Psilocybe papuana Magic Mushrooms

Psilocybe papuana Magic Mushrooms

Psilocybe papuana: Background

Psilocybe papuana magic mushrooms were first described in 1978.

Psilocybe papuana: Habitat

Psilocybe papuana magic mushrooms grow gregariously, in small groups, and occasionally solitary on soil or among litter of tropical or subtropical forests in Papua New Guinea. It has also been frequently reported in New South Wales, Australia.

Psilocybe papuana: Taxonomy/Naming

Genera

Psilocybe

Species Name

papuana

Sub Species

papuana

Common Name

Psilocybe papuana: Physical Description

Pileas

Cap is conical to conical-convex and black to deep olive green in colour, fading in age

Gills

Gills reach the stem but do not attach or attach slightly, are densely crowded, and coloured brownish grey or pale brown when young, turning cocoa brown (often with a purplish tinge) upon sporulation. They stain greenish when injured.

Spore Print

Brown

Spores

Brown

Stipe

Stem is cylindrical though may be slightly bulbous at the base, which has white mycelial chords and is dark brown in colour becoming pale brown towards the cap. Veil forms white fibrils.

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