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Psilocybe silvatica

Species of fungus

Species of fungus

  • Psathyra silvatica Peck (1889)
  • Pilosace silvaticus (Peck) Kuntze (1898)
  • Hypholoma silvaticum (Peck) A.H.Sm. (1941)

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. Rolf Singer and Alexander H. Smith transferred it to Psilocybe in 1958.

References

References

  1. Peck CH.. (1889). "Report of the Botanist (1888)". Annual Report on the New York State Museum of Natural History.
  2. (1958). "Taxonomic monograph of ''Psilocybe'' sect. ''Caerulescentes''". Mycologia.
  3. "''Psilocybe silvatica'' (Peck) Singer & A.H. Sm.". Species Fungorum. CAB International.
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