Yay or nay?

The photos attached to this post compare liberty caps to look-alikes, thought maybe it could help.

Just in case here's links to them as well:

https://www.erowid.org/p...ocybe_semilanceata23.jpg

https://www.erowid.org/p...ocybe_semilanceata22.jpg

-EG

As was suggested in the other thread you started about it, these are ink caps, coprinus. Corpinus stems from "kopros" = poop in greek. It is very likely that these were growing on dog faeces.

You should not eat any wild picked mushrooms if you don't know what you are doing. You seem to not have much knowledge about wild mushrooms, so I suggest that you take at least two to three years learning about mushrooms in your area before you indulge in any.

I am very serious about the two to three years. In order to make a positive identification of a mushroom you might like, you also must be able to make a negative identification of any potential lookalikes. You need to read books and practice just spotting mushrooms. No eating the first years until you are able to make both positive and negative identifications.

In this case, in order to be able to recognize psilocybe mushrooms, you must be able to recognize coprinus mushrooms, and a lot more than these. The most important lookalike that you should recognize is galerina autumnalis (or galerina marginalis). Some lookalikes will taste nice, some will make you vomit or feel very miserable for a day, but some, like the galerinas, are deadly.

The first thing that you should learn about mushroom identification is to make spore prints. Simply place a fresh mushroom cap on a piece of paper and after a couple of hours the mushroom cap will have deposited its spores in a radial pattern. The color of the spores will tell you some basic things about the type of mushroom. Ink caps will produce a black spore print. Psilocybes will produce a dark purple spore print.

Happy learning!

PS if you want to eat psilocybe mushrooms, just grow some. It is fun!

Agreed . I would be Never eat a wild mushroom that I picked unless properly identified by an expert. Also, the reason Ihaven't grown any is because I live in California which is one of three states where it is illegal to recieve spores in the mail and I do not know anyone out of state that could/would aid me in my quest. I was just hoping I had scored-) I really want to grow some damn it,
It really bothers me that I cannot. I may just move.

Damn, you can find grow kits otc in OR.

Overseas spore vendors may not know or care much about US state laws. And a spore print in an envelope is unlikely to be checked, opened or seized by (federal) US customs. It is not very hard to make a spore syringe from a sterile sporeprint. If you cannot get a guaranteed sterile print, you can get a good culture going with some agar work in petri dishes. Or some shallow jars if petri dishes are illegal too. Be creative and careful and you'll get somewhere.

As long as growing shitake mushrooms is legal in your state, growing "fantasitakes" is not going to be much harder.

This 100 % not a psilocybe!
It is a mushroom from the genus Coprinus / Coprinopsis! These are quiet common
(USA/Europe).

I forgot. Some (not all!) Coprinus are toxic (in combination with alcohol),
so be carefull (= don´t eat it!)!

They are not libertys. Sorry, but i have to agree. Keep looking though, they're all over, they say... And Libs are Primo!! better than any cubis i've had.

oops. guess i missed the detailed answer with pics. I just wanted to share i guess.