Psilocybe herrerae
Psilocybe herrerae | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Hymenogastraceae |
Genus: | Psilocybe |
Species: | P. herrerae
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Binomial name | |
Psilocybe herrerae Guzmán (1978)
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Psilocybe herrerae is a species of psilocybin mushroom in the family Hymenogastraceae. The mushroom was first described by Mexican mycologist Gastón Guzmán. It contains the compounds psilocybin and psilocin. Psilocybe herrerae is known only from the states of Chiapas and Veracruz, Mexico.[1] It is in the Psilocybe fagicola complex with Psilocybe fagicola, Psilocybe oaxacana, Psilocybe banderillensis, Psilocybe columbiana, Psilocybe keralensis, Psilocybe neoxalapensis, and .[2]
See also[]
- List of psilocybin mushrooms
- List of Psilocybe species
References[]
- ^ Guzmán G. (1978). "Further investigations of the Mexican hallucinogenic mushrooms with descriptions of new taxa and critical observations on additional taxa". Nova Hedwigia. 29 (3–4): 625–44.
- ^ Guzmán, Gastón; Jacobs, James Q.; Ramírez-Guillén, Florencia; Murrieta, Dulce; Gándara, Etelvina (2005). "The Taxonomy of Psilocybe fagicola-complex". The Journal of Microbiology. 43 (2): 158–165. PMID 15880091.
Categories:
- Entheogens
- Fungi described in 1978
- Psychoactive fungi
- Psilocybe
- Psychedelic tryptamine carriers
- Fungi of North America
- Fungi of Mexico
- Taxa named by Gastón Guzmán
- Hymenogastraceae stubs