Psilocybe uxpanapensis

Psilocybe uxpanapensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hymenogastraceae
Genus: Psilocybe
Species:
P. uxpanapensis
Binomial name
Psilocybe uxpanapensis
Guzmán (1979)

Psilocybe uxpanapensis is a species of entheogenic mushroom in the family Hymenogastraceae.[1] The mushroom contains the hallucinogenic compounds psilocybin and psilocin. Mexican mycologist Gastón Guzmán described this mushroom in 1979 as a novel species: the first hallucinogenic mushroom to be discovered in an undisturbed tropical forest.[2] Psilocybe uxpanapensis is one of the many tropical species of fungi in Mexico at risk of disappearing due to deforestation.[3]

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References

  1. ^ Guzmán G, Allen JW, Gartz J (2000). "A worldwide geographical distribution of the neurotropic fungi, an analysis and discussion" (PDF). Annali del Museo Civico di Rovereto: Sezione Archeologia, Storia, Scienze Naturali. 14: 189–280.
  2. ^ Guzmán G. (1979). "Observations on the evolution of Psilocybe and description of four new hallucinogenic species from Mexican tropical forests". Beihefte zur Sydowia Annales Mycologici Series II. 8: 168–81.
  3. ^ Guzmán G. (1998). "Inventorying the fungi of Mexico". Biodiversity and Conservation. 7 (3): 369–84. Bibcode:1998BiCon...7..369G. doi:10.1023/A:1008833829473. S2CID 39166363.