View the spoiler for my guess at what I think it might be, but please first come to your own conclusion before looking at mine — I don’t want to bias your guess.

My guess

Psilocybe cyanescens


They were found in mid-november in the Salish Coast region of Cascadia. They were growing out of woodchips composed of a mixture of western hemlock (majority), and western red cedar.

Side view of one full mature specimen:

A group with a sample of the substrate (the cap appears to be umbonate):

A closeup side view, and internal view of the stem (it appears to be hollow):

Cross section of the gills — they appear to be adnate, or sub-decurrent:

Underside of view of the gills:

Spore print (first on white background (the split is due to two halves), second on a black background):

Examples specimens once dried:

Examples of the colony, and the location/substrate in which it was growing:


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  • Kalcifer@sh.itjust.worksOP
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    I don’t have access to their tools and I doubt you do either (unless you happen to be a scientist at a research university).

    If one doesn’t possess the equipment and they wish to sequence DNA, presumably there is somewhere where one could send a sample and pay to have someone sequence it. This thread talks about that.

    As a side note, interestingly, it does seem within the realm of possibility for someone to purchase the tech required for sequencing the DNA. On Ebay, for example, I see lab equipment for that purpose at around 500$USD (of course not including any other materials required for the process).