Psilocybe aucklandii

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Psilocybe aucklandii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi Division: Basidiomycota Class: Agaricomycetes Order: Agaricales Family: Strophariaceae Genus: Psilocybe Species: P. aucklandii
Binomial name
Psilocybe aucklandii Guzman, King and Bandala

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

[edit] 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:

[edit] Distribution and habitat

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

[edit] External links

• Mushroom Observer - Psilocybe aucklandii

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