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Baeocystin in psilocybe, conocybe and panaeolus.
Lloydia. 1977 Nov-Dec. 40(6). P 566-78.
Sixty collections of ten species referred to three families of the Agaricales have been analyzed for the presence of baeocystin by thin-layer chromatography. Baeocystin was detected in collections of Psilocybe, Conocybe, and Panaeolus from the U.S.A., Canada, Mexico, and Peru. Laboratory cultivated fruitbodies of Psilocybe cubensis, P.semilanceata, and P. cyanescens were also studied. Intra-species variation in the presence of decay rate of baeocystin, psilocybin and psilocin are discussed in terms of age and storage factors. In addition, evidence is presented to support the presence of 4-hydroxytryptamine in collections of P. baeocystis and P. cyanescens. The possible significance of baeocystin and 4-hydroxytryptamine in the biosynthesis of psilocybin in these organisms is discussed.

GUZMAN, GASTON; OTT, JONATHAN; BOYDSTON, JERRY; POLLOCK, STEVEN H Psychotropic mycoflora of Washington, Idaho, Oregon, California and British Colombia Mycologia; Vol 68, 1976 p 1267-1272

TABLE 1 Material Studied Washington: Amanita muscaria Conocybe smithii Panaeolus subbalteatus Panaeolus cyanescens Psilocybe pelliculosa Psilocybe semilanceata Psilocybe stuntzii Idaho Psilocybe pelliculosa Oregon Panaeolus cataneifolius Panaeolus foenisecii Panaeolus sphinctrinus Panaeolus subbalteatus Psilocybe baeocystis Psilocybe pelliculosa Psilocybe semilanceata California Panaeolus campanulatus Psilocybe baeocystis Psilocybe cyanescens British Colombia Psilocybe baeocystis Psilocybe Pelliculosa Psilocybe semilanceata Psilocybe stictipes Psilocybe stuntzii