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Issue: Vol. 156 No. 4: 21 January 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-01-21
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.156.4.3
Page range: 211–220
Abstract views: 38
PDF downloaded: 2

Psilocybe chuxiongensis, a new bluing species from subtropical China

The Research Institute of Resource Insects, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Kunming, Yunnan 650224, China
The Research Institute of Resource Insects, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Kunming, Yunnan 650224, China
The Research Institute of Resource Insects, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Kunming, Yunnan 650224, China
Institute of Excellence in Fungal Research, and School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University 333 Moo l, Tasud, Muang, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand
The Research Institute of Resource Insects, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Kunming, Yunnan 650224, China
Institute of Excellence in Fungal Research, and School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University 333 Moo l, Tasud, Muang, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand
hallucinogenic ITS molecular phylogeny nrLSU rpb2 Strophariaceae tef1-α

Abstract

A new bluing species of Psilocybe in sect. Caerulescentes is described from subtropical China. It is closely related to P. cubensis but can be differentiated by the lack of an annulus and the buff-yellow to yellowish brown, hemispheric to hemispheric-convex pileus without an umbo or papilla. Phylogenetic analyses of ITS, nrLSU and combined rpb2-tef1-α datasets using maximum parsimony and Bayesian inference also indicate its uniqueness. The relationship with P. cubensis is well-supported by molecular data with high support values in all three datasets. Psilocybe chuxiongensis sp. nov. is presented here with a description, photographs, and line drawings.