Agrocybe farinacea

Agrocybe farinacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Basidiomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Strophariaceae
Genus: Agrocybe
Species: A. farinacea
Binomial name
Agrocybe farinacea
Tsuguo Hongo

Agrocybe farinacea is a species of mushroom in the Strophariaceae family.[1] It has been reported to contain the hallucinogen psilocybin,[2] however there has been no recent chemical analysis carried out on this mushroom, nor any modern reports of psychoactivity.

References

  1. ↑ "Agrocybe farinacea Hongo 1957". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2010-11-23.
  2. ↑ Jonathan Ott, Albert Hofmann, Pharmacotheon: Entheogenic Drugs, Their Plant Sources and History, pg. 313, Natural Products Company (1993), ISBN 0-9614234-9-8

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