IA new species of a bluing Psilocybe from Asia
(Basidiomycota, Agaricales, Strophariaceae)

Guzmán, G. & Yang Z.L. (2010). A new species of a bluing Psilocybe from Asia (Basidiomycota, Agaricales, Strophariaceae).

Sydowia 62 (2): 185–189

Psilocybe taiwanensis is described as a new species from a subtropical mountain rain forest in Taiwan, China with Cryptomeria japonica and Taiwania cryptomerioides (Cupressaceae). – The species belongs to section Stuntzii; all species of the section contain the psychoactive compound psilocybine.

Key words: Halucinogenic agaric, Taiwan, subtropical mountain forest.