Copelandia cyanescens

The Copelandia cyanescens (Brek & Br.) Sing (aka Panaeolus cyanescens (Brek & Br.) Sacc) is a famous Champignon throughout the world for its effects Psychédélique.

Baptized in French Panéole turning blue , owing to the fact that it turns blue when one it ruffled. It is more famous throughout the world under the whimsical name of Panaeolus Hawaiien or, for the close friends, Champi Hawaiien, especially in the medium of the psychonautes.

Etymology

The name cyanescens comes from Latin cyaneus who means dark blue, blued. Referring to its reaction turning blue at the time of crumplings.

History

This mushroom pushes in a natural state on the island of Hawaii, from where its name, but it is supposed that it was only introduced during the XIXe century at the same time as the cattle of Asia, since it pushes only on the droppings of cattle. It bears the name of Panaeolus Hawaii above all for an exoticism question since one finds it a little everywhere on the sphere, in various areas of America, with the Filipino , Indonesia, with Madagascar, to the Kampuchea, in Thailand and also in France.

Following a collective intoxication of all the members of a family in the Alpes-Maritimes, Roger Heim went to collect mushrooms on the spot, it found specimens on manure coming from the hippodrome of Cagnes-sur-Mer which is attended by horses originating in South America. These mushrooms have sudden a Chromatographie carried out by Albert Hoffmann to highlight the Psilocybine.

Cultural significance

Distinctive characters

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  • Spores :

Possible confusions

Habitat

Push on the excrements, in the fume meadows. Like heat. Rare.

In Europe, it was listed in the following countries: Germany, Denmark, Great Britain, Hungary, Spain and Ukraine. A case of collecting in France east to be noted (Roger Heim).

Season

Chemical composition

This species contains Psilocybine. The rate is generally rather high (surroundings 1% of dry mushroom) but varies according to the origin of the collected specimens.

Culture

Bibliographical references

  • Roger Heim, New Investigations on the Mushrooms Hallucinogens , 1965-1966, Files of the National Natural history museum of Natural history.

  • Roger Heim, Toxic Mushrooms and Hallucinogens , 1978 (2nd edition), Boubée.

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