Biology:Psilocybe silvatica
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Short description: Species of fungus
| Psilocybe silvatica | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Hymenogastraceae |
| Genus: | Psilocybe |
| Species: | P. silvatica
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| Binomial name | |
| Psilocybe silvatica (Peck) Singer & A.H.Sm. (1958)
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Psilocybe silvatica is a psilocybin mushroom in the section Semilanceatae of the genus Psilocybe. Psilocybin is the main active compound.
Taxonomy
The fungus was first described by American mycologist Charles Horton Peck in 1889 as Psathyra silvatica.[2] Rolf Singer and Alexander H. Smith transferred it to Psilocybe in 1958.[3]
References
- ↑ "Psilocybe silvatica (Peck) Singer & A.H. Sm.". Species Fungorum. CAB International. http://www.speciesfungorum.org/GSD/GSDspecies.asp?RecordID=304494.
- ↑ Peck CH. (1889). "Report of the Botanist (1888)". Annual Report on the New York State Museum of Natural History 42: 101–44 (see p. 116).
- ↑ "Taxonomic monograph of Psilocybe sect. Caerulescentes". Mycologia 50: 262–303 (see p. 277). 1958. doi:10.2307/3756197. http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/59350/0050/002/0277.htm.
Wikidata ☰ Q76831 entry
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