Occurrence of Psilocybin/Psilocin in Pluteus Salicinus (Pluteaceae)

Abstract

The development of blue color in a basidiocarp after bruising is a reliable, although not infallible, field character for detecting the presence of the N-methylated tryptamines, psilocybin and psilocin (1, 2, 8). This color results from the stepwise oxidation of psilocybin …