''Psilocybe subaeruginascens'' is a
psychedelic mushroom which has
psilocybin and
psilocin as main active compounds. This mushroom is closely related to ''
Psilocybe subfimetaria
''Psilocybe'' ( ) is a genus of gilled mushrooms, growing worldwide, in the family Hymenogastraceae. Most or nearly all species contain the psychedelic compounds psilocybin and psilocin.
Taxonomy
Taxonomic history
A 2002 study of the mol ...
'' and ''
Psilocybe stuntzii
''Psilocybe stuntzii'', also known as Stuntz's blue legs and blue ringers it is a psilocybin mushroom of the family Hymenogastraceae, having psilocybin and psilocin as main active compounds.
It is in the section Stuntzae, other members of ...
''.
Description
*The cap is 1–6 cm, conical to convex, tan brown,
hygrophanous, margin striate when moist, and often has a broad
umbo. It bruises bluish where damaged.
*The gills are crowded, sometimes forking, slightly mottled, cream color when young, violet brown in age, with adnate to adnexed and sometimes subdecurrent attachment.
*The spores are dark violet brown, rhomboid to subrhomboid to subellipsoid, and 7.5-12 x 6.5-8.5
µm
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.
*The stipe is 2.5 to 6.5 cm long, .2 to .3 cm thick, white to gray, finely striate, and equal to slightly enlarged near the base. It has a well-developed partial veil which leaves a persistent membranous annulus on the upper stem. It bruises blue where damaged.
*The taste and ''odor'' are farinaceous.
Distribution and habitat
''Psilocybe subaeruginascens'' grows in gregariously and in cespitose clusters in wood chips, piles of leaves, and woody debris in urban areas and along trails and roads in deciduous forests and gardens. It is occasionally found in dung. It is found from April to July in southern
Japan
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and subtropical
Java and in
Kwazulu-Natal
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South Africa where it occurs in February and March. A similar species,
Psilocybe ovoideocystidiata
''Psilocybe ovoideocystidiata'' is a psilocybin mushroom in the section ''Stuntzae'', having psilocybin and/or psilocin as main active compounds. It is closely related to '' P. subaeruginascens'' from Java, '' P. septentrionalis'' from Japan, ...
has been reported from the
Bay Area
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of
California.
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See also
*
List of Psilocybin mushrooms
References
*Guzman, G. The Genus Psilocybe: A Systematic Revision of the Known Species Including the History, Distribution and Chemistry of the Hallucinogenic Species. Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia Heft 74. J. Cramer, Vaduz, Germany (1983)
ow out of print
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Entheogens
Psychoactive fungi
subaeruginascens
Psychedelic tryptamine carriers