Biology:Pluteus cyanopus

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Short description: Species of fungus

Pluteus cyanopus
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Pluteaceae
Genus: Pluteus
Species:
P. cyanopus
Binomial name
Pluteus cyanopus
Quél. (1883)
Synonyms[1]
  • Pluteus chrysophaeus var. cyanopus (Quél.) Quél. (1888)
  • Pluteus metrodii Malençon & Bertault (1970)

Pluteus cyanopus is a species of agaric fungus in the family Pluteaceae. Found in Africa, Europe, and North America, its fruit bodies contain the psychoactive compounds psilocybin and psilocin.[2] The species was first described scientifically by French mycologist Lucien Quélet in 1883.[3]

See also

References

  1. "Pluteus cyanopus Quél. :391, 1883". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. http://www.mycobank.org/BioloMICS.aspx?Table=Mycobank&Rec=122594&Fields=All. 
  2. "A worldwide geographical distribution of the neurotropic fungi, an analysis and discussion". Annali del Museo Civico di Rovereto 14: 198–280. 1998. http://www.magic-mushrooms.net/World_Wide_Distribution_of_Magic_Mushrooms.pdf. Retrieved 2012-12-21. 
  3. Quélet L. (1883). "Quelques especes critiques ou nouvelles de la Flore Mycologique de France" (in fr). Compte Rendu de l'Association Française pour l'Avancement des Sciences 11: 387–412. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q76855 entry