Well, OTOH there is Stropharia Rogosoannulata (I kid you not!) commonly called
the King or Garden Stropharia, wine mushroom, Omigodlookathesizathathing!!
(colloq.)
It is an undeniable saprophyte.
So-called 'Stropharia Cubensis' are  usually S. semiglobata, a "dung fungus"
resembling  P. cubensis but not blue staining.  There are other imitators of the
true blue P. spp. that stain blackish and will make you sicker 'n a dog or 
worse,
so readers be warned that sampling some mushrooms can reduce your mileage right
down to zero.

I think you'd enjoy *Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms* by Stamets, Ten
Speed Press.
>From the Frontispiece . . . . . . . . . Mycotopia:  An environment wherein
ecological equilibrium is enhanced through the judicious use of fungi for the
betterment of all lifeforms.

In a transparently devious attempt to keep this on topic; the False idea that 
you
can distinguish a poisonous mushroom from non-poisonous ones because it will
discolor a piece of silver, or make it non-poisonous  by cooking it with silver
is yet more of the stuff  S. globata grows on.

Take care,  Malcolm


Ode Coyote wrote:

>  Ok, cool!
> Ken
>
> At 08:31 AM 8/31/02 -0700, you wrote:
> >Sorry Ken.  Stropharia Cubensis is exactly the same as Psilocybe Cubensis
> >and they do not grow on wood.  They are coprophilous (dung lovers).
> >
> >Trem
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Ode Coyote" <[email protected]>
> >To: <[email protected]>
> >Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2002 4:36 AM
> >Subject: RE: CS>RE: Glad cow syndrome
> >
> >
> >>
> >>   Stropheria is a slightly different genus growing mostly in wood.  There
> >> are panaeolus cyanescens also in the patties in the Gulf area.


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