''Psilocybe subcubensis'' is an

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species of mushroom 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 '' Psilo ...

. The mushroom contains the chemical compounds

psilocybin Psilocybin, also known as 4-phosphoryloxy-''N'',''N''-dimethyltryptamine (4-PO-DMT), is a natural product, naturally occurring tryptamine alkaloid and Investigational New Drug, investigational drug found in more than List of psilocybin mushroom ...

and

psilocin Psilocin, also known as 4-hydroxy-''N'',''N''-dimethyltryptamine (4-HO-DMT), is a substituted tryptamine alkaloid and a serotonergic psychedelic. It is present in most psychedelic mushrooms together with its phosphorylated counterpart psilocy ...

. ''Psilocybe subcubensis'' was first described by Mexican mycologist

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. It is the pantropical sister species of '' Psilocybe cubensis''. It is macroscopically identical to ''P. cubensis'' but has smaller spores.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q7255944 Entheogens Psychoactive fungi subcubensis Psychedelic tryptamine carriers Taxa named by Gastón Guzmán Fungus species

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