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Psilocybin mushroom
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<p>Psilocybin mushrooms, or psilocybin-containing mushrooms, commonly known as magic mushrooms or as shrooms, are a type of <a href="/facts/Hallucinogenic_mushroom/xh81FTXw">hallucinogenic mushroom</a> and a <a href="/facts/Polyphyletic/o7lxKY74">polyphyletic</a> informal group of <a href="/facts/Mushroom/sRdY6lfe">fungi</a> that contain the prodrug <a href="/facts/Psilocybin/0jGynLUX">psilocybin</a>, which turns into the <a href="/facts/Serotonergic_psychedelic/oyp10dgE">psychedelic</a> <a href="/facts/Psilocin/HEhEetVJ">psilocin</a> upon ingestion. The most potent species are members of <a href="/facts/Genus/m8EFjSms">genus</a> <i><a href="/facts/Psilocybe/2VXVp0xW">Psilocybe</a></i>, such as <i><a href="/facts/Psilocybe_azurescens/Nm6wFTab">P. azurescens</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Psilocybe_semilanceata/SPl27a2m">P. semilanceata</a></i>, and <i><a href="/facts/Psilocybe_cyanescens/JHzA5AsE">P. cyanescens</a></i>, but psilocybin has also been isolated from approximately a dozen other genera, including <i><a href="/facts/Panaeolus/1eG2lRyP">Panaeolus</a></i> (including <i><a href="/facts/Copelandia/PMErz7IV">Copelandia</a></i>), <i><a href="/facts/Inocybe/VYEBedfr">Inocybe</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Pluteus/TGLEBkqz">Pluteus</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Gymnopilus/rt9ASJVI">Gymnopilus</a></i>, and <i><a href="/facts/Pholiotina/VxB6DBNW">Pholiotina</a></i>. </p><p>Amongst other cultural applications, psilocybin mushrooms are used as <a href="/facts/Recreational_drug/eoBD3vKn">recreational drugs</a>. They may be depicted in <a href="/facts/Stone_Age/r1KMneWW">Stone Age</a> <a href="/facts/Rock_art/xHd4nVIV">rock art</a> in Africa and Europe, but are more certainly represented in <a href="/facts/Pre-Columbian/0Ntjleee">pre-Columbian</a> sculptures and <a href="/facts/Glyphs/A7Gesbxj">glyphs</a> seen throughout the Americas. </p>