- Psilocybe galindoi
Taxobox
name = "Psilocybe galindoi"
image_width = 250px
regnum = Fungi
divisio =Basidiomycota
classis =Agaricomycetes
ordo =Agaricales
familia =Strophariaceae
genus =Psilocybe
species = "P. galindoi"
binomial = "Psilocybe galindoi"
binomial_authority =Guzman Nova Hedwigia mycomorphbox
name = Psilocybe galindoi
whichGills = adnate
capShape = conical
capShape2=campanulate
hymeniumType=gills
stipeCharacter=bare
ecologicalType=saprotrophic
sporePrintColor=purple brown
howEdible=psychoactive"Psilocybe galindoi" is a
psychedelic mushroom , in the section Mexicana, which haspsilocybin andpsilocin as main active compounds.Description
*Cap: 1.9-2 cm in diameter, conic to campanulate or umbonate, with a very slight papilla, glabrous, even to striate when moist, hygrophanous, brown or yellowish brown fading to pale ochraceous or straw color. Staining blue-green where injured.
*Gills: Adnate, brown to dark purple brown, with whitish edges.
*Stipe: 5-6.5 cm x 1-2 mm, equal, hollow, no annulus, reddish brown in the middle, darker towards the base with long rhizomorphic strands.P
*Spores: Dark purple gray in deposit. (8.1)9.6-12(14) x 7.1-8, subrhomboid, broad germ pore.
*Odor: Farinaceous
*Taste: FarinaceousDistribution and habitat
Gregarious in small groups, found on soil, at elevation, in tall grass in or near Pinus-Quercus forests in Mexico, most recently in Georgia.
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