A lawn cap for supper

Psilocybe mushrooms and Button mushroom — take this sheet to the bed, not a guess to the kettle.

Psilocybe mushroomsPsilocybe cubensis

Button mushroomAgaricus bisporus

Toxic mix-upForage

Little brown mushrooms are a legal and medical problem, not a pizza topping. This catalog will name them for education. It will not tell you to eat them.

Grocery Agaricus has pink-then-brown gills and a clean stem. Psilocybe species are small, often bruising blue, and legally restricted. A photograph is not a permit, and it is not a meal.

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The Herbarium — a teaching catalog, not a clinic. Traditional use is history, not a prescription. USDA 6b dates are a week either way, not a promise. Do not eat, drink, or harvest a plant you cannot name.