Psilocybe silvatica

Psilocybe silvatica is a psilocybin mushroom in the section Semilanceatae of the genus Psilocybe. Psilocybin is the main active compound.

Psilocybe silvatica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Hymenogastraceae
Genus:	Psilocybe
Species:	P. silvatica
Binomial name
Psilocybe silvatica (Peck) Singer & A.H.Sm. (1958)
Synonyms[1]
Psathyra silvatica Peck (1889) Pilosace silvaticus (Peck) Kuntze (1898) Hypholoma silvaticum (Peck) A.H.Sm. (1941)

Taxonomy

The fungus was first described by American mycologist Charles Horton Peck in 1889 as Psathyra silvatica.^[2] Rolf Singer and Alexander H. Smith transferred it to Psilocybe in 1958.^[3]