Psilocybe guilartensis

Psilocybe guilartensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Strophariaceae
Genus: Psilocybe
Species: P. guilartensis
Binomial name
Psilocybe guilartensis
Guzmán, F. Tapia & Nieves-Riv.
Psilocybe guilartensis
Mycological characteristics
gills on hymenium

cap is conical

or convex
hymenium is adnexed
stipe is bare
spore print is purple-brown
ecology is saprotrophic
edibility: psychoactive

Psilocybe guilartensis is a psilocybin mushroom which has psilocybin and psilocin as main active compounds. It is common in Puerto Rico.

First reported in the literature in 1997,[1] Gastón Guzmán placed P. guilartensis in Psilocybe section Brunneocystidiatae due to its blue staining reaction, small thick-walled subrhomboid spores, and pigmented cystidia.[2]

Other mushrooms in the section Brunneocystidiatae include Psilocybe banderillensis, Psilocybe banderillensis var. paulensis, Psilocybe brunneocystidia, Psilocybe heimii, Psilocybe inconspicua, Psilocybe pleurocystidiosa, Psilocybe rzedowski, Psilocybe singeri, Psilocybe uxpanapensis, Psilocybe veraecrucis and Psilocybe weldenii.

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Description

Distribution and habitat

Psilocybe guilartensis is found growing gregariously, often on disturbed bare clay or moss. Found along hiking trails, in coffee plantations, tropical and subtropical forests, especially in landslide areas. Known only from Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic.[2]

References

  1. ^ Guzmán G, Tapia F, Nieves-Rivera AM, Betancourt C. (1997). Two new bluing species of Psilocybe from Puerto Rico. Mycotaxon 63(0): 377-382.
  2. ^ a b Guzmán G, Tapia F, Florencia R-G. (2003). A new species of Psilocybe in the Caribbean with an emendation of Psilocybe guilartensis. Mycologia 95(6): 1171–1180.

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