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{{Short description|Species of fungus}}
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| image = 
| genus = Psilocybe
| species = galindoi
| authority = Guzman Nova Hedwigia
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{{mycomorphbox 
| name = Psilocybe galindoi
| whichGills = adnate 
| capShape = conical
| capShape2=campanulate 
| hymeniumType=gills
| stipeCharacter=bare
| ecologicalType=saprotrophic
| sporePrintColor=purple-brown
| howEdible=psychoactive}}

'''''Psilocybe galindoi''''' is a psychedelic mushroom in the section Mexicana, having [[Chemistry:Psilocybin|psilocybin]] and [[Chemistry:Psilocin|psilocin]] as its main active compounds. It is also known as ''Psilocybe galindii''. The species was named in honor of Mr. Carlos Galindo Arias and his family by Dr. Gastón Guzmán.

==Description==
*'''Cap''': 1.9 – 2&nbsp;cm in diameter, conic to campanulate or umbonate, with a very slight [[Biology:Plant cuticle|papilla]], glabrous, even to striate when moist, [[Biology:Hygrophanous|hygrophanous]], brown or yellowish brown fading to pale ochraceous or straw color. Staining blue-green where injured.
*'''Gills''': [[Biology:Adnation|Adnate]], brown to dark purple brown, with whitish edges.
*'''Stipe''': 5 — 6.5&nbsp;cm x 1 – 2&nbsp;mm, equal, hollow, no annulus, reddish brown in the middle, darker towards the base with long rhizomorphic strands. Veil inconspicuous, except for some white appressed silky fibrils on the pileus.
*'''Spores''': Dark purple gray in deposit. (8.1)9.6 — 12(14) x 7.1 — 8 µm, subrhomboid in face view or subellipsoid in side view(around 1 µm), yellowish brown, thick walled with a broad germ pore.
*'''Odor''': Farinaceous
*'''Taste''': Farinaceous
*''' Microscopic Features''': Basidia: 18 — 24 x 7.2 — 9.6 µm, [[Biology:Hyaline|hyaline]], 4-spored, [[Biology:Ventricose|ventricose]]. Pleurocystidia: 14.4 — 21 x 7 — 8.4 µm, hyaline, fusoid-ampullaceous, with short necks.

==Distribution and habitat==
''Psilocybe galindoi'' is found growing gregariously in soil at higher elevations and in tall grass in or near ''[[Biology:Pinus|Pinus]]''-''[[Biology:Quercus|Quercus]]'' (pine with oak) forests in Mexico. The holotype location is Pie de la Cuesta, Jalisco, Mexico - a bit south of Guadalajara.

==Consumption and cultivation==
[[File:Sclerotia galindoi.JPG|thumb|right|''Psilocybe galindoi'' sclerotia ]]
Like several other psilocybin mushrooms in the [[Biology:Genus|genus]], a mushroom going under the name ''Psilocybe galindoi'' has been consumed by indigenous North American and Central American peoples for its [[Chemistry:Entheogen|entheogen]]ic effects.   This is a misidentification, as the mushroom they are cultivating is ''Psilocybe tampanensis''{{Dubious|Misidentified...Tampanensis??|date=December 2020}}, and the real ''Psilocybe galindoi'' is a synonym of ''Psilocybe mexicana''.

In the Western world, sclerotia of a mushroom misidentified as ''Psilocybe galindoi'' are sometimes cultivated for entheogenic or medicinal use. The sclerotia usually have a lower content of active substances than the actual mushrooms themselves.

==References==
*Guzman, G. The Genus Psilocybe: A Systematic Revision of the Known Species Including the History, Distribution and Chemistry of the Hallucinogenic Species. Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia Heft 74. J. Cramer, Vaduz, Germany (1983) [now out of print].

==External links==
*[https://mushroomobserver.org/7919 Mushroomobserver psilocybe galindoi]

{{Hallucinogenic mushrooms}}
{{Taxonbar|from=Q15637416}}

[[Category:Entheogens]]
[[Category:Psychoactive fungi]]
[[Category:Psilocybe|galindoi]]
[[Category:Psychedelic tryptamine carriers]]

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