''Psilocybe columbiana'' is a species of mushroom in the family
Hymenogastraceae known only from the
páramo
Páramo () can refer to a variety of alpine tundra ecosystems located in the Andes Mountain Range, South America. Some ecologists describe the páramo broadly as "all high, tropical, montane vegetation above the continuous timberline". A narrower ...
s of high mountains in
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
.
It is in the ''
Psilocybe fagicola'' complex with ''Psilocybe fagicola'', ''
Psilocybe oaxacana'', ''
Psilocybe banderillensis'', ''
Psilocybe herrerae'', ''
Psilocybe keralensis'', ''
Psilocybe neoxalapensis'', and ''
Psilocybe teofiloi''.
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See also
* List of Psilocybin mushrooms
* Psilocybin mushrooms
* Psilocybe
References
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columbiana
Fungi of Colombia
Altiplano Cundiboyacense
Páramo fungi
Entheogens
Psychoactive fungi
Psychedelic tryptamine carriers
Fungi described in 1978
Taxa named by Gastón Guzmán