Psilocybe semilanceata (Fr.) P. Kumm.
(Magic Mushroom, Liberty Cap)

Interactions where Psilocybe semilanceata is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
fruitbody fruitbody is associated with POACEAE grasses, couch Poales Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Strophariaceae/Psilocybe semilanceata/Psilocybe semilanceatamagic mushroom, liberty capfruitbody Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poaceaegrasses, couch

Author & YearTitleSource
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Psilocybe semilanceata (Magic Mushroom, Liberty Cap) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Psilocybe semilanceata (Magic Mushroom, Liberty Cap) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPsilocybe semilanceata (Magic Mushroom, Liberty Cap)
GenusPsilocybe (a genus of brownie toadstools)
FamilySTROPHARIACEAE (a family of toadstools)
OrderAGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Psilocybe semilanceata (Magic Mushroom, Liberty Cap)

Psilocybe semilanceata (Magic Mushroom, Liberty Cap) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Holden, L. 2006 Guidelines for Field Mycologists - the practical interpretation of Section 21 of the Drugs Act 2005 www.britmycolosoc.org.uk/files/DrugsAct2005_Guidelines.pdf
Keay, S.M. & Brown, A.E. 1989 Interactions between Psilocybe semilanceata and fungi of its habitat Mycol. Res. Vol 93 (4): 554-556.
Pegler, D.N. & Watling, R. 1982 British Toxic Fungi Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. Vol 16 (1): 66-75.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Psilocybe semilanceata (Magic Mushroom, Liberty Cap):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 2 images of Psilocybe semilanceata (Magic Mushroom, Liberty Cap)

A rather distinctive small toadstool with a cap like an old-fashioned sleeping cap (the "Liberty Cap") that grows in unimproved acid grassland. Widespread and common, it can be abundant in acidic northern and western upland pasture.

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