Psilocybe ovoideocystidiata

Psilocybe ovoideocystidiata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hymenogastraceae
Genus: Psilocybe
Species: P. ovoideocystidiata
Binomial name
Psilocybe ovoideocystidiata
Guzmán et Gaines
Range of Psilocybe ovoideocystidiata
Psilocybe ovoideocystidiata
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Mycological characteristics

gills on hymenium

cap is convex

or umbonate
hymenium is adnate
stipe is bare

spore print is blackish-brown

to purple
ecology is saprotrophic
edibility: psychoactive
Psilocybe ovoideocystidiata spores

Psilocybe ovoideocystidiata is a psilocybin mushroom in the section Stuntzae, having psilocybin and/or psilocin as main active compounds. It is closely related to P. subaeruginascens from Java, P. septentrionalis from Japan, and P. wayanadensis from India. This mushroom was first documented by Richard V. Gaines in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania in June 2003. Although it is sometimes confused with Psilocybe caerulipes, it can be distinguished by its rhomboid spores, larger stature, earlier fruiting season and membranous annulus.

Etymology

From the frequent ovoid both pleuro- and cheilocystidia.

Description

Habitat and formation

Wild Psilocybe ovoideocystidiata

Psilocybe ovoideocystidiata is common in the Ohio river valley. Often found in the woody debris of overflow areas, along rivers and streams, often in man-made mulch. They are most common from April to mid June but they occasionally fruit as late as November. It was first documented in Pennsylvania, it has been found in Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Delaware, New Jersey, Rhode Island, New York, Washington, Oregon, California and Georgia.

See also

References

  1. Guzmán, Gastón; Gaines, Richard V.; Ramírez-Guillén, Florencia (2007). "New Species of Hallucinogenic Psilocybe (Fr.) P. Kumm. (Agaricomycetideae) from the Eastern U.S.A." (PDF). International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms 9: 75–77. doi:10.1615/IntJMedMushr.v9.i1.90.

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