Italian Botanist

The genus Psilocybe in Italy

Italian Botanist December 22, 2025 Giuseppe Venturella, Manuela Rollini, Giulia Mirabile et al.

In the absence of specific studies on the Psilocybe genus in Italy, we provide information on the taxonomy, habitat, ecology, and distribution of the nine taxa currently recorded for Italy. A nomenclatural update of Psilocybe taxa reported in the Checklist of Italian Fungi (Basidiomycetes), published in 2005, is provided and seven scientific binomials are confirmed. In addition, P. medullosa...