Psilocybe silvatica is a psilocybin mushroom in the section Semilanceatae of the genus Psilocybe. Psilocybin is the main active compound.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Hymenogastraceae |
| Genus: | Psilocybe |
| Species: | P. silvatica
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| Psilocybe silvatica | |
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Taxonomy edit
The fungus was first described by American mycologist Charles Horton Peck in 1889 as Psathyra silvatica.[2] Rolf Singer and Alexander H. Smith transferred it to Psilocybe in 1958.[3]
References edit
- ^ "Psilocybe silvatica (Peck) Singer & A.H. Sm". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-10-30.
- ^ Peck CH. (1889). "Report of the Botanist (1888)". Annual Report on the New York State Museum of Natural History. 42: 101–44 (see p. 116).
- ^ Singer R, Smith AH (1958). "Taxonomic monograph of Psilocybe sect. Caerulescentes". Mycologia. 50: 262–303 (see p. 277). doi:10.2307/3756197. JSTOR 3756197.