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They look like liberty caps ... Can anyone help verify
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They look like some kind of ink cap. Not psilocybe. However wait for a more professional opinion. But for now 
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Not Psilocybe, if they were there would likely be some blue along stem from handling. Try Mycotopia for ID.
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So there would definitely be blue/purple on stem from handling if Psilo? Is that a static trait for all psilocybin fungi?
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Checkout this thread at the Shroomery
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What floribunda said. They look like ink caps - Coprinus sp. Definitely not liberty caps. And definitely read the link at the Shroomery. And also definitely get your ID skills 100% before eating any wild mushroom. Mistakes can be fatal - and even experts have succumbed... “There is a way of manipulating matter and energy so as to produce what modern scientists call 'a field of force'. The field acts on the observer and puts him in a privileged position vis-à-vis the universe. From this position he has access to the realities which are ordinarily hidden from us by time and space, matter and energy. This is what we call the Great Work." ― Jacques Bergier, quoting Fulcanelli
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Coprinellus micaceus.
Not active.
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I actually came home with Coprinella after my first mushroom hunt a while ago. They look quite similar to liberty caps, but once you get home and really compare them, the differences become apparent. "The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion." - Albert Camus
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Coprinela micaceus is one of those mushrooms that interacts adversely with alcohol. And its habitat is significantly different from thaat of liberty caps, IME. “There is a way of manipulating matter and energy so as to produce what modern scientists call 'a field of force'. The field acts on the observer and puts him in a privileged position vis-à-vis the universe. From this position he has access to the realities which are ordinarily hidden from us by time and space, matter and energy. This is what we call the Great Work." ― Jacques Bergier, quoting Fulcanelli
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