Botany of psychoactive mushrooms
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Kingdom : Protista
Phyllum : Fungi
Class : Basidiomycetes
Order : Stropharia
Family : Bolbitiaceae, Coprinaceae, Cortinariaceae, Pluteaceae, Strophariaceae
* basidiomycotina or -mycetes - Fungi that produce spores on stalks outside the terminal cells.
* agaricales - mushrooms with cap & gills;
Commonly used species:
* Panaeolus: subbalteatus, tropicalis
Uncommonly used species:
* Agrocybe farinacea
The following hallucinogenic species do no contain psilocin/psilocybin but ibotenic acid, muscimol and related compounds:
* Amanita citrine (syn A. mappa, A. citrina), Amanita muscaria, Amanita muscaria var formosa, pantherina, porphyria, Amanita muscaria var regalis, tomentella
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DMcG - 2008-04-14 22:37:55