Deconica inquilina

Deconica inquilina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Strophariaceae
Genus:	Deconica
Species:	D. inquilina
Binomial name
Deconica inquilina (Fries) Romagn.

Deconica inquilina
Mycological characteristics
	gills on hymenium
	cap is convex or conical
	hymenium is adnate or sinuate
	stipe has a cortina
	spore print is purple-brown
	ecology is saprotrophic
	edibility: unknown

Deconica inquilina is a species of mushroom in the Strophariaceae family. Formerly a member of the genus Psilocybe (well known for its psilocybin containing members), this species belonged to the non-blueing (non-hallucinogenic) clade^[1] and was consequently moved to Deconica in 2009.^[2]

Habitat and distribution

Deconica inquilina is found growing on decaying grass. It is very widely distributed, reported from North America, South America and Europe.^[3]

References

1. Moncalvo JM, Vilgalys R, Redhead SA, Johnson JE, James TY, Catherine Aime M, Hofstetter V, Verduin SJ, Larsson E, Baroni TJ, Greg Thorn R, Jacobsson S, Clémençon H, Miller OK Jr. (2002). "One hundred and seventeen clades of euagarics". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 23 (3): 357–400. doi:10.1016/S1055-7903(02)00027-1. PMID 12099793.
2. Norvell L. (2009). "Report of the Nomenclature Committee for Fungi: 15" (PDF). Mycotaxon 110: 487–92. doi:10.5248/110.487.
3. Guzman G & Trappe JM. "The Hallucinogenic and Nonhallucinogenic Species of the Genus Psilocybe Fayod (Basidiomycotina) in Washington State, USA: New Records and a New Species". International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms 7: 583–589. doi:10.1615/intjmedmushr.v7.i4.80.