Psilocybe silvatica

Psilocybe silvatica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Hymenogastraceae
Genus:	Psilocybe
Species:	P. silvatica
Binomial name
	Psilocybe silvatica; (Peck) Singer & A.H.Sm. (1958)
Synonyms
	Psathyra silvatica Peck (1889); Pilosace silvaticus (Peck) Kuntze (1898); Hypholoma silvaticum (Peck) A.H.Sm. (1941);

Psilocybe silvatica is a psilocybin mushroom in the section Semilanceatae of the genus Psilocybe. Psilocybin is the main active compound.

Taxonomy

The fungus was first described by American mycologist Charles Horton Peck in 1889 as Psathyra silvatica.^[2] Rolf Singer and Alexander H. Smith transferred it to Psilocybe in 1958.^[3]

^ "Psilocybe silvatica (Peck) Singer & A.H. Sm". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-10-30.
^ Peck CH. (1889). "Report of the Botanist (1888)". Annual Report on the New York State Museum of Natural History. 42: 101–44 (see p. 116).
^ Singer R, Smith AH (1958). "Taxonomic monograph of Psilocybe sect. Caerulescentes". Mycologia. 50: 262–303 (see p. 277). doi:10.2307/3756197. JSTOR 3756197.