Batista, Adriana J.;Almirón, Hugo A.;Forlin, Gisela;Ramírez, Natalia A.;Popoff, Orlando F.;Niveiro, Nicolás
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Psilocybe cubensis is referenced by 831 other articles, and connects out to psilocybin mushroom, Conocybe cyanopus and tryptamines.
Vinony files it under Commons link is on Wikidata, Entheogens and Fungi described in 1906.
Its subject is documented across 32 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
SPECIES
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumBasidiomycota
- ClassAgaricomycetes
- OrderAgaricales
- FamilyHymenogastraceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 320
- With media
- 145
- Family
- Hymenogastraceae
- Collections
- INECOL, IB-CUCBA-UDG, ENCB-IPN
- Recorded in
- Mexico
Wikidata facts
Show 10 more facts
- taxon name
- Psilocybe cubensis
- Commons category
- Psilocybe cubensis
- taxon rank
- species
- Commons gallery
- Psilocybe cubensis
- hymenium type
- lamella
- mushroom ecological type
- saprobiont
- spore print color
- purple
- edibility
- psychoactive mushroom
- taxon author citation
- (Earle) Singer
- short name
- P. cubensis
Sources (6)
via Wikidata · CC0
~24 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Psilocybe cubensis, commonly known as the magic mushroom, shroom, golden halo, cube, gold cap, or bluestain smoothcap, is a species of psilocybin mushroom of moderate potency whose principal active compounds are psilocybin and psilocin. It belongs to the fungus family Hymenogastraceae and was previously known as Stropharia cubensis. It is the best-known psilocybin mushroom due to its wide distribution and ease of cultivation.
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Psilocybe cubensis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.