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Psilocybe mexicana
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About
Psilocybe mexicana is a psychedelic mushroom. Its first known usage was by the natives of North and Central America over 2,000 years ago. Known to the Aztecs as teonanácatl, from the Nahuatl teotl ("god") + nanácatl ("fungus"). This species was categorized by French botanist Roger Heim.
- Family
- Hymenogastraceae
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- Name
- Psilocybe mexicana
- Slug
- psilocybe-mexicana
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Family
- Hymenogastraceae
- Genus
- Psilocybe
- Species
- mexicana
- Wikidata QID
- Q1477279
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 28
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