Psilocybe guilartensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Hymenogastraceae |
Genus: | Psilocybe |
Species: | P. guilartensis
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Binomial name | |
Psilocybe guilartensis Guzmán, F. Tapia & Nieves-Riv.
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Psilocybe guilartensis | |
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Gills on hymenium | |
Cap is conical or convex | |
Hymenium is adnexed | |
Stipe is bare | |
Spore print is purple-brown | |
Ecology is saprotrophic | |
Edibility is 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 verae-crucis and Psilocybe weldenii.
Psilocybe guilartensis is found growing gregariously, often on disturbed bare clay or moss. It is found along hiking trails, in coffee plantations, tropical and subtropical forests, especially in landslide areas. The mushroom is known to grow in Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic.[2]