Detailed Identification Guide

These pages are taken from Collin's Wildlife Guide - Mushrooms and Toadstools. An excellent identification guide.
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Liberty Cap (Psilocybe Semilanceata) Fly Agaric (Amanita Muscaria)
Above are the two main types you are looking for in the UK. Below is given detailed info on other psychedelic species believed to be native to the UK. Please keep being patient as the page loads...!!
Blueing Psilocybe (Psilocybe Cyanescens) Fringed Hay Cap (Panaeolus Sphinctrinus)
Hay-cap (Panaeolus Foenisecii) Verdigris Toadstool (Stropharia Aeruginosa)
Ergot (Claviceps Purpurea)
The above is included out of interest to those pursuing the manufacture of LSD!! Ergot is a key element in a natural synthesis of LSD, but you will need several other elements and equipment beyond the scope of this site.
 

Phew! That took a while, but with this information you are now much better equipped to go mushroom hunting. So what are you waiting for?