Psilocybe aucklandii

Taxobox
name = "Psilocybe aucklandii"

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image_width = 250px
regnum = Fungi
divisio = Basidiomycota
classis = Agaricomycetes
ordo = Agaricales
familia = Strophariaceae
genus = Psilocybe
species = "P. aucklandii"
binomial = "Psilocybe aucklandii"
binomial_authority = Guzman, King and Bandalamycomorphbox
name = Psilocybe aucklandii
whichGills = adnate
capShape = conical
capShape2=umbonate
hymeniumType=gills
stipeCharacter=bare
ecologicalType=saprotrophic
sporePrintColor=purple brown
howEdible=psychoactive

"Psilocybe aucklandii" is a psychedelic mushroom, which has psilocybin and psilocin as main active compounds.

Description

*Cap: 2-5 cm, conical to plane, chestnut brown, hygrophanous, bruising blue/green where damaged, often with a broad umbo.
*Gills: Cream color when young, violet yellowish brown in age, with adnate attachment.
*Spores: Dark violet brown, oblong to ellipsoid, 7 x 4 um.
*Stipe: 4 to 9 cm long, .2 to .5 cm thick, brown, bruising blueish, pruinose, with fibrils near the base.
*Taste: Farinaceous.
*Odor: Farinaceous.
*Microscopic features:

Distribution and habitat

Grows in leaf litter and woody debris near Auckland, New Zealand.

External links

* [http://mushroomobserver.org/3322 Mushroom Observer - Psilocybe aucklandii]