''Psilocybe thaiduplicatocystidiata'' is a species of

psilocybin mushroom Psilocybin mushrooms, commonly known as magic mushrooms, are a polyphyletic informal group of fungi that contain psilocybin which turns into psilocin upon ingestion. Biological genera containing psilocybin mushrooms include ''Psilocybe'', '' ...

in the family

Hymenogastraceae The Hymenogastraceae is a family of fungi in the order Agaricales with both agaric and false-truffle shaped fruitbodies. Formerly, prior to molecular analyses, the family was restricted to the false-truffle genera. The mushroom genus ''Psilocybe ...

. Found in Chiang Mai University Park (

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), where it grows on soil with rotting dung, it was described as new to science in 2012. The specific epithet ''thaiduplicatocystidiata'' refers to its dimorphic

pleurocystidia A cystidium (plural cystidia) is a relatively large cell found on the sporocarp of a basidiomycete (for example, on the surface of a mushroom gill), often between clusters of basidia. Since cystidia have highly varied and distinct shapes that ar ...

and cheilocystidia, and to Thailand.

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* Entheogens Fungi described in 2012 Fungi of Asia Psychoactive fungi thaiduplicatocystidiata Psychedelic tryptamine carriers Taxa named by Gastón Guzmán {{Hymenogastraceae-stub

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