Psilocybe serbica (original) (raw)

Psilocybe serbica is a species of mushroom in the family Hymenogastraceae. The mushroom contains the compound Psilocybin, Psilocin, and Baeocystin. It is closely related to Psilocybe cyanescens,although the latter has a strong farinaceous odor and taste and is not translucent-striate when moist. It was reported as new to science by Meinhard Moser and Egon Horak in 1969. Molecular analysis published in 2010 has shown that P. serbica is the same species as Psilocybe bohemica described by Šebek in 1983, Psilocybe arcana described by Borovička and Hlaváček in 2001, and Psilocybe moravica by Borovička in 2003. Psilocybe serbica is a very poorly-known and obscure species, and more research needs to be done in order to figure out its morphological variability, distribution, and relationship to ot