Psilocybe atlantis
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Hymenogastraceae |
Genus: | Psilocybe |
Species: | P. atlantis
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Binomial name | |
Psilocybe atlantis Guzmán, Hanlin & C.White (2003)
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Range of Psilocybe atlantis |
Psilocybe atlantis | |
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gills on hymenium | |
cap is conical or convex | |
hymenium is adnate | |
stipe is bare | |
spore print is purple-brown | |
ecology is saprotrophic | |
edibility: psychoactive |
Psilocybe atlantis is a rare psychedelic mushroom that contains psilocybin and psilocin as main active compounds. It is a close relative of Psilocybe mexicana and has been recorded only from Georgia.[1] It has a pleasant taste and smell.
While naturally rare it is often cultivated for its psychedelic properties.
Description[]
The cap is 2.5–4 cm in diameter, conic to convex, and smooth to slightly striate, sometimes with a small umbo. The cap surface is pale brown to reddish brown in color, hygrophanous, and bruises blue where damaged.
Its gills are subadnate, thin, and brown.
The stipe is 5 cm by .3 cm. It has an equal structure and is brownish with small brown scales, especially towards the base. The stipe also bruises blue where damaged.
Psilocybe atlantis spores are 9 x 6 x 5.5 μm with a broad germ pore.
Distribution and habitat[]
Psilocybe atlantis has been found in grassy lawns and vacant lots in Fulton County, Georgia.
The original find was made in Fulton County Georgia, growing in a patch of moss beside a 5 year old home whose lot bordered a wooded area within 50 meters of a tributary of the Chattahoochee river.
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References[]
- ^ Guzmán, G.; Hanlin, R. T.; White, C. (2003). "Another new bluing species of Psilocybe from Georgia, U.S.A.". Mycotaxon. 86: 179–183.
- Entheogens
- Psychoactive fungi
- Psilocybe
- Psychedelic tryptamine carriers
- Fungi described in 2003
- Fungi of the United States
- Taxa named by Gastón Guzmán