Boletus manicus

Boletus manicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales
Family: Boletaceae
Genus: Boletus
Species: B. manicus
Binomial name
Boletus manicus
R. Heim
Boletus manicus
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Mycological characteristics

pores on hymenium
cap is convex
hymenium is adnate
stipe is bare
ecology is mycorrhizal
edibility: psychoactive

Boletus manicus is a species of fungus in the Boletaceae family of mushrooms. Found in Papua New Guinea, it was first described by French mycologist Roger Heim in 1963.[1] Reported to be psychoactive, the active principles are thought to be three indolic substances, but their concentration in the mushroom is too low to allow for chemical analysis and identification.[2]

References

  1. Heim R. (1963). "Diagnoses latines des especes de champignons ou, nonda associes a la folie du komugl tai et du ndaadl". Revue de Mycologie (in French) 28 (3–4): 277–83.
  2. Thomas B. (2003). "Boletus manicus Heim". Journal of Psychoactive Drugs 35 (3): 393–4. doi:10.1080/02791072.2003.10400024. PMID 14621139.

See also

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