Kingdom Fungi Class Agaricomycetes | Division Basidiomycota Order Agaricales Genus Pluteus Rank Species | |
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Similar Psilocybe fagicola, Conocybe cyanopus, Gymnopilus luteus, Pluteus salicinus, Gymnopilus aeruginosus | ||
Pluteus cyanopus is a species of agaric fungus in the family Pluteaceae. Found in Africa, Europe, and North America, its fruit bodies contain the psychoactive compounds psilocybin and psilocin. The species was first described scientifically by French mycologist Lucien Quélet in 1883.
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