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| Psilocybe caerulipes | |
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| Wild Psilocybe caerulipes in Veracruz, Mexico | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Hymenogastraceae |
| Genus: | Psilocybe |
| Species: | P. caerulipes
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| Binomial name | |
| Psilocybe caerulipes | |
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| Range of Psilocybe caerulipes | |
| Synonyms | |
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Agaricus caerulipes | |
Psilocybe caerulipes | |
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 | Gills on hymenium |
 | Cap is convex or umbonate |
 | Hymenium is adnate or sinuate |
 | Stipe is bare |
 | Spore print is purple-brown |
 | Ecology is saprotrophic |
 | Edibility is psychoactive |
Psilocybe caerulipes, commonly known as blue-foot, is a rare psilocybin mushroom of the family Hymenogastraceae,[1] having psilocybin and psilocin as main active compounds. An older synonym is Agaricus caerulipes.
It is in the section Semilanceatae, other members of the section include Psilocybe bohemica, Psilocybe callosa, Psilocybe carbonaria, Psilocybe cyanofibrillosa, Psilocybe fimetaria, Psilocybe indica, Psilocybe liniformans var. liniformans, Psilocybe liniformans var. americana, Psilocybe pelliculosa, Psilocybe semiinconspicua, Psilocybe semilanceata, Psilocybe serbica, Psilocybe silvatica, Psilocybe subfimetaria and Psilocybe venenata.
- ^ Ramírez-Cruz, Virginia; Guzmán, Gastón; Villalobos-Arámbula, Alma Rosa; Rodríguez, Aarón; Matheny, P. Brandon; Sánchez-García, Marisol; Guzmán-Dávalos, Laura (2013). "Phylogenetic inference and trait evolution of the psychedelic mushroom genus Psilocybe sensu lato (Agaricales)". Botany. 91 (9). Canadian Science Publishing: 573–591. doi:10.1139/cjb-2013-0070. ISSN 1916-2790.