- Psilocybe subaeruginascens
Taxobox
name = "Psilocybe subaeruginascens"
image_width = 250px
regnum = Fungi
divisio =Basidiomycota
classis =Homobasidiomycetes
ordo =Agaricales
familia =Strophariaceae
genus =Psilocybe
species = "P. subaeruginascens"
binomial = "Psilocybe subaeruginascens"
binomial_authority = Hohnelmycomorphbox
name = Psilocybe subaeruginascens
whichGills = adnate
whichGills2 = adnexed
capShape = conical
capShape2=convex
hymeniumType=gills
stipeCharacter=bare
ecologicalType=saprotrophic
sporePrintColor=purple brown
howEdible=psychoactive"Psilocybe subaeruginascens" is a
psychedelic mushroom which haspsilocybin andpsilocin as main active compounds. This mushroom is closely related to "Psilocybe subfimetaria " and "Psilocybe stuntzii ".Description
*Cap: 1-6 cm, conical to convex, tan brown, hygrophanous, margin striate when moist, often with a broad umbo. Bruising bluish where damaged.
*Gills: Crowded, sometimes forking, slightly mottled, cream color when young, violet brown in age, with adnate to adnexed and sometimes subdecurrent attachment.
*Spores: Dark violet brown, rhomboid to subrhomboid to subellipsoid, 7.5-12 x 6.5-8.5 um.
*Stipe: 2.5 to 6.5 cm long, .2 to .3 cm thick, white to grey, finely striate, equal to slightly enlarged near the base. With a well developed partial veil which leaves a persistent membranous annulus on the upper stem. Bluing where damaged.
*Taste: Farinaceous.
*Odor: Farinaceous.
*Microscopic features:Distribution and habitat
Grows in gregariously and in cespitose clusters in wood chips, piles of leaves and woody debris in urban areas and along trails and roads in deciduous forests and gardens. Found April to July in southern Japan and subtropical Java. This species or a very similar one has been reported from the Bay Area, California. [http://www.sporeworksgallery.com/Stuntzae]
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