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Lophophora is a genus of spineless, button-like cacti. http://www.urbantribes.com.aul... peyote cactus collection.Lophophora has been reported to be comprised of everything from one species, Lophophora williamsii with varieties, to the four species Lophophora diffusa, Lophophora fricii, Lophophora viridescens, and Lophophora williamsii. Most modern authorities consider Lophophora to be a genus of two species,Lophophora diffusa and Lophophora williamsii. Recent DNA sequencing studies have shown that lophophora diffusa and Lophophora williamsii indeed are distinct species. DNA evidence from the alleged species Lophophora fricii and Lophophora viridescens would allow for more accurate classification.The plants are yellow-green, usually lacking well-defined ribs and furrows. The podaria are rarely elevated, but are broad and flat. The tufts of hair are usually spread unequally on the prominent podaria. The flowers are commonly whitish to yellowish-white. Lophophora diffusa occurs at the south end of the range of the genus in Querétaro state, Mexico. Lophophora diffusa, Lophophora diffusa contains zero to trace amounts of mescaline; pellotine is the principal alkaloid. Several people have reported that this cactus is psychoactive if ingested, though the experience is not similar to peyote. This species looks almost identical to peyote, though it is legal to possess Lophophora williamsii The plants are blue-green, usually with well-defined ribs and furrows. The tufts of hair are usually equally spaced on the ribs. The flowers are pinkish or rarely whitish. Lophophora williamsii occurs in the full range of the genus except in Querétaro state, Mexico.The mescaline content in dried Lophophora williamsii can reach 6%. Peyote has a history of ritual religious and medicinal use among certain indigenous American tribes going back thousands of years. Human cultivated specimens grow considerably faster, usually taking less than three years to go from seedling to mature flowering adult, and more rapid growth can be achieved by grafting Peyote onto mature San Pedro root stock, to expedite the age at which the Peyote flowers. Peyote contains two antibiotics named peyocactin. Lophophora williamsii, better known by its common name Peyote, but also sometimes called Mescal Button or the Divine Cactus,