Psilocybe weilii

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Psilocybe weilii

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Homobasidiomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Strophariaceae
Genus: Psilocybe
Species: P. weilii
Binomial name
Psilocybe weilii
Psilocybe weilii
mycological characteristics:
 
gills on hymenium
 
 

cap is convex or umbonate

 

hymenium is adnate

 

stipe is bare

 
 

spore print is black or purple

 

ecology is saprophytic

 

edibility: psychoactive

Psilocybe weilii is a psilocybin-containing mushroom found only in northern Georgia in the United States. It is named after Andrew Weil[1], the famous integrative medicine physician.

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  1. ^ Andrew Weil biographic note mentioning the naming of Psilocybe weilii, at the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine. Page retrieved 9 July 2006.
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