Psilocybe Stuntzii (Washington) Spore Print

Psilocybe stuntzii is found growing scattered, gregarious, or cespitose, rarely solitary, in conifer wood chips and bark mulch, in soils rich in woody debris, and in new lawns with freshly laid sod or newly mulched gardens throughout the western region of the Pacific Northwest. It appears from late July through December, and is observed year-round in the Seattle area. It has also been reported in California, though rarely as far south as Santa Cruz. There was a time when this mushroom appeared in over 40 percent of all new lawns and mulched areas in the Puget Sound region of the Pacific Northwest. However, due to the disappearance of pastures south of Seattle in the Tukwila-Kent-Auburn areas, this mushroom now only appears sporadically in certain new lawns that are well-fertilized and manicured. I collected these spores myself in Washington. INat#250232315