Deconica coprophila

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Deconica coprophila
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Strophariaceae
Genus: Deconica
Species:
D. coprophila
Binomial name
Deconica coprophila
(Bull.) P.Karst (1821)
Synonyms [1]

Agaricus coprophilusBull. (1793)
Psilocybe coprophila(Bull.) P.Kumm. (1871)Stropharia coprophila(Bull.) J.E. Lange (1936)

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Deconica coprophila
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Gills icon.png Gills on hymenium
Convex cap icon.svg Cap is convex
Adnate gills icon2.svgDecurrent gills icon2.svg Hymenium is adnate or decurrent
Bare stipe icon.svg Stipe is bare
Transparent spore print icon.svg
 Spore print is purple-brown
Saprotrophic fungus.svgEcology is saprotrophic
Mycomorphbox Caution.pngEdibility is not recommended

Deconica coprophila, commonly known as the dung-loving psilocybe, meadow muffin mushroom, [2] or dung demon, is a species of mushroom in the family Strophariaceae.

Taxonomy

First described as Agaricus coprophilus by Jean Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard in 1793, [3] it was transferred to the genus Psilocybe by Paul Kummer in 1871. [4]

In the first decade of the 2000s, several molecular studies showed that the Psilocybe was polyphyletic [5] [6] [7] and the non-bluing (non-hallucinogenic) species were transferred to Deconica . [8]

Description

The hemispherical cap is up to 2.5 centimetres (1 in) wide, red then orangish, usually with a hygrophanous central blotch. The gills are adnate, pale then purplish with white edges. [9]

The stem is up to 4 cm (1+1⁄2 in) long and 3 millimetres (1⁄8 in) thick and darker near the base. The spore print is purplish-brown. [9]

Similar species

It resembles D. merdaria, Agrocybe pediades , Panaeolus cinctulus , and members of Protostropharia . [9]

Habitat and distribution

The species grows on cattle dung [10] in much of North America (generally from July to September; December to May on the West Coast). [9]

Potential uses

While non-toxic, the species is not a good edible mushroom. [11] It only contains a small amount of psilocybin and is thus not a significantly psychoactive mushroom. [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Psilocybe coprophila (Bull.) P. Kumm. 1871". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2010-11-21.
  2. 1 2 Arora, David (1986) [1979]. Mushrooms Demystified: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fleshy Fungi (2nd ed.). Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press. p. 370. ISBN   978-0-89815-170-1.
  3. ↑ Bulliard JBF. (1793). Histoire des champignons de la France (in French). Vol. 2. p. 243.
  4. ↑ Kummer P. (1871). Der Führer in die Pilzkunde (in German) (1 ed.). p. 71.
  5. ↑ Moncalvo JM, Vilgalys R, Redhead SA, Johnson JE, James TY, Catherine AM, Hofstetter V, Verduin SJ, Larsson E, Baroni TJ, Greg Thorn R, Jacobsson S, Clémençon H, Miller OK Jr (2002). "One hundred and seventeen clades of euagarics". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 23 (3): 357–400. doi:10.1016/S1055-7903(02)00027-1. PMID   12099793.
  6. ↑ Nugent KG, Saville BJ (2004). "Forensic analysis of hallucinogenic fungi: a DNA-based approach". Forensic Science International. 140 (2–3): 147–57. doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2003.11.022. PMID   15036436.
  7. ↑ Matheny PB, Curtis JM, Hofstetter V, Aime MC, Moncalvo JM, Ge ZW, Slot JC, Ammirati JF, Baroni TJ, Bougher NL, Hughes KW, Lodge DJ, Kerrigan RW, Seidl MT, Aanen DK, DeNitis M, Daniele GM, Desjardin DE, Kropp BR, Norvell LL, Parker A, Vellinga EC, Vilgalys R, Hibbett DS (2006). "Major clades of Agaricales: a multilocus phylogenetic overview" (PDF). Mycologia. 98 (6): 982–95. doi:10.3852/mycologia.98.6.982. PMID   17486974.
  8. ↑ Norvell L. (2009). "Report of the Nomenclature Committee for Fungi: 15" (PDF). Mycotaxon. 110: 487–92. doi:10.5248/110.487. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 31, 2012.
  9. 1 2 3 4 Audubon (2023). Mushrooms of North America. Knopf. p. 665. ISBN   978-0-593-31998-7.
  10. ↑ Pauline, N'Douba Amako; Claude, Kouassi Kouadio; Clovis, Koffi N'Dono Boni; Allal, Douira; Koutoua, Ayolié (2022). "Coprophilous fungi of Daloa city: New species for the fungal flora of Côte d'Ivoire" (PDF). GSC Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences. 20 (3): 251–260. doi: 10.30574/gscbps.2022.20.3.0362 .
  11. ↑ Miller Jr., Orson K.; Miller, Hope H. (2006). North American Mushrooms: A Field Guide to Edible and Inedible Fungi. Guilford, CN: FalconGuide. p. 250. ISBN   978-0-7627-3109-1.


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