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 & Broome) Singer
Synonyms

Agaricus cyanescens
Copelandia anomala
Copelandia cyanescens
Copelandia papilonacea
Copelandia westii

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''Panaeolus cyanescens''
mycological characteristics:
 
gills on hymenium
 

cap is convex

 

hymenium is adnate

 

stipe is bare

 

spore print is black

 

ecology is saprotrophic

 

edibility: psychoactive

Panaeolus cyanescens, also known as Copelandia cyanescens, Hawaiians and blue meanies are a hallucinogenic mushroom that contains 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 gray in age. The gills are adnexed and close, gray 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, Australia, India, Mexico, Bolivia, the Philippines, Thailand, France, and Brazil, and is probably more widely distributed.

Wild Panaeolus cyanescens

Cultivated Panaeolus cyanescens
Cultivated Panaeolus cyanescens

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