Psilocybe mairei

Psilocybe mairei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hymenogastraceae
Genus: Psilocybe
Species: P. mairei
Binomial name
Psilocybe mairei

Psilocybe mairei is a species of mushroom in the family Hymenogastraceae. It is found in Algeria and Morocco and contains contains the medicinal compound psilocybin.[1] The The oldest example of rock art suggesting use of psychedelic mushrooms might depict P. mairei. In 1992, the Italian ethnobotanist Giorgio Samorini reported finding a painted mural from Tassili n'Ajjer, in the Sahara desert in southeast Algeria dated 7000 to 9000 BCE portraying mushrooms,[2] later tentatively identified as P. mairei.[3]

See also

References

  1. A Worldwide Geographic Distribution of the Neurotropic Fungi
  2. Samorini G. (1992). "The oldest representations of hallucinogenic mushrooms in the world (Sahara Desert, 9000–7000 B.P.)". Integration 2 (3): 69–78.
  3. Akers BP, Ruiz JF, Piper A, Ruck CA. (2011). "A prehistoric mural in Spain depicting neurotropic Psilocybe mushrooms?". Economic Botany 65 (2): 121–8. doi:10.1007/s12231-011-9152-5.
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