Mushrooms · La Saladita, Guerrero

Magic Mushroom

Psilocybe cubensis

Spanish: Hongo dorado

Magic Mushroom (Psilocybe cubensis)
Photographed by edgarpadilla on iNaturalist · taken in 1495 State Highway 21 W, Cedar Creek, TX, US, not near La Saladita

Psilocybe cubensis is a species of psychedelic mushroom whose principal active compounds are psilocybin and psilocin. Commonly called shrooms, magic mushrooms, golden tops, cubes, or gold caps, it belongs to the Hymenogastraceae family of fungi and was previously known as Stropharia cubensis. It is the most well known psilocybin mushroom due to its wide distribution and ease of cultivation.

TaxonomyAgaricomycetes › Agaricales › Hymenogastraceae
Local recordsNot recorded by research-grade iNaturalist observations within about 50 km; listed from the site's curated guide
Global records5,235 on iNaturalist

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Cite as: “Magic Mushroom (Psilocybe cubensis) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/psilocybe-cubensis/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.