Mycena cyanorrhiza

Mycena cyanorrhiza
Mycena cyanorrhiza
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Mycenaceae
Genus: Mycena
Species: M. cyanorrhiza
Binomial name
Mycena cyanorrhiza
Quel.
Mycena cyanorrhiza
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Mycological characteristics
gills on hymenium
cap is conical
hymenium is adnate
stipe is bare
spore print is white
ecology is saprotrophic
edibility: psychoactive

Mycena cyanorrhiza is a small white mushroom which has a blue base. It grows in forests on wood and has a white spore print.

Chemistry

The mushroom contains psilocybin (Allen et al., 1991).[1]

References

  1. ↑ Gry, Christer Andersson, Jakob Kristinsson, Jørn (2009). Occurrence and use of hallucinogenic mushrooms containing psilocybin alkaloids ([1. oplag] ed.). Kbh.: Nordisk Ministerråd. ISBN 978-92-893-1836-5.


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