[pmoriarty]

I'd encourage anyone interested in this to watch Alan Rockefeller's fantastic talks on psilocybin mushroom identification: [1] [2]

If you do decide to pick your own mushrooms, definitely look for the signs he mentions in the videos, make spore prints, and post pictures of the mushrooms to the sites he recommends, where experts can identify them for you.

And remember: There are old mushroom hunters, and there are bold mushroom hunters. But there are no old, bold mushroom hunters.

[1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcL-7u80kjs

[2] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pInqVRRva7M