- Psilocybe weilii
Taxobox | name = "Psilocybe weilii"
image_width = 270px
regnum =Fungi
divisio =Basidiomycota
classis =Agaricomycetes
ordo =Agaricales
familia =Strophariaceae
genus = "Psilocybe "
species = "P. weilii"
binomial = "Psilocybe weilii"
binomial_authority = Guzmán, Stamets & F. Tapia
range_
range_map_width = 240px
range_map_caption = Range of "Psilocybe weilii"mycomorphbox
name = "Psilocybe weilii"
whichGills = adnate
whichGills2 = sinuate
capShape = convex
capShape2=umbonate
hymeniumType=gills
stipeCharacter=bare
ecologicalType=saprotrophic
sporePrintColor=brown
sporePrintColor2=purple
howEdible=psychoactive"Psilocybe weilii" is a
psilocybin mushroom found only in northern Georgia in the United States. It is named afterAndrew Weil , [ [http://www.pacificcollege.edu/symposium/best_of_symposium.html Andrew Weil biographic note] mentioning the naming of "Psilocybe weilii", at the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine. "Page retrieved 9 July 2006."] the famous integrative medicine physician. It has been placed in Psilocybe section Cordisporae by Gaston Guzman.The mushroom prefers red clay soil and is often found near pine growing in
bermuda grass orfescue . It is often found in urban lawns however it can also be found in the deep woods in areas where decaying wood collects. Its primary fruiting season lasts from September through mid-November, however there is often a smaller fruiting in spring and the mushroom will fruit any time conditions are favorable, except during times close to a hard frost.Description
*Cap: 2 - 6 cm, campanulate to conic, hygrophanous, translucent-striate at the margin, walnut brown to chestnut brown fading to buff as it dries. The margin is incurved when young and scalloped in age. Flesh white, bruising blue where damaged.
*Gills: Close, cream colored when young and becoming dark purple brown as the spores mature.
*Spores: Dark violet brown, 6 x 5 micrometres.
*Stipe: White to light brown, 30 to 70 mm long and up to 8 mm thick. Equal to slightly enlarged at the base. Bruising blue where damaged in under five minutes.
*Taste: Farinaceous.
*Odor: Farinaceous.
*Microscopic features:External links
* [http://www.erowid.org/plants/show_image.php?i=mushrooms/psilocybe_weilii4.jpgPsilocybe weilii photo]
* [http://www.erowid.org/plants/show_image.php?i=mushrooms/psilocybe_weilii2.jpgPsilocybe weilii photo - cap underside]
* [http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/59575/0065/0191.htm A new Bluing Psilocybe from the U.S.A. - Psilocybe weilii species description in Mycotaxon]
* [http://www.shroomery.org The Shroomery: contains knowledge contributed by individuals in the Hunting Forums.]References
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