Psilocybe inquilina

Taxobox
name = "Psilocybe inquilina"

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image_width = 270px
regnum = Fungi
divisio = Basidiomycota
classis = Agaricomycetes
ordo = Agaricales
familia = Strophariaceae
genus = Psilocybe
species = "P. inquilina"
binomial = "Psilocybe inquilina"
binomial_authority = (Fries ex Fries) Bresadolamycomorphbox
name = Psilocybe inquilina
whichGills = adnate
whichGills2 = sinuate
capShape = convex
capShape2=conical
hymeniumType=gills
stipeCharacter=cortina
ecologicalType=saprotrophic
sporePrintColor=purple-brown
howEdible=unknown

Psilocybe inquilina is a mushroom of the Agaricales family. Unlike many members of "Psilocybe", this mushroom does not stain blue or contain any hallucinogenic compounds.

Habitat and distribution

"Psilocybe inquilina" is found growing on decaying grass. It is very widely distributed, reported from North America, South America and Europe.

References

*Guzman and Trappe 2005: The Hallucinogenic and Nonhallucinogenic Species of the Genus Psilocybe Fayod (Basidiomycotina) in Washington State, USA: New Records and a New Species - International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms 583-590