Biology:Deconica coprophila

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Deconica coprophila
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Strophariaceae
Genus: Deconica
Species:
D. coprophila
Binomial name
Deconica coprophila
(Bull.) P.Karst (1821)
Synonyms[1]

Agaricus coprophilus Bull. (1793)
Psilocybe coprophila (Bull.) P.Kumm. (1871) Stropharia coprophila (Bull.) J.E. Lange (1936)

Deconica coprophila
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Mycological characteristics
gills on hymenium
cap is convex
hymenium is adnate or decurrent
stipe is bare
spore print is purple-brown
ecology is saprotrophic
edibility: not recommended

Deconica coprophila, commonly known as the dung-loving deconia,[2] meadow muffin mushroom,[3] dung-loving psilocybe, or dung demon, is a species of mushroom in the family Strophariaceae.

Taxonomy

First described as Agaricus coprophilus by Jean Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard in 1793,[4] it was transferred to the genus Psilocybe by Paul Kummer in 1871.[5]

In the first decade of the 2000s, several molecular studies showed that the Psilocybe was polyphyletic[6][7][8] and the non-bluing (non-hallucinogenic) species were transferred to Deconica.[9]

Description

The hemispherical cap is up to 2.5 centimetres (1 in) wide, red then orangish, usually with a hygrophanous central blotch. The gills are adnate, pale then purplish with white edges.[10]

The stem is up to 4 cm (1 1⁄2 in) long and 3 millimetres (1⁄8 in) thick and darker near the base. The spore print is purplish-brown.[10]

Similar species

It resembles D. merdaria, Agrocybe pediades, Panaeolus cinctulus, and members of Protostropharia.[10]

Habitat and distribution

The species grows on cattle dung[11] in much of North America (generally from July to September; December to May on the West Coast).[10]

Potential uses

While non-toxic, the species is not a good edible mushroom.[12] It only contains a small amount of psilocybin and is thus not a significantly psychoactive mushroom.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Psilocybe coprophila (Bull.) P. Kumm. 1871". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. http://www.mycobank.org/MycoTaxo.aspx?Link=T&Rec=355554. 
  2. ↑ Siegel, Noah; Schwarz, Christian (September 1, 2024). Mushrooms of Cascadia: A Comprehensive Guide to Fungi of the Pacific Northwest. Humboldt County, CA: Backcountry Press. pp. 105. ISBN 9781941624197. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Arora, David (1986). Mushrooms Demystified: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fleshy Fungi (2nd ed.). Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press. pp. 370. ISBN 978-0-89815-170-1. https://archive.org/details/arora-david-mushrooms-demystified-a-comprehensive-guide-to-the-fleshy-fungi-ten-speed-press-1986/page/370/mode/2up. 
  4. ↑ Bulliard JBF. (1793) (in French). Histoire des champignons de la France. 2. p. 243. 
  5. ↑ Kummer P. (1871) (in German). Der Führer in die Pilzkunde (1 ed.). p. 71. 
  6. ↑ "One hundred and seventeen clades of euagarics". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 23 (3): 357–400. 2002. doi:10.1016/S1055-7903(02)00027-1. PMID 12099793. 
  7. ↑ "Forensic analysis of hallucinogenic fungi: a DNA-based approach". Forensic Science International 140 (2–3): 147–57. 2004. doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2003.11.022. PMID 15036436. 
  8. ↑ "Major clades of Agaricales: a multilocus phylogenetic overview". Mycologia 98 (6): 982–95. 2006. doi:10.3852/mycologia.98.6.982. PMID 17486974. http://www.mycologia.org/content/98/6/982.full.pdf. 
  9. ↑ Norvell L. (2009). "Report of the Nomenclature Committee for Fungi: 15". Mycotaxon 110: 487–92. doi:10.5248/110.487. http://www.ima-mycology.org/CFF/pdf/Fungi-15.pdf. 
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Audubon (2023). Mushrooms of North America. Knopf. pp. 665. ISBN 978-0-593-31998-7. 
  11. ↑ Pauline, N'Douba Amako; Claude, Kouassi Kouadio; Clovis, Koffi N'Dono Boni; Allal, Douira; Koutoua, Ayolié (2022). "Coprophilous fungi of Daloa city: New species for the fungal flora of Côte d'Ivoire". GSC Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences 20 (3): 251–260. doi:10.30574/gscbps.2022.20.3.0362. https://zenodo.org/records/7142532/files/GSCBPS-2022-0362.pdf. 
  12. ↑ Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. pp. 250. ISBN 978-0-7627-3109-1. 

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