Fungi Fungi Name Index (FNI)

Showing Psilocybe cubensis
Psilocybe cubensis (Earle) Singer , legitimate, scientific
Singer, R. (1948), Diagnoses fungorum novorum Agaricalium. Sydowia 2 (1-6): 37 [comb. nov.]
basionym: Stropharia cubensis Earle legitimate
AusFungi (2019), AusFungi 21 Jan. 2019: - FungI [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Stropharia cubensis Earle legitimate taxonomic synonym: Stropharia cyanescens Murrill legitimate taxonomic synonym: Psilocybe cubensis var. cyanescens (Murrill) Singer & A.H.Sm. legitimate
McTaggart,A.R., McLaughlin, S., Slot, J.C., McKernan, K., Appleyard, C., Bartlett, T.L., Weinert, M., Barlow, C., Warne, L.N., Shuey, L.S., Drenth, A. & James, T.Y. (4 December 2023), Domestication through clandestine cultivation constrained genetic diversity in magic mushrooms relative to naturalized populations. Current Biology 33: - [secondary reference]
  • Text: "The results presented here support a hypothesis that P. cubensis is an introduced taxon in Australia that has naturalized separately from domestication of magic mushrooms."
  • Comment: Includes reference to multiple genomes from Australian collections of Psilocybe cubensis including GenBank whole genome shotgun (WGS) project accession JARADW000000000 from BRIP75063.