Psilocybe chuxiongensis Magic Mushrooms
Psilocybe chuxiongensis: Background
Psilocybe chuxiongensis magic mushrooms were discovered in August 2009 on Zixi Mountain, China, and first described to science in 2014. This species has been found to be closely related to Psilocybe cubensis, and grouped in a clade sister with Psilocybe allenii and Psilocybe cyanescens. This was done with a molecular phylogenetic analysis of DNA sequences.
Psilocybe chuxiongensis: Habitat
Psilocybe chuxiongensis magic mushrooms can be found in subtropical China during the summer and early autumn growing solitary to gregariously in grasslands with the presence of cow dung.
Psilocybe chuxiongensis: Taxonomy/Naming
Genera
Psilocybe
Species Name
chuxiongensis
Sub Species
chuxiongensis
Common Name
Psilocybe chuxiongensis: Physical Description
Pileas
When young, the cap is conic with an incurved margin, becoming hempispheric to hemispheric-convex. Colour is dark yellowish-brown, usually darker towards the center and paler towards the edges.
Gills
Gills are broadly attached to the stem to attached in a hooked formation (sinuate). When young, they are yellowish white and waxy and upon sporulation become pale greyish-yellow with purple-brown mottles and finally dark brown.
Spore Print
Dark purplish-brown
Spores
Dark purplish-brown
Stipe
The stem is cylindrical, hollow, and fragile, though slightly flexible. White and bruises blue with age or handling. Lacking an annulus.
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