Liberty Cap Spore Print Colour

The pacific blue strain is an uncommon but not necessarily rare color variant with unusual bluish tones and a more hemispheric cap shape.

Liberty cap spore print colour.

The caps usually have a distinct pimple on the top. Cheilocystidia cystidia standing out from the gill edges of psilocybe. The olive grey free gills turn purple black as the spores mature. Take the print on a non porous pure black surface.

Liberty caps are often recognised by the small nipple like protrusion on top of the cap. If the cap leaves behind dark purplish brown spores when placed on a piece of paper while drying out it is more than likely a liberty cap mushroom. The spore print on the inside of the cap which is extremely important to pay attention to should be a dark purple colour. You will see the print more easily on white but any difference from black is best assessed on a black surface not sure about the global distribution of p.

Pacific blue liberty cap spore print microscopy kit. Manure enriched grasslands. Stems are about 4 10cm tall and 2 3mm in diameter. These look like panaeolus foenesecii.

Pacific blue liberty cap spore print microscopy kit. Liberty caps are common on the west coast of the united states particularly in the northwestern states of washington and oregon.