Gymnopilus braendlei

Gymnopilus braendlei
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hymenogastraceae
Genus: Gymnopilus
Species:
G. braendlei
Binomial name
Gymnopilus braendlei
(Peck) Singer (1951)
Synonyms
  • Flammula braendlei Peck (1904)
Gymnopilus braendlei
Gills on hymenium
Cap is convex
Hymenium is adnexed or adnate
Spore print is yellow-orange
Ecology is saprotrophic
Edibility is psychoactive

Gymnopilus braendlei is a species of agaric fungus in the family Hymenogastraceae that contains the hallucinogens psilocybin and psilocin. It was originally described by mycologist Charles Horton Peck as Flammula braendlei, from specimens found in the District of Columbia in 1902.