Production of psilocybin in Psilocybe baeocystis saprophytic culture

Abstract

The carpophores of six species of mushrooms were analyzed by TLC for indole derivatives. Three species, Psilocybe baeocystis, P. caerulipes, and P. stricttipes, were found to contain psilocybin, and traces of psilocin were found to occur in the first two species. Neither …