Psilocybe strictipes
| Psilocybe strictipes | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Hymenogastraceae |
| Genus: | Psilocybe |
| Species: | P. strictipes
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| Binomial name | |
| Psilocybe strictipes Singer & A.H.Smith
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| Synonyms | |
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Psilocybe callosa (Fr. : Fr.) Quel. s.Guzmán (1983) | |
| Psilocybe strictipes | |
|---|---|
| Mycological characteristics | |
| Gills on hymenium | |
| Cap is conical or campanulate | |
| Hymenium is adnate or subdecurrent | |
| Stipe is bare | |
| Spore print is brown to purple | |
| Ecology is saprotrophic | |
| Edibility is psychoactive | |
Psilocybe strictipes is a mushroom that grows on grassy meadows and lawns; It is found throughout the cool temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere and it is most common in Europe, and the Pacific Northwest region of North America. It contains the psychoactive compound psilocybin is closely related to Psilocybe semilanceata and Psilocybe pelliculosa. Psilocybe strictipes is commonly confused with Psilocybe semilanceata and can be differentiated by its lack of a papilla and a convex to subumbonate cap. "Strictipes" comes from the Latin words stricti (narrow) and pes (foot).