Psilocybe aucklandii

Psilocybe aucklandii is a psychedelic mushroom, which has psilocybin and psilocin as main active compounds.
== Description ==
Psilocybe aucklandii has a farinaceous smell and taste.
The cap is 2–5 cm, conical to plane, chestnut brown, hygrophanous, and bruises blue/green where damaged. It often has a broad umbo.
The gills are cream-colored when young and violet yellowish brown in age, with an adnate attachment.
Psilocybe aucklandii spores are dark violet brown, oblong to ellipsoid, and 7 x 4 µm.
The stipe is 4–9 cm long and .2–.5 cm thick. It is brown and bruises blueish. The stipe is pruinose, with fibrils near the base.
==Distribution and habitat==
Psilocybe aucklandii grows in leaf litter and woody debris near Auckland, New Zealand.
==References==
*Guzman G, Bandala VM, King C. (1991). A new species of Psilocybe of section zapotecorum from New Zealand. Mycological Research 95(4): 507-508.
== External links ==
*Mushroom Observer - Psilocybe aucklandii
Category:Entheogens