Pluteus americanus ::: Wild Psychedelic Mushrooms

DO NOT accidentally confuse Pluteus americanus for the edible Pluteus cervinus! This wild mushroom is considered to be toxic due to the alkaloid psilocybin. If you want to learn more about P. americanus and its look-alikes (both edible & poisonous) that grow in the Upper Midwest then keep on watching!!!
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00:00 Habitat
00:36 Identification
01:30 P. americanus vs P. cervinus
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Michael Kuo, "Mushrooms of the Midwest", 2014
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[@agplay2290]

Thank you for this video. It is good to know more of the ones to avoid for people that do eat mushroom.

[@TREEfool]

Your welcome! I'm glad the video helped.

[@daryls2058]

I agree.

[@user-bt3sn9yu3e]

Отлично сделано это повествование! Плютеи, также растут и в отсутствии дождей во влажных местах леса и вблизи водоёмов.

[@TREEfool]

Thank you! 😀...and I agree, as long as the substrate is wet they will continue to fruit.

[@stalecisco666]

Thanks for the video. Ive seen probably hundreds of deer mushrooms in my life and always wondered if any of them were the magic kind.

[@AmiKey-id5lj]

Thanks for the info! Where did you find this one?

[@bouncerslabrealnature9143]

Gotta love many but not all mushrooms 😉😉🍄

[@TREEfool]

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[@Dhheh2736]

Do both of these grow in Michigan?

[@TREEfool]

I personally have never hunted that far East but you can check iNaturalist.org and do a local search for Pluteus americanus and Pluteus cervinus. I'd guess that Michigan has many species of Pluteus.

[@haydennorris2913]

I've seen a few of these on I naturalist in Michigan. I hope to observe it myself this year

[@mdominic8201]

dude,, found so many of these while hunting today and threw them away because i didnt think they were anything special

[@TREEfool]

What state? I haven't seen any pluteus yet this year, but the two weeks of rain we've got should entice many genera to start fruiting.

[@AmiKey-id5lj]

Are these potent?

[@TREEfool]

Miraculix tests show 0.9-1.0% psilocybin content.

[@AmiKey-id5lj]

@@TREEfool so a single one would barely do anything. That’s good because the deer in my backyard are going to town on these

[@alicewright4322]

@@TREEfool that sounds like a lot. Stamets reports 1.2 % for cultivated cube and 0.4% for P. salicinus (psilocin +psilocybin) in "psychedelic mushrooms of the world". Are you sure it is that potent with such a subtle bluing reaction?

[@TREEfool]

@@alicewright4322 is this "subtle"?
www.inaturalist.org/observations/226280263
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[@alicewright4322]

@@TREEfool that one is very blue. I found one that only blued at the basal bulb. It smelt strongly like sweet grain/cube instead of like radishes. Are there other species of psychoactive pluteus in the area also? less potent?

[@BobNarly]

If you ate it would it kill you?

[@TREEfool]

No. You would hallucinate for a few hours and possibly vomit but you would not die.

[@BobNarly]

@@TREEfool Do they grow in June?

[@TREEfool]

@@BobNarly I personally have not found them in June but I have found many P. petasatus so I'd assume they do.

[@BobNarly]

@@TREEfool when have you found them?

[@BobNarly]

@@TREEfool Also when do they start to show? I don’t mean when they’re fully grown, I mean when they’re tiny.