Psilocybe montana    (Pers.:Fr.) P. Kumm. 

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

potential confusions with  Psilocybe montana toxicity of Psilocybe montana genus Psilocybe  

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 .
here should be the distribution map of Psilocybe montana in the forest of Rambouillet
Above : distribution map of Psilocybe montana in the forest of Rambouillet



page updated on 14/01/18