Deconica semiinconspicua

Deconica semiinconspicua
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Strophariaceae
Genus: Deconica
Species:
D. semiinconspicua
Binomial name
Deconica semiinconspicua
(Guzmán & J. M. Trappe) Ram.-Cruz & Guzmán (2012)
Synonyms

Psilocybe semiinconspicua Guzmán & J. M. Trappe (2005)

Deconica semiinconspicua is a mushroom native to the state of Washington in the United States. The mushroom is small, rare, difficult to see and, according to Guzmán and Trappe (2005), stains blue where damaged. However, Ramírez-Cruz et al. (2012) state that it is "without a really observable bluing reaction". It was described as a psychoactive species of Psilocybe in section Semilanceatae, but Ramírez-Cruz et al. (2012) found that its macroscopic and microscopic morphological features and its DNA sequence, which Ramírez-Cruz et al. did not publish, were a better match for Deconica. Ramírez-Cruz et al. (2012) also stated that it is very similar to Deconica montana. It can be mistaken for Psilocybe silvatica and can be distinguished by its more conic cap, narrower spores and narrower cheilocystidia.

This mushroom is only known from the type locality where it was found on July 22, 1987, at Glacier Peak Wilderness Area in Wentachee National Forest, Washington, USA.