Dictyonema huaorani

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Dictyonema huaorani
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hygrophoraceae
Genus: Dictyonema
Species:
D. huaorani
Binomial name
Dictyonema huaorani
Dal-Forno, Schmull, Lücking & Lawrey (2014) [1]

Dictyonema huaorani is a species of basidiolichen in the family Hygrophoraceae. It is one of few known non-mushroom fungi found to produce psilocybin, although this remains insufficiently confirmed. [2] The fungus was first described in 2014. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Schmull M, Dal-Forno M, Lücking R, Cao S, Clardy J, Lawrey JD (2014). "Dictyonema huaorani (Agaricales: Hygrophoraceae), a new lichenized basidiomycete from Amazonian Ecuador with presumed hallucinogenic properties". The Bryologist. 117 (4): 386–394. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-117.4.386.
  2. ↑ Slot J, Hoffmeister D (June 2025). "Psychedelic fungi". Curr Biol. 35 (11): R513 –R518. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2025.02.026. PMID   40494306.


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