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Go to the NZFungi website for more indepth information on Psilocybe sp. 1. Psilocybe sp. 1

Synonyms

Galera tenera
Agaricus tener

Biostatus

Present in region - Indigenous

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Caption: 319-Psilocybe sp. [Galera tenera]: a. spores.
 

Article: Watling, R.; Taylor, G.M. (1987). Observations on the Bolbitiaceae: 27. Preliminary account of the Bolbitiaceae of New Zealand. Bibliotheca Mycologica 117: 61 p. + 17 pl.
Notes: As Galera tenera, Waitaki, Berggren 60 (K); Berggren material is the subject of a paper by Cooke in Grevillea (1890). Only the following microscopic data was obtainable:-
Chrysocystidia absent. Basidiospores 16.5-18 x 9.5-10.5 µm, mid-brown ochraceous with olivaceous tinge, smooth, thick-walled, sometimes with dark inclusions; germ-pore prominent, Pileipellis filamentous. Neither cheilo- nor pleurocystidia could be located.
We agree with Horak (i971b) in placing this collection in Psilocybe. It is impossible to be any more precise even using Guzman's monograph (1983).

Article: Massee, G.E. (1899) [1898]. The fungus flora of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 31: 282–349 Wellington:.
Description: Pileus conico-campanulate, obtuse, thin, hygrophanous, entirely yellowish rust-colour when moist, even, pale and rather atomate when dry, 1.5-2.5 cm. high and broad; gills adnate, crowded, ascending, rather broad, cinnamon; spores 12-13 x 7 µ; stem 6-10 cm. high, slender, straight, fragile, equal or slightly narrowed upwards, rather shining, striate upwards, coloured like the pileus.
Habitat: Among short grass, &c.
Distribution: New Zealand. Australia, South Africa, Europe, United States, Brazil.
Notes: Variable in size, sometimes quite minute, at others exceeding the measurements given above. All one colour when moist, and the pileus very slightly striate; even, and pale everywhere when dry.

Article: Horak, E. (1971). A contribution towards the revision of the Agaricales (Fungi) from New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 9(3): 403-462 (http://www.rsnz.org/publish/abstracts.php).
Notes: Galera tenera (Fries) (8,16) Fig. 26 = Psilocybe sp.
The material (BERGGREN 60) consists of badly preserved carpophores possessing large spores 18-20 X 10-11 µ, with a smooth brown wall and prominent germ pore. According to the scanty data this species belongs to Psilocybe, rather than Galerina or Conocybe.