Psilocybe uxpanapensis
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| Psilocybe uxpanapensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Hymenogastraceae |
| Genus: | Psilocybe |
| Species: | P. uxpanapensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Psilocybe uxpanapensis Guzmán (1979) | |
Psilocybe uxpanapensis is a species of entheogenic mushroom in the family Hymenogastraceae.[1] The mushroom contains the hallucinogenic compounds psilocybin and psilocin. Mexican mycologist Gastón Guzmán described this mushroom in 1979 as a novel species: the first hallucinogenic mushroom to be discovered in an undisturbed tropical forest.[2] Psilocybe uxpanapensis is one of the many tropical species of fungi in Mexico at risk of disappearing due to deforestation.[3]