Psilocybe silvatica
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Psilocybe silvatica is a psilocybin mushroom in the section Semilanceatae of order Agaricales. Psilocybin is the main active compound. The species is closely related to its European twin Psilocybe medullosa, which differs genetically, and the American Psilocybe pelliculosa, which can be distinguished by spore size and cheilocystidia shape.
Taxonomy
The fungus was first described by American mycologist Charles Horton Peck in 1889 as Psathyra silvatica.[2] Rolf Singer and Alexander H. Smith transferred it to Psilocybe in 1958.[3]
References
- ^ "Psilocybe silvatica (Peck) Singer & A.H. Sm". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-10-30.
- ^ Peck CH. (1889). "Report of the Botanist (1888)". Annual Report on the New York State Museum of Natural History. 42: 101–44 (see p. 116).
- ^ Singer R, Smith AH (1958). "Taxonomic monograph of Psilocybe sect. Caerulescentes". Mycologia. 50: 262–303 (see p. 277). doi:10.2307/3756197. JSTOR 3756197.