Psilocybin mushrooms (also called psilocybian mushrooms) are fungi that contain the psychedelic substances psilocybin and psilocin, and occasionally other psychoactive tryptamines. There are multiple colloquial terms for psilocybin mushrooms, the most common being magic mushrooms or 'shrooms. See List of Psilocybin mushrooms for a list of species containing psilocybin
psilocybin
Silbentrennung
psi·lo·cy·bin
Türkische aussprache
saylısaybın
Aussprache
/ˌsīləˈsībən/ /ˌsaɪləˈsaɪbən/
Etymologie
() After German Psilocybin (coined by Albert Hofmann), from modern Latin psilocybe, from Greek ψιλός ‘smooth’ + κύβη ‘head’.