Pluteus cyanopus
Pluteus cyanopus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Pluteaceae |
Genus: | Pluteus |
Species: | P. cyanopus |
Binomial name | |
Pluteus cyanopus Quél. (1883) | |
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Pluteus cyanopus is a species of agaric fungus in the family Pluteaceae. Found in Africa, Europe, and North America, its fruit bodies contain the psychoactive compounds psilocybin and psilocin.[2] The species was first described scientifically by French mycologist Lucien Quélet in 1883.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ "Pluteus cyanopus Quél. :391, 1883". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2012-12-21.
- ↑ Guzmán G, Allen JW, Gartz J. (1998). "A worldwide geographical distribution of the neurotropic fungi, an analysis and discussion" (PDF). Annali del Museo civico di Rovereto 14: 198–280.
- ↑ Quélet L. (1883). "Quelques especes critiques ou nouvelles de la Flore Mycologique de France". Comptes Rendus de l´Association Française pour l´Avancement des sciences (in French) 11: 387–412.
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