Inocybe aeruginascens

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Inocybe aeruginascens
Inocybe aeruginascens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Inocybaceae
Genus: Inocybe
Species:
I. aeruginascens
Binomial name
Inocybe aeruginascens
Babos (1968)
Inocybe aeruginascens
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Gills on hymenium
Cap is conical or convex
Hymenium is adnate or emarginate
mycorrhizal
Edibility is psychoactive

Inocybe aeruginascens is a member of the genus Inocybe which is widely distributed in Europe. The species was first documented by I. Ferencz in Ócsa, Hungary on June 15, 1965.[1]

Description

Inocybe aeruginascens is a small

spores are smooth and ellipsoid, measuring 6–9.5 x 4.5 micrometres
and forming a clay brown spore print. The stem is 2–7 cm long, 3 to 8 mm thick, and is equal width for the whole length, sometimes with some swelling at the base. It is solid, pale grey, becoming bluish green from the bottom up. The stem is fibrous and appears to be covered with fine powder near the top. It has a partial veil which often disappears in age and an unpleasant soapy odor.

Distribution and habitat

Inocybe aeruginascens is widely distributed in temperate areas and has been reported in central Europe and western North America.[citation needed] It grows in moist sandy soils in a mycorrhizal relationship with poplar, linden, oak and willow trees.

Edibility

No toxicology information exists on Inocybe aeruginascens currently, however a minimum of "23 unintentional intoxications" were reported in 1982 by Drewitz and Babos. Unintentional consumption could be due to the similarity of Marasmius oreades. The symptoms of "intoxication" were hallucinogenic, leading Gartz and Drewitz to eventually discover the first source of psilocybin in any Inocybe species.[2][3] There are no known deaths directly related to consumption, however edibility is not yet conclusive.

Biochemistry

Inocybe aeruginascens contains the formerly known alkaloids

analogue of psilocybin. Inocybe aeruginascens and Pholiotina cyanopus
are the only known natural sources of aeruginascin.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Museo Civico di Rovereto".
  2. ^ Jensen, Niels (2004). Tryptamines as Ligands and Modulators of the Serotonin 5‑HT2A Receptor and the Isolation of Aeruginascin from the Hallucinogenic Mushroom Inocybe aeruginascens (PDF) (Thesis). Georg-August-Universität Göttingen.
  3. ^ "Aeruginascin". Psychedelic Science Review. 2018-11-19. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
  4. S2CID 260281286. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on May 24, 2011.

External links
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