Psilocybe gandalfiana nom. prov.
Along the edges of a high elevation spring.
Medicine Lake highlands.
This mushroom was clearly blue. Found it a few times last weekend.
around 4,800’ under White Fir, Ponderosa Pine, with scattered Sugar Pine, Black Oak and Incense Cedar.
Cortina and young gills lilac . Under mountain hemlock . KOH reddish orange
Along stream edge. Melting snow nearby. UV reactive on stem
Growing in pumice red fir forest. Pileus dry, brown, mostly flat, small compared to stipe. Lamellae cinnamon-brown, adnexed. Stipe thick, long, white.
Growing in pumice red fir forest. Pileus irregularly shaped, brown with silvery patches, smooth. Lamellae cinnamon brown. Stipe silvery-white, cylindrical
Growing under red fir on pumice soil. Peridium hardened, gleba still white and immature.
Growing in pumice soil under red fir. Peridium chocolate brown, staining darker. Gleba brown, marbled with yellow columella
Growing in volcanic fir forest. Orange irregularly shaped cup fungi, staining navy blue when bruised.
Growing in volcanic fir forest. Pileus dark chocolate brown, tacky-moist. Lamellae white. Stipe yellow to blood red at base.