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{{Taxobox
| color = lightblue
| name = ''Psilocybe quebecensis''
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| regnum = [[Fungus|Fungi]]
| divisio = [[Basidiomycota]]
| classis = [[Homobasidiomycetes]]
| ordo = [[Agaricales]]
| familia = [[Strophariaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Psilocybe]]''
| species = '''''P. quebecensis'''''
| binomial = ''Psilocybe quebecensis''
| binomial_authority = 
}}

'''''Psilocybe quebecensis''''' is a [[hallucinogen]]ic [[mushroom]] native to the province of [[Quebec]] in [[Canada]]. It is rumored to grow wild in the valley of the river [[Jacques-Cartier River|Jacques Cartier]], and to fruit at a temperature of 6[[Celsius|°C]] to 15°C from summer to late October.  This is the most northern known [[psilocybin]] mushroom.  [http://www.springerlink.com/content/g1421g8p86155216/]

Macroscopically this mushroom resembles Psilocybe baeocystis.

==References==
*Ola'h, Gyorgy Miklos & Heim, R. 1967. Une nouvelle espèce nord-américaine de Psilocybe hallucinogène: ''Psilocybe quebecensis''. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences 264: 1601-1604.

*Olah GM. The fine structure of Psilocybe quebecensis. Mycopathol Mycol Appl. 1973 Apr 30;49(4):321-38. PMID 4122667
[[Category:Psychoactive mushrooms]]
[[Category:Basidiomycota]]

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