Pluteus cyanopus

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.^[2] The species was first described scientifically by French mycologist Lucien Quélet in 1883.^[3]

Pluteus cyanopus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Pluteaceae
Genus:	Pluteus
Species:	P. cyanopus
Binomial name
Pluteus cyanopus Quél. (1883)
Synonyms[1]
Pluteus chrysophaeus var. cyanopus (Quél.) Quél. (1888) Pluteus metrodii Malençon & Bertault (1970)

See also

• List of Pluteus species
• List of Psilocybin mushrooms