Panaeolus bisporus
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Panaeolus bisporus, also known as Copelandia bisporus is a rare and widely distributed little brown mushroom that bruises blue and contains the hallucinogen psilocybin
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This mushroom is similar macroscopically to Panaeolus tropicalis
, Panaeolus cambodginiensis
and Panaeolus cyanescens
, but can be differentiated using a microscope by its two spored basidia.
This is a little brown mushroom that grows on dung and has black spores. It has been found in Hawaii
, Southern California
, North Africa
, Spain
and Switzerland
.
Psilocybin
Psilocybin is a naturally occurring psychedelic prodrug, with mind-altering effects similar to those of LSD and mescaline, after it is converted to psilocin. The effects can include altered thinking processes, perceptual distortions, an altered sense of time, and spiritual experiences, as well as...
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This mushroom is similar macroscopically to Panaeolus tropicalis
Panaeolus tropicalis
Panaeolus tropicalis is a potent hallucinogenic mushroom which contains psilocybin.It is also known as Copelandia tropicalis.- Description :The cap is 1.5 — 2 cm and hemispheric to convex to companulate...
, Panaeolus cambodginiensis
Panaeolus cambodginiensis
Panaeolus cambodginiensis is a potent hallucinogenic mushroom which contains psilocybin. It was described in 1979 as Copelandia cambodginiensis.- Description :...
and Panaeolus cyanescens
Panaeolus cyanescens
Panaeolus cyanescens, also known as Copelandia cyanescens, is a mushroom in the Bolbitiaceae family. Panaeolus cyanescens contains psilocin, psilocybin and is similar to Panaeolus tropicalis.- Description :...
, but can be differentiated using a microscope by its two spored basidia.
Description
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
, Southern California
Southern California
Southern California is a megaregion, or megapolitan area, in the southern area of the U.S. state of California. Large urban areas include Greater Los Angeles and Greater San Diego. The urban area stretches along the coast from Ventura through the Southland and Inland Empire to San Diego...
, North Africa
North Africa
North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent, linked by the Sahara to Sub-Saharan Africa. Geopolitically, the United Nations definition of Northern Africa includes eight countries or territories; Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, South Sudan, Sudan, Tunisia, and...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
and Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
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