The short lived and delicate Dung-loving Psilocybe or Dung-loving Deconica grows on herbivore dung.


The short lived and delicate Dung-loving Psilocybe or Dung-loving Deconica grows on herbivore dung. They have recently been reclassified as the Psilocybe have been split into two clades and the non-blueing and none hallucinogenic Deconica are typified with these shown.


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Location: Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania
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