Fungi
Bolbitiaceae
- Agrocybe farinacea
- Contains psilocybin (Koike et al
[1981]).
- Conocybe cyanopus, C. kuehneriana, C. siligineoides, C.
smithii
- C. cyanopus (Benedict et al
[1962]) and C. smithii (Benedict et
al [1967]) contain psilocybin and psilocin while C. kuehneriana
contains psilocin only (Ohenoja et al
[1987]). C. siligineoides may also contain these alkaloids (Schultes & Hofmann [1979] p.
40).
Coprinaceae
- Copelandia anomala, C. bispora, C. cambodginiensis, C.
chlorocystis, C. cyanescens, C. tropicalis
- All species contain psilocin and psilocybin, for C. cyanescens
(Schultes & Hofmann 1979 p.
40) and for C. cambodginiensis as well as C. tropicalis (Arora [1986]), and for C. anomala as
well as C. bispora (Merlin & Allen
[1993]).
- Panaeolina castaneifolius, P. foenisecii
- P. foenisecii contains psilocybin (Robbers et al [1969]).
- Panaeolus africanus, P. antillarum, P. ater, P. campanulatus,
P. firmicola, P. microsporus, P. olivacens, P. retirugis, P.
separatus, P. sphinctrinus, P. subbalteatus
- Several Panaeolus species contain psilocybin. For P. antillarum
refer to Allen et al [1991], for P. ater refer to Bresinsky et al [1990], for P.
papilionaceus (Gurevich et al
[1992]), for P. retirugis (Fiussello et al [1971],[1972]), for
P. separatus ((Miller Jr [1972]),
for P. sphinctrinus (Hein & Wasson
[1958] p. 322) and for P. olivacens (Ohenoja et al [1987]). P.
subbalteatus contains both psilocin and psilocybin (Ohenoja et al [1987]) but was known
to be hallucinogenic since 1959 (Stein
[1959]). P. firmicola is also described as hallucinogenic and
probably contains the same alkaloids (Schultes [1979]).
- Psathyrella candollenana
- Contains psilocybin (Koike et al
[1981]) and psilocin (Ohenoja et
al [1987]).
Cortinariaceae
- Galerina steglichii
- Contains psilocybin and psilocin (Besl [1993]).
- Gymnopilus aeruginosus, G. liquiritiae, G. luteus, G.
purpuratus, G. spectabilis, G. validipes, G. viridans
- Many Gymnopilus contain psilocybin, for G. aeruginosus, G.
luteus, G. spectabilis, G. validipes and G.viridans refer to Hatfield et al [1978]. For G.
liquiritiae (Koike [1981]) and for
G. purpuratus (Gartz [1991]).
- Inocybe aeruginascens, I. calamistrata, I. coelestium, I.
corydalna, I. haemacta, I. tricolor
- These contain psilocin and psilocybin, for P. aeruginascens
refer to Haeselbarth et al [1985]
and for the others Stijve et al.
[1985].
Lepiotaceae
- Lepiota humei Murrill (also known as peele: "Peele's
Lepiota")
- This mushroom was claimed by Peele of Florida Mycology Research
Center (PO Box 8104 Pensacola Florida 32505) to contain a legal
tryptamine, which produces a trip with less physical symptoms and
better ability of logical thinking than psilocin or psilocybin.
Bioassay results didn't find psychoactivity (Akers [1992]).
Pluteaceae
- Pluteus atricapillus, P. cyanopus, P. nigroviridis, P.
salicinus
- P. atricapillus contains psilocybin (Ohenoja et al [1987]) while both P.
salicinus (Saupe [1981]) and P.
nigroviridis (Christiansen et al
[1984]) contain psilocin and psilocybin.
Polyporaceae
- Gerronema fibula, G. swartzii
- These contain psilocybin.
- Hygrocybe psittacina
- This contains psilocybin.
Strophariaceae
- Psilocybe antioquensis, P. aucklandii, P. beliconiae, P.
coprophila, P. crobulus, P. cubensis (pictured), P.
guatapensis, P. samuiensis, P. subacutipilea (75 Known
hallucinogenic species +)
- There are at least 75 mushroom species in this genus that
contain psilocin and psilocybin in Guzman [1983], and there are several
more recently discovered species such as P. aucklandii (Guzman et al [1993]), P. samuiensis
(Guzman et al [1991]) and P.
antioquensis, P. beliconiae, P. guatapensis and P. subacutipilea
(Guzman et al [1994]). Also P.
coprophila, while lacking psilocin (making it a non-blueing
psilocybe) is known to contain psilocybin (Arora [1986]). P. crobulus is also
known to be hallucinogenic (Phillips
[1981]).
Images of Psilocybe cyanescens, cyanofibrillosa, azurescens,
semilanceata, pelliculosa, silvatica can be seen at A Gallery of Psilocybe
Mushrooms