Psilocybe (Fr.) P. Kumm.
(a genus of brownie toadstools)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusPsilocybe (a genus of brownie toadstools)
FamilySTROPHARIACEAE (a family of toadstools)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Orton, P.D. 1969 *** Notes on British Agarics III ***(Superseded) Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh Vol XXIX, No 1: 75-127.

Bluing Species

Borovicka, J. 2008 The wood-rotting bluing Psilocybe species in Central Europe – an identification key Czech Mycology vol 60(2): 173-192.

Deconica Group

Orton, P.D. 1960 *** New Checklist of British Agarics and Boleti - Part III: Notes on genera and species in the list ***(Superseded) TBMS Vol 43 (2): 159-439.

Dung Fungi

() Richardson, M.J. & Watling, R. 1997 Keys to Fungi on Dung 2 edition, 68pp, British Mycological Society

Psilocybe (a genus of brownie toadstools) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Psilocybe (a genus of brownie toadstools)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 36 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Psilocybe (a genus of brownie toadstools)
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