Psilocybe fimetaria

Psilocybe fimetaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Strophariaceae
Genus: Psilocybe
Species: P. fimetaria
Binomial name
Psilocybe fimetaria
Orton
Psilocybe fimetaria
Mycological characteristics
gills on hymenium

cap is convex

or campanulate

hymenium is adnate

or sinuate
stipe has a cortina

spore print is blackish-brown

to purple
ecology is saprotrophic
edibility: psychoactive

Psilocybe fimetaria, is a psilocybin mushroom, having psilocybin and psilocin as main active compounds.

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Etymology

Description

Habitat and distribution

Psilocybe fimetaria is found growing solitary to gregariously on horse or cow dung, in grassy areas or in rich soils, and often fruits in large rings, from September to November, known from Canada (British Columbia and New Brunswick), the Pacific Northwest (Washington, Oregon, and Idaho), Chile, Great Britain, and Europe. Widely distributed but not very common.

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