Deconica coprophila | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Strophariaceae |
Genus: | Deconica |
Species: | D. coprophila
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Binomial name | |
Deconica coprophila | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Agaricus coprophilus Bull. (1793) |
Deconica coprophila, commonly known as the dung-loving psilocybe, meadow muffin mushroom, [2] or dung demon, is a species of mushroom in the family Strophariaceae. First described as Agaricus coprophilus by Jean Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard in 1793, [3] it was transferred to the genus Psilocybe by Paul Kummer in 1871. [4] In the first decade of the 2000s, several molecular studies showed that the Psilocybe was polyphyletic, [5] [6] [7] and the non-bluing (non- hallucinogenic) species were transferred to Deconica. [8]
It can grow on cattle dung. [9]
While non-toxic, the species is not a good edible mushroom. [10]
Despite the common name of the 'dung-loving psilocybe', this species does not contain psilocybin and has no psychedelic properties.
Deconica coprophila | |
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![]() | Gills on hymenium |
![]() | Cap is convex |
![]() ![]() | Hymenium is adnate or decurrent |
![]() | Stipe is bare |
![]() | Spore print is purple-brown |
![]() | Ecology is saprotrophic |
![]() | Edibility is unknown |
Deconica coprophila | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Strophariaceae |
Genus: | Deconica |
Species: | D. coprophila
|
Binomial name | |
Deconica coprophila | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Agaricus coprophilus Bull. (1793) |
Deconica coprophila, commonly known as the dung-loving psilocybe, meadow muffin mushroom, [2] or dung demon, is a species of mushroom in the family Strophariaceae. First described as Agaricus coprophilus by Jean Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard in 1793, [3] it was transferred to the genus Psilocybe by Paul Kummer in 1871. [4] In the first decade of the 2000s, several molecular studies showed that the Psilocybe was polyphyletic, [5] [6] [7] and the non-bluing (non- hallucinogenic) species were transferred to Deconica. [8]
It can grow on cattle dung. [9]
While non-toxic, the species is not a good edible mushroom. [10]
Despite the common name of the 'dung-loving psilocybe', this species does not contain psilocybin and has no psychedelic properties.
Deconica coprophila | |
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![]() | Gills on hymenium |
![]() | Cap is convex |
![]() ![]() | Hymenium is adnate or decurrent |
![]() | Stipe is bare |
![]() | Spore print is purple-brown |
![]() | Ecology is saprotrophic |
![]() | Edibility is unknown |