BASIDIOMYCETES: Agaricales, Strophariaceae

Dung-loving Psilocybe, Psilocybe coprophilia

Basidiomycetes, order: Agaricales, family: Strophariaceae

Height to 2"

This tiny psilocybe has a convex or flat cap up to 1" wide that is sticky when wet, colored reddish-brown, and has a striated margin. The stalk is thin, equal along its width, pale brown, and may or may not have a collar. Gills are attached, pale brown to purplish-brown. Spore print is purplish-brown. Dung-loving Psilocybes prefer to grow (you guessed it) in the dung of cattle and are found throughout North America during the summer and fall. They are hallucinogenic. Also known as the Meadow Muffin Mushroom.