Psilocybe semilanceata (Fr.) P. Kumm.
(Magic Mushroom, Liberty Cap)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Psilocybe semilanceata (Magic Mushroom, Liberty Cap)
Genus	Psilocybe (a genus of brownie toadstools)
Family	STROPHARIACEAE (a family of toadstools)
Order	AGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
Subclass	AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
Class	AGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
Subphylum	AGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
Phylum	BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Psilocybe semilanceata is also a member of:
Macromycetes - larger fungi, macrofungi (via Agaricales)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

Records of Psilocybe semilanceata (Magic Mushroom, Liberty Cap) :
1: Psilocybe semilanceata (Magic Mushroom, Liberty Cap)
24 Oct 1973	OSGR: SE65	53° 60’ N, 1° 0’ W		England
in grass

2: Psilocybe semilanceata (Magic Mushroom, Liberty Cap)
30 Sep 1973	OSGR: SE99	54° 20’ N, 0° 30’ W	Vice County: North-east Yorks (VC 62)	England

Psilocybe semilanceata (Magic Mushroom, Liberty Cap) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Psilocybe
(a genus of brownie toadstools)

STROPHARIACEAE
(a family of toadstools)

AGARICALES
(mushrooms and toadstools)

AGARICOMYCETIDAE
(a subclass of basidiomycetes)

AGARICOMYCETES
(a class of fungi)

BASIDIOMYCOTA
(spore droppers, basidiomycetes)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Macromycetes
(larger fungi, macrofungi)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Psilocybe semilanceata (Magic Mushroom, Liberty Cap)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Psilocybe semilanceata (Magic Mushroom, Liberty Cap)

A rather distinctive small toadstool with a cap like an old-fashioned sleeping cap (the "Liberty Cap") that grows in unimproved acid grassland. Widespread and common, it can be abundant in acidic northern and western upland pasture.

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Psilocybe semilanceata is also a member of:

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