Pluteus cyanopus

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| genus = Pluteus

| species = cyanopus

| authority = Quél. (1883)

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| synonyms = *Pluteus chrysophaeus var. cyanopus (Quél.) Quél. (1888)

  • Pluteus metrodii Malençon & Bertault (1970)

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Pluteus cyanopus is a species of agaric fungus in the family Pluteaceae. Found in Africa, Europe, and North America, its fruit bodies contain the psychoactive compounds psilocybin and psilocin. The species was first described scientifically by French mycologist Lucien Quélet in 1883.

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{{cite journal |vauthors=Guzmán G, Allen JW, Gartz J |title=A worldwide geographical distribution of the neurotropic fungi, an analysis and discussion |journal=Annali del Museo Civico di Rovereto |year=1998 |volume=14 |pages=198–280 |url=http://www.magic-mushrooms.net/World_Wide_Distribution_of_Magic_Mushrooms.pdf |access-date=2012-12-21 |archive-date=2010-06-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100626050845/http://www.magic-mushrooms.net/World_Wide_Distribution_of_Magic_Mushrooms.pdf |url-status=dead }}

{{cite journal |author=Quélet L. |title=Quelques especes critiques ou nouvelles de la Flore Mycologique de France |journal=Compte Rendu de l'Association Française pour l'Avancement des Sciences |year=1883 |volume=11 |pages=387–412 |language=fr}}

{{cite web |title=Pluteus cyanopus Quél. :391, 1883 |url=http://www.mycobank.org/BioloMICS.aspx?Table=Mycobank&Rec=122594&Fields=All |publisher=MycoBank. International Mycological Association |access-date=2012-12-21}}

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