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Psilocybe cubensis, commonly known as the magic mushroom, shroom, golden halo, golden teacher, cube, or gold cap, is a species of psilocybin mushroom of moderate potency whose principal active compounds are psilocybin and psilocin.
Psilocybe septentrionalis (Guzmán) Guzmán (= Psilocybe subaeriginascens Höhn. var. septentrionalis Guzmán) Psilocybe serbica Moser & Horak (non ss. Krieglsteiner) Psilocybe sierrae Singer (= Psilocybe subfimetaria Guzmán & A.H. Sm.) Psilocybe silvatica (Peck) Singer & A.H. Sm. Psilocybe singeri Guzmán; Psilocybe strictipes Singer & A.H. Sm.
A bag of 1.5 grams of dried psilocybe cubensis mushrooms The dosage of mushrooms containing psilocybin depends on the psilocybin and psilocin content, which can vary significantly between and within the same species but is typically around 0.5–2.0% of the dried weight of the mushroom. [ 40 ]
Psilocybe cubensis (Earle 1906) Singer 1948. Psilocybe cabiensis Guzmán, M.Torres & Ram.-Guill [2] [3] Psilocybe caeruleoannulata Singer ex Guzmán; Psilocybe caerulescens. Psilocybe caerulescens Murrill var. caerulescens; Psilocybe caerulescens var. ombrophila Guzmán; Psilocybe caerulipes Sacc. Psilocybe carbonaria Singer; Psilocybe ...
In 2007, a paper by Redhead et al. proposed conserving the genus Psilocybe with Psilocybe semilanceata as its type species. [5] The suggestion was accepted by unanimous vote of the Nomenclature Committee for Fungi of the International Botanical Congress in 2010, meaning that P. semilanceata (a member of the bluing clade) now serves as the type species of the genus. [6]
Psilocybe species commonly found in the tropics include P. cubensis and P. subcubensis. P. semilanceata—considered by Guzmán to be the world's most widely distributed psilocybin mushroom [164] —is found in Europe, North America, Asia, South America, Australia and New Zealand, but is entirely absent from Mexico. [162]
The most commonly consumed for recreational psychoactive use are Amanita muscaria (the fly agaric) and Psilocybe cubensis, with the former containing alkaloids such as muscimol and the latter predominately psilocybin. Both have the potential to induce in the user feelings of awe, wonder with nature, interesting visual hallucinations and inner ...
Psilocybe cubensis mushrooms in Coyopolan, Veracruz, Mexico.McKenna and his proponents place these psilocybin mushrooms as the central force in the theory. The stoned ape theory is a controversial hypothesis first proposed by American ethnobotanist and mystic Terence McKenna in his 1992 book Food of the Gods.