Psilocybe angustipleurocystidiata

Psilocybe angustipleurocystidiata is a Mexican species of entheogenic mushroom in the family Hymenogastraceae. It contains the compounds psilocybin and psilocin.

Psilocybe angustipleurocystidiata
Psilocybe angustipleurocystidiata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Hymenogastraceae
Genus:	Psilocybe
Species:	P. angustipleurocystidiata
Binomial name
Psilocybe angustipleurocystidiata Guzmán (1983)

This mushroom was first described by Mexican mycologist Gaston Guzman.[1] Psilocybe angustipleurocystidiata has been found in the state of Mexico, Morelos and Vera Cruz, where it is common in subtropical Pinus and Alnus forests at elevations between 1,800 and 2,400 metres (5,900 and 7,900 ft).

Psilocybe angustipleurocystidiata is in the section Zapotecorum of the genus Psilocybe, other members of this section include Psilocybe muliercula, Psilocybe aucklandii, Psilocybe collybioides, Psilocybe graveolens, Psilocybe kumaenorum, Psilocybe zapotecorum, Psilocybe pintonii, Psilocybe subcaerulipes, Psilocybe moseri, Psilocybe zapotecoantillarum, Psilocybe zapotecocaribaea, and Psilocybe antioquiensis.[2][3]

See also

• List of psilocybin mushrooms
• Psilocybin mushrooms

References

1. Guzmán G. (1983). The genus Psilocybe. A systematic revision of the known species including the history, distribution and chemistry of the hallucinogenic species. Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia. 74. p. 253.
2. Guzmán, Gastón (2012). "New Taxonomical and Ethnomycological Observations on Psilocybe S.S. From Mexico, Africa and Spain" (PDF). Acta Botanica Mexicana. 100: 79–106. doi:10.21829/abm100.2012.32.
3. Ramírez-Cruz, Virginia; Guzmán, Gastón; Villalobos-Arámbula, Alma Rosa; Rodríguez, Aarón; Matheny, Brandon; Sánchez-García, Marisol; Guzmán-Dávalos, Laura (2013). "Phylogenetic inference and trait evolution of the psychedelic mushroom genus Psilocybe sensu lato (Agaricales)". Botany. 91 (9): 573–591. doi:10.1139/cjb-2013-0070.