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MOST COMMON REPRESENTATIVE SPECIES OF

PSILOCYBE MUSHROOMS
Psilocybe is a type of mushrooms that are best-known for their
psychoactive compounds.

PSYCHOACTIVE COMPOUNDS PRESENT IN PSILOCYBE MUSHROOMS

Psilocybin - psychedelic compound produced by mushroom.


Psilocin - substituted tryptamine alkaloid and psychedelic substance.
Baeocystin - psilocybin mushroom alkaloid and analog of psilocybin.

HERE SOME ARE THE MOST COMMON TYPES OF MAGIC MUSHROOMS

Psilocybe Mushrooms Psilocybe Mushrooms

Conocybe Mushrooms Galerina Mushhrooms

Panaeolus Mushrooms Inocybe Mushrooms

SOME OF THE REPRESENTATIVE SPECIES FROM PSILOCYBE GENUS

PSILOCYBE CUBENSIS

This species is arguably the most popular of all the


Psilocybes and is also known as shrooms or cubes. This
variety grows all over the world.

PSILOCYBE CYANESCENS

This variety is also known as wavy caps because of their


caps that become distinctly wavy when they mature. The
caps are quite unique within its genus for its pale buff and
yellowish hue.
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PSILOCYBE SEMILANCEATA

Slso known as liberty caps. This fungus grows in grasslands


and especially in wet areas. Unlike the P. cubensis though, it
doesnt grow on dung. It feeds off decaying grass roots.

PSILOCYBE AZURESCENS

This is the most potent psilocybin-containing mushrooms


with psilocybin levels of 1.78%. People new to magic
mushrooms should avoid eating more than an eighth of P.
azurescens for the first time. This species is harrowingly
strong and twice as potent as the P. cubensis.

KNOW THE OTHER TYPES OF MAGIC MUSHROOMS


Sources:
https://www.trufflemagic.com/blog/common-types-magic-mushrooms

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