Psilocybe atlantis is a rare psychedelic mushroom that contains psilocybin and psilocin as main active compounds. It is a close relative of Psilocybe mexicana and has been recorded only from Georgia. It has a pleasant taste and smell.
While naturally rare it is often cultivated for its psychedelic properties.
The cap is 2.5âÂÂ4 cm in diameter, conic to , and smooth to slightly striate, sometimes with a small umbo. The cap surface is pale brown to reddish brown in color, hygrophanous, and bruises blue where damaged.<br> Its gills are , thin, and brown.<br> The stipe is 5 cm by .3 cm. It has an equal structure and is brownish with small brown scales, especially towards the base. The stipe also bruises blue where damaged.<br> Psilocybe atlantis spores are 9 x 6 x 5.5 üm with a broad germ pore.
Psilocybe atlantis has been found in grassy lawns and vacant lots in Fulton County, Georgia.
The original find was made in Fulton County Georgia, growing in a patch of moss beside a 5 year old home whose lot bordered a wooded area within 50 meters of a tributary of the Chattahoochee river.