Pluteus cyanopus

Pluteus cyanopus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Pluteaceae
Genus: Pluteus
Species:
P. cyanopus
Binomial name
Pluteus cyanopus
Quél. (1883)
Synonyms[1]
  • Pluteus chrysophaeus var. cyanopus (Quél.) Quél. (1888)
  • Pluteus metrodii Malençon & Bertault (1970)

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.[2] The species was first described scientifically by French mycologist Lucien Quélet in 1883.[3]

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