Okay, well do they have gills? What color are their spores? When you cut off a little slice of the skin, does it turn blue?
Upload the pics to MM2X, then post the pics like so: <url="http://www.webaddress.com/pic.jpg">These are my mushrooms</url> Except replace the <'s and >'s with [ and ].
In Salem, June is considered prime time to pick 'em. I have heard of them bruising blue, but don't believe me: I've never picked mushrooms, just bought, so I don't know. What do they look like dry?
Or any other ones that you pick from the wild...unless you are a qualified collector/taxonomist. There are many deadly look-alikes. You could also quite easily find yourself in need of an organ transplant and/or on a respirator. There are other unusual symptoms and conditions that could result. I've studied mushrooms for most of my adult life-trust me. Don't ever take that risk. Acquire them from an appropriate source, or better grow them yourself. There are many companies supplying kits. Good luck and stay safe.
This is from the original Magic Mushroom Growers Guide by Mckenna and his brother under pseudonyms.."Thhe flesh of this mushroom exhibits the property of staining a bluish color when bruised or broken. This blue-stainingreaction is apparently an enzymatic oxidation of psilocin to an indole diquinone and is a fairly reliable indicator of the presence of psilocybin, not only in Stropharia (Psilocybe) cubensis, but also in other closely related genera (members of the family Strophariaceae). Other mushrooms, such as members of the genus Russula, section Nigricantinae, and Boletus, exhibit a similar blueing. The blueing in these cases, however, is not due to the presence of indole substrates and these mushrooms otherwise bear no resemblance whatever to Stropharia cubensis or related species." So basically, just look at a few pics of P. Cubensis and then decide if yours looks at all similar, if not, toss it, if it does resemble it, then break the stem of the one you wish to examine and if it turns blue then its your friend. i just ate some homegrown ones last night and it stained blue within 10 seconds....amazing stuff, it really is made of magic
The blue usually means it's safe, but I would not take that as a guarantee. There are other factors, like spore color, for instance, which should be thoroughly examined to properly and safely determine it's edibility.
Please don't listen to people who claim that blueing qualifies a consumable species/specimen. Don't listen to anyone that isn't qualified(and happily veruify someone's credibility). We are discussing life or death. I love entheogens and am a strong proponent of them...but quite mature about my consumption, and certainly not desperate enough to risk my life over seeking an experience. It's there...don't become too spontaneous to risk a problem. Grow your own. If you don't have access to that opportunity, then possibly you aren't in the most appropriate circumstances for consumption. If you're over 18 and not in US, then I or others can assist you. Even if you are not, then consider other options. Again..Don not consume mushrooms you think are "maybe" the correct species. It could bring you to a world of regrets.
