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Dictyonema huaorani

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Dictyonema huaorani
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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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  1. ^ a b 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.