A new bluing Psilocybe from Thailand
Gastón Guzmán, Víctor M. Bandala, J W Allen
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| Key points | Describes Psilocybe samuiensis as a new hallucinogenic species from Koh Samui, Thailand, in Section Mexicanae. The authors state it is the first bluing Psilocybe recorded from Thailand and the first species of the section outside the Americas, distinguished by spore form and size, pleurocystidia, and a habit similar to P. semilanceata or P. cordispora. |
Abstract
Psiiocybe samuiensis Guzman, Bandala & Allen is described as a new species from Koh Samui, Thailand.it belongs to the hallucinogenic fungi of the Section Mexicanae Guzman.This is the first record of a bluing Psilocybe from Thailand and the first species of the Section outside of the Americas.The form and size of the spores, the presence of pleurocystidia and the habit, similar to P. semilanceata (Fr.: Secr.)Kumm.or to P. cordispora Heim, are the most important features that define this species.
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