Psilocybe antioquiensis Guzmán, Saldarr., Pineda, G. García & L.-F. Velázquez

First published in Mycotaxon, 51: 225 (1994)
This species is accepted
This species is used as a hallucinogen.

Descriptions

Morphology
Solitary. Gregarious. Pileus: .5–3 cm diam., globose or conic at first to campanulate with a papilla, or convex with or without papilla; glabrous, subviscid to dry, smooth; entire or lacerate margin, hygrophanous, orange brown, sometimes ochraceous-brown -olivaceous. Context: whitish to ochraceous. Hymenophore: lamellae adnate to sinuate, pale ochraceous to dark violaceous. Stipe: 4–18 cm long, slightly and irregularly undulate, equal, subbulbous or attenuated at the base; cartilaginous, whitish to ochraceous, covered by white, appressed to grayish fibrills to more or less smooth above; stain green-blue when bruised. Veil: poorly developed, white, fibrillose or silky, evanescent. Odor-Taste: farinaceous. Spore print: dark violaceous brown. Spores: ovate to subellipsoid.
Distribution
Tropical. Colombian departments: Antioquia.
Habit
Solitary. Gregarious.
Ecology
Saprotroph. Habitat/ecology: on soil in subtropical zone.
[CFC]

Uses

Use Social Hallucinogens
Part used: Basidiome. Reported as hallucinogen. In Colombia there are no uses reported in this category.
[CFC]

Sources

  • Catalogue of Fungi of Colombia

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