Pluteus cyanopus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Pluteaceae |
| Genus: | Pluteus |
| Species: | P. cyanopus
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| Binomial name | |
| Pluteus cyanopus Quél. (1883)
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Pluteus cyanopus is a species of agaric fungus in the family Pluteaceae. Found in Africa, Europe, and North America, its fruit bodies contain the psychoactive compounds psilocybin and psilocin.[2] The species was first described scientifically by French mycologist Lucien Quélet in 1883.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Pluteus cyanopus Quél. :391, 1883". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2012-12-21.
- ^ Guzmán G, Allen JW, Gartz J (1998). "A worldwide geographical distribution of the neurotropic fungi, an analysis and discussion" (PDF). Annali del Museo Civico di Rovereto. 14: 198–280. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-26. Retrieved 2012-12-21.
- ^ Quélet L. (1883). "Quelques especes critiques ou nouvelles de la Flore Mycologique de France". Compte Rendu de l'Association Française pour l'Avancement des Sciences (in French). 11: 387–412.
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