''Psilocybe aquamarina'' is a species of

mushroom A mushroom or toadstool is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground, on soil, or on its food source. ''Toadstool'' generally denotes one poisonous to humans. The standard for the name "mushroom" is ...

-forming

fungus A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, separately from t ...

in the family

Hymenogastraceae The Hymenogastraceae is a family of fungi in the order Agaricales with both agaric and false-truffle shaped fruitbodies. Formerly, prior to molecular analyses, the family was restricted to the false-truffle genera. The mushroom genus ''Psilocybe ...

. First described as a species of '' Stropharia'' by

David Pegler David Norman Pegler (born 2 November 1938) is a British mycologist. Until his retirement in 1998, he served as the Head of Mycology and assistant keeper of the herbarium at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew. Pegler received his BSc from London Un ...

in 1977, it was transferred to the genus ''

Psilocybe ''Psilocybe'' ( ) is a genus of gilled mushrooms, growing worldwide, in the family Hymenogastraceae. Most or nearly all species contain the psychedelic compounds psilocybin and psilocin. Taxonomy Taxonomic history A 2002 study of the mol ...

'' by Gastón Guzmán in 1995.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q7255842 Entheogens Fungi described in 1977 Psychoactive fungi

aquamarina ''Aquamarina'' is a fungal genus in the class Dothideomycetes. It is a monotypic genus, containing the single marine species ''Aquamarina speciosa'', originally found in North Carolina, and distributed in the Atlantic Coast of the United States ...

Psychedelic tryptamine carriers Fungi of North America

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