Talk:Psilocybe cubensis

What about Liberty cap (Psilocybe semilanceata)? The entire Psilocybe is btw known for it's effects. // Liftarn

Yes, there are many more mushrooms that are known as magic mushrooms. As Liftarn says, there is the Liberty cap and indeed all (or at least most) of the 186 known Psilocybes. In addition there are the other genus as gymnopilus, inocybe and panaeolus. At least the most common and their common names (like Philosophers Stone) should be mentioned on the Magic Mushrooms page.

"Psilocin, psilocybin, and psilocin were all phosphoric acid esters..."? --Suitov

DMT and serotonin in psilocybe cubensis? Never heard that anywhere here, so I'll remove it. In addition to psilocybin and psilocin, there's also baeocystin however.

Safety / Mushroom Identification

Should there be some kind of mention along the lines of "Many mushrooms are poisonous and the above information is not sufficient to identify mushrooms in the wild," lest some kid think he knows what magic mushrooms looks like and ends up eating something poisonous?

IMHO there should definately be a safety page. Check galerina.

Picture

The picture of P. Cubensis is rather unrealisticly large. Maybe we should find a smaller one.

There is no scale on the picture, how can you tell? Onco p53 04:33, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure I saw that picture on a website selling grow kits a while ago, as an example of an unusually large mushroom. Unfortunatly, I can't find it now, so I guess I can't prove it.