It has often been commented that lignicolous (wood-loving)
Psilocybe mushrooms seem to rely on human activities to provide them with their substrate. However, there are other species which may also contribute to providing suitable conditions for these fungi to thrive. Creatures which produce significant amounts of wood chippings in a riparian habitat? Beavers, of course!
Now, I've not looked into this any further yet but it's surely not beyond the bounds of probability. There are no beaver populations within easy reach of where I currently live. I may yet be able to travel to a forest where they do live and if it's the right time of year I'll be sure to be making a mycological survey!
Does anyone else have any thoughts/further information on this idea? That beavers may have played a role in they existence of wood chip
Psilocybes?
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