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Magic Mushroom
Alan Rockefeller, CC BY-SA 4.0, via iNaturalist

Mushrooms & bracket fungi

Magic Mushroom

Psilocybe cubensis (Earle) Singer

Names

EnglishMagic Mushroom
Dutch—
SpanishSan Isidro
Chinese古巴光盖伞
Sranan Tongopopolipo (general name for the group)
Scientific namePsilocybe cubensis (Earle) Singer

About this species

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.

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Classification

KingdomFungi
PhylumBasidiomycota
ClassAgaricomycetes
OrderAgaricales
FamilyHymenogastraceae
GenusPsilocybe

In Suriname

1Records in Suriname
1iNaturalist observations
2018First record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Sources & credits

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