… of the carpophores and sclerotia in culture of Psilocybe mexicana Heim, a Mexican, hallucinogenic agaric, and the demonstration of the presence of psilocybin and …

Abstract

From both sporophores and sclerotia of P. mexicana, the former cultured on natural media, the latter in vitro on artificial media, the authors obtained a crystalline material 'psilocybin', which had a strongly psychotropic effect on man, and also 'psilocin', in very small quantities.