Psilocybe sp. 1 Watling & G.M. Taylor 1987
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Galera tenera (Fries) (8,16) Fig. 26 = Psilocybe sp.
The material (BERGGREN 60) consists of badly preserved carpophores possessing large spores 18-20 X 10-11 µ, with a smooth brown wall and prominent germ pore. According to the scanty data this species belongs to Psilocybe, rather than Galerina or Conocybe.
Psilocybe sp. 1 Watling & G.M. Taylor 1987
As Galera tenera, Waitaki, Berggren 60 (K); Berggren material is the subject of a paper by Cooke in Grevillea (1890). Only the following microscopic data was obtainable:-
Chrysocystidia absent. Basidiospores 16.5-18 x 9.5-10.5 µm, mid-brown ochraceous with olivaceous tinge, smooth, thick-walled, sometimes with dark inclusions; germ-pore prominent, Pileipellis filamentous. Neither cheilo- nor pleurocystidia could be located.
We agree with Horak (i971b) in placing this collection in Psilocybe. It is impossible to be any more precise even using Guzman's monograph (1983).