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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Strophariaceae — a genus of smallmushrooms growing worldwide, best known for itsspecies withhallucinogenic properties.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Rather predictably, after forays into fungal superfoods and wonder drugs, Ms. Bone feels that she has to try some hallucinogenic "magic mushrooms" the Psilocybe species at the New Age Telluride Mushroom Festival in Colorado.
What's Magic About Mushrooms Richard Mabey 2011
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He succeeded in synthesizing the active compounds in the Psilocybe mexicana mushroom, which he named psilocybin and psilocin.
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He succeeded in synthesizing the active compounds in the Psilocybe mexicana mushroom, which he named psilocybin and psilocin.
Albert Hofmann, the Father of LSD, Dies at 102 « Isegoria 2008
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Many of these species contain less of these alkaloids than dose Psilocybe cubensis and the alkaloidal content of this species may very in different strains.
Quartermasters of Terror Keefe, Patrick Radden 2005
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Finally, somewhat in desperation, Heim forwarded a one-hundred-gram sample of Psilocybe mexicana to Albert Hofmann, then director of the natural products department of the Sandoz research laboratories in Basel, Switzerland.
One River Wade Davis 1996
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An added attraction is the San Isidro mushroom, Psilocybe cubensis, a powerfully hallucinogenic species that grows throughout subtropical South America but does especially well in the mountain pastures of Colombia, including those around San Agustín.
One River Wade Davis 1996
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Finally, somewhat in desperation, Heim forwarded a one-hundred-gram sample of Psilocybe mexicana to Albert Hofmann, then director of the natural products department of the Sandoz research laboratories in Basel, Switzerland.
One River Wade Davis 1996
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An added attraction is the San Isidro mushroom, Psilocybe cubensis, a powerfully hallucinogenic species that grows throughout subtropical South America but does especially well in the mountain pastures of Colombia, including those around San Agustín.
One River Wade Davis 1996
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Dionysus, incidentally, was originally associated with psychedelic mushrooms, first the Amanita muscaria and later the smoother, more delightful Psilocybe.
Even Cowgirls Get The Blues Robbins, Tom 1976
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= Psilocybe foenisecii =, abundant in lawns and grassy places during late spring and summer, resembles a Panæolus.
Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc. George Francis Atkinson 1886
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