales on a blue or blue-green background, turning yellowish, white-felted at the base. Flesh white to blue-green. Taste mild. Smell faint, somewhat sour.
Suspect.
Occurrence
Common on coarse litter and wood chips, among leaves and grass debris in woods, parks, gardens and public gardens. Summer to autumn.
Saprophyte.
Related and/or similar species
- Psilocybe aeruginosa