Psilocybe inquilinus    (Fr.:Fr.) Bres. 



New classification: Basidiomycota/Agaricomycotina/Agaricomycetes/Agaricomycetidae/Agaricales/Strophariaceae  
Former classification: Basidiomycota/Homobasidiomycetes/Agaricomycetideae/Cortinariales/Strophariaceae  

synonyms: Psilocybe bullacea, Psilocybe inquilina-inquilina 
(unconfirmed synonyms: Deconica inquilina, Tubaria inquilina, Psilocybe inquilina)  

edibility : unknown edibility

potential confusions with Psilocybe inquilinus toxicity of Psilocybe inquilinus genus Psilocybe  

The cap is chestnut to red-brown, hygrophanous; becoming cream-ochre when drying.

its texture is fibrous.

The gills are . The spore print is violaceous brown. This species is saprophytic.

The fruiting period takes place from January to November.
Dimensions: width of cap approximately 1.5 cm (between 0.4 and 2.5 cm)
  height of stem approximately 3 cm (between 0.8 and 5 cm)
  thickness of stem (at largest section) approximately 2 mm (between 1 and 4 mm)

Chemical tests : none.


Psilocybe inquilinus is rare and confined in the forest of Rambouillet, and is infrequent, more generally speaking .
here should be the distribution map of Psilocybe inquilinus in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Psilocybe inquilinus in the forest of Rambouillet



page updated on 14/01/18