Psilocybe uxpanapensis: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Class
Agaricomycetes
Order
Agaricales
Family
Hymenogastraceae
Genus
Psilocybe
Species
Psilocybe uxpanapensis
Scientific Name
Psilocybe uxpanapensis

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Psilocybe uxpanapensis

Psilocybe uxpanapensis is a species of entheogenic mushroom in the family Hymenogastraceae. The mushroom contains the hallucinogenic compounds psilocybin and psilocin. Mexican mycologist Gastón Guzmán described this mushroom in 1979 as a novel species: the first hallucinogenic mushroom to be discovered in an undisturbed tropical forest. Psilocybe uxpanapensis is one of the many tropical species of fungi in Mexico at risk of disappearing due to deforestation.

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