Psilocybe tampanensis

Psilocybe tampanensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi Division: Basidiomycota Class: Homobasidiomycetes Order: Agaricales Family: Strophariaceae Genus: Psilocybe Species: P. tampanensis
Binomial name
Psilocybe tampanensis Guzman & Pollock

<imagemap>Image:Information-silk.png|How to create a mycomorphbox rect 0 0 50 50 desc none</imagemap>Psilocybe tampanensis mycological characteristics:   gills on hymenium     cap is convex or flat   hymenium is adnexed   stipe is bare   spore print is black   ecology is saprophytic   edibility: psychoactive

Psilocybe tampanensis is a psychedelic mushroom whose only known natural specimen was collected in the wild by Steven Pollock, near Tampa, Florida in 1977. All spores and cultivations of this species nowadays are originated from this only specimen.

Sightings

Since the collection in 1977, this species has never been seen growing wild in Florida again. Another sighting case was reported in Mississippi, but no culturable material was collected.

Effects

Tampanensis has a qualitatively different effect from that of most other species of psilocybin-containing mushrooms. The taste is also very different from others: many find it somewhat tart but not as unpleasant as many species.

Psilocybe tampanensis spores