Occurrence of Psilocybin in Various Higher Fungi from Several European Countries
Planta Medica October 1, 1985 T. Stijve, Th.w. Kuyper 43 citations
More than 100 species of fungi from 18 genera across Europe were analyzed for the hallucinogenic compound psilocybin and related tryptamine derivatives using high performance liquid and thin-layer chromatography. Psilocybin, psilocin, and/or baeocystin were detected in 3 Psilocybe, 1 Panaeolus, 5 Inocybes, and one Pluteus species. Psilocybe semilanceata and Panaeolus subbalteatus were identified as the only psilocybin-containing fungi available in Middle and Northern Europe in sufficient quantities to permit abuse.