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Encyclopedia > Wavy cap
Psilocybe cyanescens
Image:Psilocybe_cyanescens.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Homobasidiomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Strophariaceae
Genus: Psilocybe
Species: P. cyanescens
Binomial name
Psilocybe cyanescens

Wavy cap or Caramel-capped psilocybe (Psilocybe cyanescens) is a psychedelic mushroom whose main active compound is psilocybin. It belongs to the family Strophariaceae in the order Agaricales. Source: http://www. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Divisions Microsporidia Chytridiomycota Zygomycota Ascomycota Basidiomycota Yellow fungus For the fictional character, see Fungus the Bogeyman. ... Classes Subdivision Teliomycotina    Urediniomycetes Subdivision Ustilaginomycotina    Ustilaginomycetes Subdivision Hymenomycotina    Homobasidiomycetes - mushrooms The Division Basidiomycota is a large taxon within the Kingdom Fungi that includes those species that produce spores in a club_shaped structure called a basidium. ... former Orders Subclass Homobasidiomycetidae    Agaricales    Boletales    Cantharellales    Corticiales    Ganodermatales    Gomphales    Hericiales    Hydnales    Hymenochaetales    Polyporales (Aphyllophorales)    Poriales    Russulales    Schizophyllales    Stereales    Thelephorales Subclass Gasteromycetidae    Lycoperdales    Nidulariales    Phallales    Sclerodermatales    Tulostomatales The Class Homobasidiomycetes is a taxonomic division in the Subdivision Hymenomycotina of the Division Basidiomycota (in the Kingdom Fungi). ... Families Agarics (also known as gilled mushrooms) are one of the most familiar types of mushrooms. ... Strophariaceae is a fungus family in the order Agaricales. ... Species See text. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is a standard convention used for naming species. ... Psychedelic mushrooms are also known as sacred mushrooms, magic mushrooms, and, more generally, hallucinogenic mushrooms. ... Psilocybin (4-phosphoryloxy-N, N-dimethyltryptamine) is a psychedelic alkaloid of the tryptamine family. ... Strophariaceae is a fungus family in the order Agaricales. ... Families Agarics (also known as gilled mushrooms) are one of the most familiar types of mushrooms. ...

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Appearance

Psilocybe cyanescens has a hygrophanous pileus that is fawn-brown when moist, becoming pale ochreous when drying. It bruises with a bluish or blue-green color, often still visible on dried stipe. A pileus (Latin for cap) is a small, horizontal cloud that can appear above a cumulus or cumulonimbus cloud, giving the parent cloud a characteristic hoodlike appearance. ... In botany, a stipe is a stem type of structure. ...


The mushroom grows to a height of 2-5 cm.


Habitat

Psilocybe cyanescens grows on or in the presence of woodchips and mulched plant beds (particularly under rhododendrons). In the US, P. cyanescens to the Pacific Northwest, south to northern California, and in certain parts of Europe. A tree trunk as found at the Veluwe, The Netherlands Wood is a organic material found as the primary content of the stems of woody plants, especially trees, but also shrubs. ... Subgenera Azaleastrum Candidastrum Hymenanthes Mumeazalea Pentanthera Rhododendron Therorhodion Tsutsusi Source: RBG, Edinburgh Rhododendron (from the Greek: rhodos, rose; dendron, tree) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae. ... Darker red states are always part of the Pacific Northwest. ... State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ... World map showing location of Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ...


Legal Status

Possession and/or cultivation of this species is illegal in a number of countries, including the United States.


External links

Psilocybe cyanescens (http://www.mykoweb.com/CAF/species/Psilocybe_cyanescens.html)


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SOME SPECIES OF CANTHARELLUS (1574 words)
In young material, the cap is evenly colored in this manner, but in maturity as the cap expands, the cap is a mosaic of yellow and purplish brown.
The caps are "flamingo pink to vermilion or a bright reddish orange" that fades in age.
The cap's color is a dark sooty color, drying and ageing paler grayish bistre or grayish brown, often some yellowish.
Edible Mushrooms (1958 words)
The cap of a fresh specimen is a long, white cylinder with shaggy, upturned, brownish scales.
The cap of the wrinkled thimble cap is free from the stem except at the top (see illustration).
Bolete caps are usually brownish or reddish-brown, while the pores may be whitish, yellow, orange, red, olive or brownish.
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