Please note that these do not represent average values for widely sampled populations. Just because
a mushroom species has some samples that show high or low concentrations does not mean that all
mushrooms of that type have levels matching those in this chart.
Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World, Paul Stamets
Citations for references:
| SPECIES | % PSILOCYBIN | % PSILOCIN | % BAEOCYSTIN | REFERENCE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P. azurenscens | 1.78 | .38 | .35 | Stamets and Gartz 1995 |
| P. bohemica | 1.34 | .11 | .02 | Gartz and Muller 1989; Gartz (1994) |
| P. semilanceata | .98 | .02 | .36 | Gartz 1994 |
| P. baeocystis | .85 | .59 | .10 | Repke et al. 1977; Beug and Bigwood 1982(b) |
| P. cyanescens | .85 | .36 | .03 | Stijve and Kuyper 1985; Repke et al. 1977 |
| P. tampanensis | .68 | .32 | n/a | Gartz 1994 |
| P. cubensis | .63 | .60 | .025 | Gartz 1994; Stijve and de Meijer 1993 |
| P. weilii | .61 | .27 | .05 | |
| P. hoogshagenii | .60 | .10 | n/a | Heim and Hofmann 1958 |
| P. stuntzii | .36 | .12 | .02 | Beug and Bigwood 1982(b); Repke et al. 1977 |
| P. cyanofibrillosa | .21 | .04 | n/a | Stamets et al. 1980 |
| P. liniformans | .16 | n/d | .005 | Stijve and Kuyper |
Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World, Paul Stamets
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- Gartz and Muller. "analyses and cultivation of fruitbodies and mycelia of Psilocybe bohemica." Biochem Physiol Pflanzen. 1989. 184:337-341
- Stamets and Gartz. "a new caerulescent Psilocybe from the Pacitic Coast of Northwestern North America". Integration 6. 1995
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- Heim RA, Hofmann A. "La psilocybine et la psilocine chez les psilocybe et strophaires hallucinogenes." Les champignons hallucinogenes du Mexique. 1958. 6:258-267. Paris: Editions du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle.
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