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found growing gregariously on wood chips

spores and cystidia shown at 400X magnification. spores are globose asymmetric to ovate asymmetric to lemon shaped and 8 to 9 microns tall and 7.5 to 8 microns wide. cystidia are about 15 microns tall and distinctly ovoid shaped.

rationale for identification: aborted pins are blue and more mature fruiting bodies bruise blue when damaged. brown color and staining indicate that it is the genus Psilocybe, and the thin cortina present on individuals with unopened caps as well as ovoid cystidia indicate that it is P. ovoideocystidiata.

Micro done by: Scott Ostuni

Basidia N=12
22.81 x 8.67
23.73 x 8.48
20.74 x 7.34
22.65 x 10.48
28.63 x 9.86
28.64 x 9.14
26.01 x 8.42
29.46 x 7.39
23.87 x 9.12
18.65 x 9.71
27.52 x 11.12
17.11 x 8.18

Pleurocystidia N=12

44.37 x 22.60
53.07 x 26.74
49.33 x 23.16
71.69 x 26.85
61.53 x 28.06
53.85 x 33.44
57.34 x 22.58
68.56 x 29.36
54.49 x 32.36
47.77 x 23.24
60.79 x 28.57
56.41 x 24.91

Cheilocystidia N=12

51.35 x 19.28
47.02 x 18.46
50.68 x 18.71
45.73 x 13.82
47.43 x 20.56
50.70 x 17.46
63.05 x 17.87
48.61 x 16.91
69.51 x 23.36
51.54 x 13.47
54.98 x 19.74
52.90 x 15.94