Gymnopilus subspectabilis

Gymnopilus subspectabilis, commonly known as the big laughing mushroom, laughing gym, or giant gymnopilus, is a species of agaric fungus in the family Hymenogastraceae which contains the hallucinogenic drug psilocybin.

Gymnopilus subspectabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Hymenogastraceae
Genus:	Gymnopilus
Species:	G. subspectabilis
Binomial name
Gymnopilus subspectabilis Hesler (1969)

Gymnopilus subspectabilis Mycological characteristics
	Gills on hymenium
	Cap is convex
	Hymenium is adnexed or adnate
	Ecology is saprotrophic
	Edibility is psychoactive

See also

• Fungi portal

• List of Gymnopilus species