Pluteus cyanopus
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| image = Pluteus cyanopus 54538.jpg
| genus = Pluteus
| species = cyanopus
| authority = Quél. (1883)
| synonyms = *Pluteus chrysophaeus var. cyanopus (Quél.) Quél. (1888)
- Pluteus metrodii Malençon & Bertault (1970)
}}
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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- {{IndexFungorum|240017}}
{{Hallucinogenic mushrooms}}
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Category:Fungi described in 1883
Category:Fungi of North America
Category:Psychedelic tryptamine carriers
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