Agrocybe farinacea

Agrocybe farinacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Strophariaceae
Genus: Agrocybe
Species: A. farinacea
Binomial name
Agrocybe farinacea
Tsuguo Hongo

Agrocybe farinacea is a species of mushroom in the Strophariaceae family.[1] It has been reported to contain the hallucinogen psilocybin,[2] however there has been no recent chemical analysis carried out on this mushroom, nor any modern reports of psychoactivity.

References

  1. "Agrocybe farinacea Hongo 1957". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2010-11-23.
  2. Jonathan Ott, Albert Hofmann, Pharmacotheon: Entheogenic Drugs, Their Plant Sources and History, pg. 313, Natural Products Company (1993), ISBN 0-9614234-9-8

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