Psilocybe quebecensis
| Psilocybe quebecensis | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Strophariaceae |
| Genus: | Psilocybe |
| Species: | P. quebecensis |
| Binomial name | |
|
Psilocybe quebecensis Ola'h & R. Heim 1967 |
|
| Psilocybe quebecensis | |
|---|---|
| Mycological characteristics | |
 |
gills on hymenium |
 
|
cap is convex or conical |
 
|
hymenium is adnate or sinuate |
 |
stipe is bare |
 |
spore print is purple-brown |
 |
ecology is saprotrophic |
 |
edibility: psychoactive |
cap is convex
hymenium is adnate
Psilocybe quebecensis is a moderately active hallucinogenic mushroom in the section Aztecorum, having psilocybin and psilocin as main active compounds. Native to Quebec, it is the most northern known psilocybin mushroom. Macroscopically this mushroom somewhat resembles Psilocybe baeocystis.
Named for the province Quebec, where it was discovered.
Solitary to gregarious, rarely cespitose, on rotting wood, particularly in the outwashes of streams in the decayed-wood substratum of alder, birch, fir and spruce in the late summer and fall. Reported from Quebec, Canada specifically in the Jacques-Cartier River Valley, fruiting at a temperature of 6 to 15 °C (43 to 59 °F) from summer to late October. Recently found in the United States (Michigan).
...
Wikipedia