Inocybe corydalina var. corydalina | |
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Inocybe corydalina var. corydalina | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Cortinariaceae |
Genus: | Inocybe |
Species: | Inocybe corydalina var. corydalina |
Binomial name | |
Inocybe corydalina var. corydalina Quélet (1872) |
Inocybe corydalina var. corydalina | |
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Mycological characteristics | |
gills on hymenium | |
cap is conical or convex |
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hymenium is adnate | |
stipe is bare | |
spore print is brown | |
ecology is mycorrhizal | |
edibility: psychoactive or poisonous |
Inocybe corydalina var. corydalina, commonly known as the Greenflush Fibrecap, is a member of the genus Inocybe which is widely distributed in temperate forests. It is a small mycorrhizal mushroom which contains a small amount of hallucinogen psilocybin.
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Inocybe corydalina var. corydalina is widespread across Europe, North America and the British Isles. It usually fruits in the fall under deciduous trees but can also be found under conifers.
Gurevich and Nezoiminogo reported that this mushroom contains the mycotoxin muscarine but no psilocybin; other researchers have been unable to confirm this result. Chemical analysis by Stijve and Kuyper shows that it contains 0.032% psilocybin, a very low concentration.
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