Psilocybe silvatica

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Psilocybe silvatica
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hymenogastraceae
Genus: Psilocybe
Species:
P. silvatica
Binomial name
Psilocybe silvatica
(Peck) Singer & A.H.Sm. (1958)
Synonyms[1]
  • Psathyra silvatica Peck (1889)
  • Pilosace silvaticus (Peck) Kuntze (1898)
  • Hypholoma silvaticum (Peck) A.H.Sm. (1941)

Psilocybe silvatica is a psilocybin mushroom in the section Semilanceatae of the genus Psilocybe. Psilocybin is the main active compound.

Taxonomy

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The fungus was first described by American mycologist Charles Horton Peck in 1889 as Psathyra silvatica.[2] Rolf Singer and Alexander H. Smith transferred it to Psilocybe in 1958.[3]

References

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