Psilocybe montana (Pers.:Fr.) P. Kumm.
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common name(s) : Mountain Brownie, Montain Brownie, Dark Red Psilocybe
New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Strophariaceae
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Cortinariales/Strophariaceae
synonyms: Psilocybe atrorufa
(unconfirmed synonyms: Deconica montana)
edibility : poisonous
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The cap is dark rusty-brown, hygrophanous, becoming ochre-pale to cream when drying.
its texture is fibrous.
The gills are .
The spore print is purple brown. This species is saprophytic.
The fruiting period takes place from March to November.
Dimensions: | width of cap approximately 1 cm (between 0.4 and 2.5 cm) |
| height of stem approximately 3 cm (between 1.5 and 5 cm) |
| thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 1.5 mm (between 1 and 2.5 mm) |
Psilocybe montana is rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is occasional, more generally speaking
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| | Above : distribution map of Psilocybe montana in the forest of Rambouillet |
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page updated on 14/01/18