Weraroa novae-zelandiae
| Psilocybe weraroa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Strophariaceae |
| Genus: | Psilocybe |
| Species: | P. weraroa |
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Psilocybe weraroa Borovička, Oborník & Noordel. (2011) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Secotium novae-zelandiae G.Cunn. (1924) |
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| Psilocybe weraroa | |
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| Mycological characteristics | |
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gills on hymenium |
 
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cap is conical or ovate |
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hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable |
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stipe is bare or lacks a stipe |
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spore print is purple-brown |
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ecology is saprotrophic |
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edibility: psychoactive |
Secotium novae-zelandiae G.Cunn. (1924)
Weraroa novae-zelandiae (G.Cunn.) Singer (1958)
cap is conical
stipe is bare
Psilocybe weraroa (syn. Weraroa novae-zelandiae), is a hallucinogenic pouch fungus of New Zealand.
The species was first described in the literature in 1924 by the New Zealand-based mycologist Gordon Heriot Cunningham, under the name Secotium novae-zelandiae.Rolf Singer transferred it to Weraroa in 1958.Phylogenetic analysis by Moncalvo (2002) and Bridge et al. (2008) has demonstrated the close relationship between Weraroa novae-zelandiae and the hallucinogenic blue-staining group of Psilocybe, particularly Psilocybe subaeruginosa. Phylogenetic analysis published by Borovička and colleagues (2011) shows this species is very close to Psilocybe cyanescens. Given this and the apparently distant relation with other species of Weraroa Borovička et al. (2011) suggest renaming the species Psilocybe weraroa. The specific epithet weraroa refers to the former generic name. The binomial Psilocybe novae-zelandiae could not be used, as it had already been used in 1978 by Gastón Guzmán and Egon Horak for another Psilocybe species.
Weraroa virescens is often mistaken for P. weraroa since they are both naturally pale bluish, however, unlike P. weraroa, W. virescens does not stain blue. The sepia color of the gleba also serves to separate P. weraroa from similar species in the genus Weraroa.
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