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Observation: Psilocybe hoogshagenii var. hoogshagenii R. Heim (80767)
About Psilocybe hoogshagenii var. hoogshagenii R. Heim
When: 2011-10-25
Collection location: Huautla de Jiménez, Oaxaca, Mexico [Click for map]
Who: Alan Rockefeller (Alan Rockefeller)
Herbarium specimen available

Notes: Purchased from mazatec indians.

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  Alan Rockefeller   84% (3)   Eye3Eyes3
Recognized by sight: Dark brown stems. Bulbous stem base. Acute papilla.
Used references: The Genus Psilocybe page 129
Based on microscopic features: Spores 6 – 9 (10.5) x 5 – 6, subrhomboid, often irregularly shaped. Pleurocystidia 17 – 23 × 7 – 9, ventricose to clavate, abundant, hyaline. Cheilocystidia very abundant, hyaline, lageniform with a long neck. 20 – 26 × 6 – 7.
Based on chemical features: Staining blue where damaged. Farinaceous taste and odor.

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Created: 2011-10-26 09:18:07 WET (+0000)
Last modified: 2011-11-11 15:23:39 WET (+0000)
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One place on one of the gill edge had some cells, probably cheilocystidia, which were very different form. 99.999% of the cheilocystida had a very different and much more uniform shape.

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One place on one of the gill edge had some cells, probably cheilocystidia, which were very different form. 99.999% of the cheilocystida had a very different and much more uniform shape.

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This collection is in the middle