Psilocybe australiana

Taxobox
name = "Psilocybe australiana"


image_width = 270px
regnum = Fungi
divisio = Basidiomycota
classis = Agaricomycetes
ordo = Agaricales
familia = Strophariaceae
genus = Psilocybe
species = "P. australiana"
binomial = "Psilocybe Australiana"
binomial_authority = Gaston Guzmanmycomorphbox
name = Psilocybe australiana
whichGills = adnate
whichGills2= adnexed
capShape = convex
capShape2=flat
hymeniumType=gills
stipeCharacter=bare
ecologicalType=saprotrophic
sporePrintColor=Purple-brown
howEdible=psychoactive

"Psilocybe australiana" is a species of psychoactive mushroom found in Victoria, New South Wales, Western Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand. Commonly found growing on Eucalyptus and pine mulch,Cite web | title = Bluemeanie | work = Sharman Australis | url = http://www.shaman-australis.com/~bluemeanie/species/ps_subaeruginosa_group/ps_australiana/index_ps_australiana.htm] as well as on soil with wood or leafy debris, on tracks and roadsides, in "Pinus radiata" plantations, or in temperate rain forests. [cite web | title = Magic Mushrooms of Australia and New Zealand (pg. 6) | work = Erowid Online Texts | url = http://www.erowid.org/library/books_online/magic_mushrooms_aunz/magic_mushrooms_aunz6.shtml] The mushroom was originally discovered by Gaston Guzman and Roy Watling. [cite web | title = Dr. Gaston Guzman | work = Stainblue.com | url = http://www.stainblue.com/guzman.htm] Further research by New Zealand mycologist Peter Buchanan has shown "Psilocybe australiana" to be a variant of "Psilocybe subaeruginosa"

Commonly it is large umbonated mushroom with a sharp nipple, orangy brown hydrophanous cap, often with a margin flecked with white veil remnants and strongly visible radial lines. The stem is a strong white with a consistent radius, chestnust brown when the flesh is broken. The gills are very crowded, whitish brown soon dark chocolate brown and ascending towards the stem. Cap and stem often spotted with dark blue stains, and flesh quickly stains bluish/black upon damage. (left image)

References

Further reading

* " [http://www.rsnz.org/publish/nzjb/1995/82.pdf The genus Psilocybe (Agaricales) in New Zealand] ", Peter R. Johnston and Peter K Buchanan, New Zealand Journal of Botany, 1995, Vol. 33: 379-388.