Psilocybe aucklandii
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P. aucklandii
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| Psilocybe aucklandii Guzmán, King and Bandala
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gills on hymenium |
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cap is conical or umbonate |
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hymenium is adnate |
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stipe is bare |
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spore print is purple-brown |
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ecology is saprotrophic |
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edibility: psychoactive |
Psilocybe aucklandii is a psychedelic mushroom, which has psilocybin and psilocin as main active compounds. It is in the section Zapotecorum of the genus Psilocybe, other members of this section include Psilocybe muliercula, Psilocybe angustipleurocystidiata, Psilocybe collybioides, Psilocybe graveolens, Psilocybe kumaenorum, Psilocybe zapotecorum, Psilocybe pintonii, Psilocybe subcaerulipes, Psilocybe moseri, Psilocybe zapotecoantillarum, Psilocybe zapotecocaribaea, and Psilocybe antioquiensis.[1][2]
Description
Psilocybe aucklandii has a farinaceous smell and taste.
The cap is 2–5 cm, conical to plane, chestnut brown, hygrophanous, and bruises blue/green where damaged. It often has a broad umbo.
The gills are cream-colored when young and violet yellowish brown in age, with an adnate attachment.
Psilocybe aucklandii spores are dark violet brown, oblong to ellipsoid, and 7 x 4 µm. The stipe is 4–9 cm long and .2–.5 cm thick. It is brown and bruises blueish. The stipe is pruinose, with fibrils near the base.
Distribution and habitat
Psilocybe aucklandii grows in clay based pine forest, directly from clay. Its type collection was in Auckland, New Zealand.
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Psilocybe aucklandii
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