Panaeolus cyanescens

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Panaeolus cyanescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Class: Hymenomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Bolbitiaceae
Genus: Panaeolus
Species: P. cyanescens
Binomial name
Panaeolus cyanescens
Berkeley and Broome
Panaeolus cyanescens
mycological characteristics:
 
gills on hymenium
 

cap is convex

 

hymenium is adnate

 

stipe is bare

 

spore print is black

 

ecology is saprophytic

 

edibility: psychoactive

Panaeolus cyanescens, also known as Copelandia cyanescens and Copelandia papilonacea is a hallucinogenic mushroom that contails psilocybin, serotonin, and urea. [1]

[edit] Description

The cap is 3.5 cm across, hemispheric to convex, and incurved when young. Tan at first, becoming light grey in age. The gills are adnexed and close, grey to black. The stem is 8 to 12 cm long and 1 to 3 cm thick and pale yellow, staining blue where bruised. This mushroom is very similar to Panaeolus tropicalis.

[edit] Habitat and Distribution

Panaeolus cyanescens is a coprophiliac (dung-inhabiting) species which grows in tropical and neotropical areas in both hemispheres. It has been reported in Hawaii, Louisiana, Florida, Austrailia, Mexico, Bolivia, the Philippines, Thailand, France, Brazil, and Hawaii, and is probably more widely distributed.


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