Psilocybe muliercula: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Phylum
- Basidiomycota
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Order
- Agaricales
- Family
- Hymenogastraceae
- Genus
- Psilocybe
- Species
- Psilocybe muliercula
- Scientific Name
- Psilocybe muliercula
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Psilocybe muliercula
Psilocybe muliercula is a species of entheogenic mushroom in the family Hymenogastraceae. This mushroom is native to Mexico and contains the compounds psilocybin and psilocin. It is in the section Zapotecorum, other members of this section include Psilocybe angustipleurocystidiata, Psilocybe aucklandii, Psilocybe collybioides, Psilocybe graveolens, Psilocybe kumaenorum, Psilocybe zapotecorum, Psilocybe pintonii, Psilocybe subcaerulipes, Psilocybe moseri, Psilocybe zapotecoantillarum, Psilocybe zapotecocaribaea, and Psilocybe antioquiensis.
Unable to locate this species in the field, botanist Roger Heim and mycologist Rolf Singer based their descriptions of this mushroom on dried specimens purchased from Matlatzinca Indians in the marketplace of Tenango del Valle, in the Nevado de Toluca region of the state of Mexico. In 1958 Roger Heim described this fungus as Psilocybe wassonii, but without any Latin designation; Rolf Singer and Alexander Hanchett Smith described it in the same year as Psilocybe muliercula (muliercula = "little women"). Both descriptions reported this fungus growing in Pinus forests surrounding the town of Tenango del Valle. However, after several expeditions to the area, Mexican mycologist Gaston Guzman located it 10 kilometers from Tenango del Valle in an Abies forest on the slopes of the Nevado de Toluca.
Psilocybe muliercula is known to grow in Abies and Pinus forests at elevations of 3150–3500 and 2600–2800 meters, respectively." It is often found in areas after landslides.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Cordisporae
- Psilocybe acutipilea
- Psilocybe acutissima
- Psilocybe aequatoriae
- Psilocybe albofimbriata
- Psilocybe allenii
- Psilocybe alnetorum
- Psilocybe alpina
- Psilocybe alutacea
- Psilocybe angulospora
- Psilocybe apelliculosa
- Psilocybe arcana
- Psilocybe argentina
- Psilocybe argentipes
- Psilocybe atlantis
- Psilocybe aucklandiae
- Psilocybe australiana
- Psilocybe aztecorum
- Psilocybe azurescens
- Psilocybe baeocystis
- Psilocybe banderillensis
- Psilocybe barrerae
- Psilocybe blattariopsis
- Psilocybe bohemica
- Psilocybe borealis
- Psilocybe brasiliensis
- Psilocybe bulbosa
- Psilocybe bullacea
- Psilocybe caeruleoannulata
- Psilocybe caerulescens
- Psilocybe caerulipes
- Psilocybe castillotovarii
- Psilocybe chilensis
- Psilocybe chuxiongensis
- Psilocybe cinnamomea
- Psilocybe clavata
- Psilocybe cubensis
- Psilocybe cyanescens
- Psilocybe cyanofibrillosa
- Psilocybe cylindrispora
- Psilocybe dumontii
- Psilocybe egonii
- Psilocybe fagicola
- Psilocybe farinacea
- Psilocybe fasciata
- Psilocybe fimetaria
- Psilocybe fuliginosa
- Psilocybe furtadoana
- Psilocybe fuscofulva
- Psilocybe gallaeciae
- Psilocybe germanica
- Psilocybe graveolens
- Psilocybe guilartensis
- Psilocybe heimii
- Psilocybe herrerae
- Psilocybe hispanica
- Psilocybe hoogshagenii
- Psilocybe hopii
- Psilocybe jacobsii
- Psilocybe jaliscana
- Psilocybe josecastilloi
- Psilocybe keralensis
- Psilocybe kumaenorum
- Psilocybe laticystis
- Psilocybe latispora
- Psilocybe liniformans
- Psilocybe magica
- Psilocybe magnispora
- Psilocybe makarorae
- Psilocybe mammillata
- Psilocybe medullosa
- Psilocybe meridionalis
- Psilocybe mescaleroensis
- Psilocybe mesophylla
- Psilocybe mexicana
- Psilocybe modesta
- Psilocybe moseri
- Psilocybe muliercula
- Psilocybe musci
- Psilocybe naematoliformis
- Psilocybe natalensis
- Psilocybe neoxalapensis
- Psilocybe novozoncuantlensis
- Psilocybe oaxacana
- Psilocybe ovoideocystidiata
- Psilocybe panaeoliformis
- Psilocybe papuana
- Psilocybe paupera
- Psilocybe pegleriana
- Psilocybe pelliculosa
- Psilocybe pintonii
- Psilocybe pleurocystidiosa
- Psilocybe plutonia
- Psilocybe pratensis
- Psilocybe pseudobullacea
- Psilocybe rzedowskii
- Psilocybe samuiensis
- Psilocybe sanctorum
- Psilocybe schultesii
- Psilocybe semilanceata
- Psilocybe serbica
- Psilocybe silvatica
- Psilocybe singeri
- Psilocybe singeriana
- Psilocybe singularis
- Psilocybe strictipes
- Psilocybe stuntzii
- Psilocybe subaeruginascens
- Psilocybe subaeruginosa
- Psilocybe subcaerulipes
- Psilocybe subcubensis
- Psilocybe subfimetaria
- Psilocybe subhoogshagenii
- Psilocybe subpsilocybioides
- Psilocybe subtropicalis
- Psilocybe subyungensis
- Psilocybe subzapotecorum
- Psilocybe tampanensis
- Psilocybe tasmaniana
- Psilocybe teofiloi
- Psilocybe thaiaerugineomaculans
- Psilocybe thaicordispora
- Psilocybe thaiduplicatocystidiata
- Psilocybe thaizapoteca
- Psilocybe tuxtlensis
- Psilocybe uxpanapensis
- Psilocybe verae-crucis
- Psilocybe washingtonensis
- Psilocybe wassoniorum
- Psilocybe wayanadensis
- Psilocybe weldenii
- Psilocybe weraroa
- Psilocybe xalapensis
- Psilocybe yungensis
- Psilocybe zapotecoantillarum
- Psilocybe zapotecorum
- Psilocybe zoncuantlensis































































































































































