Global InformationPsilocybe tasmaniana information
| Psilocybe tasmaniana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Hymenogastraceae |
| Genus: | Psilocybe |
| Species: | P. tasmaniana
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| Binomial name | |
| Psilocybe tasmaniana Guzmán & Watling (1978)
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Psilocybe tasmaniana Mycological characteristics | |
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 | Gills on hymenium |
 | Cap is convex or campanulate |
 | Hymenium is adnate |
 | Stipe is bare |
 | Spore print is purple-brown |
 | Ecology is saprotrophic |
 | Edibility is psychoactive |
Psilocybe tasmaniana is a species of coprophilous agaric fungus in the family Hymenogastraceae.[2][3] It was described by Gastón Guzmán and Roy Watling in 1978 as a small tawny orange mushroom that grows on dung, with a slight blueing reaction to damage, known only from Tasmania and southeastern Australia.[1] It was likened to Psilocybe subaeruginosa although characteristics, appearance, and the association with dung were not typical for that species.[4] As a blueing member of the genus Psilocybe it contains the psychoactive compounds psilocin and psilocybin.
In 1992 an attempt was made to combine the name as a synonym of Psilocybe subaeruginosa.[5] This was unsuccessful but the species was not well known and it gained a reputation as invalid, and with a lack of authentic records the name fell out of use.[6]
In recent years it has been applied to a species in Australia and New Zealand which may or may not be the same species Guzmán and Watling described. There are similarities but it is not on dung, and there are departures from the described appearance and geographic range. It is reported most often from New Zealand.[3]
The holotype is deposited at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh but no DNA sequences are available for comparison with current records.[7]
- ^ a b Psilocybe tasmaniana in MycoBank.
- ^ Psilocybe tasmaniana in Index Fungorum
- ^ a b "Psilocybe tasmaniana Guzmán & Watling". www.gbif.org. GBIF. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
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:2was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Watling, R. "Psilocybe tasmaniana holotype". Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Retrieved 7 October 2021.