Dried liberty caps for sale Psilocybe semilanceata, commonly known in the UK as the Magic Mushroom, and in the USA as Liberty Cap, appears in grassland in autumn.
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It is most commonly found on pasture and parkland that has not been enriched with artificial fertiliser.
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Etymology
Psilocybe, the genus name for dried liberty caps means 'smooth head' - a reference to the silkily mooth, scaleless surface of caps of these grassland mushrooms.
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The specific epitet semilanceata comes from semi- meaning 'half'and -lanceata which means 'spear-shaped'. Some of these little mushrooms do indeed look like spears, although many have wiggly stems uncharacteristic of spear shafts.
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This species contains the compound psilocybin. Because this substance, which occurs in Magic Mushrooms and some related fungi, occasionally causes alarming symptoms including vomiting, stomach pains and anxiety attacks, Liberty Caps are probably best treated with caution (some people even decide to treat them as poisonous).
