Wood-loving Pacific Northwest mushroom and the type species for the alkaloid baeocystin. Often dark, sticky, and prone to staining a deep indigo blue.
ECOLOGY & HABITAT
Saprotrophic, fruits on decaying conifer wood chips, bark mulch, and well-rotted Douglas-fir debris in cool, wet coastal climates.
Distribution
United States (Pacific Northwest)Canada (British Columbia)
TRADITIONAL USE
- No documented traditional use
CULTURAL CONTEXT
A defining species of the post-1960s Pacific Northwest mushroom culture, popularized in the work of Paul Stamets, Jeremy Bigwood, and Jonathan Ott.
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Cool, wet autumns on woody debris
GALLERY
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REFERENCES
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- Stamets 1996
- Leung & Paul 1968
