Psilocybe congolensis

Psilocybe congolensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Hymenogastraceae
Genus: Psilocybe
Species:
P. congolensis
Binomial name
Psilocybe congolensis
Guzmán, S.C.Nixon & Cortés-Pérez (2013)

Psilocybe congolensis is a species of mushroom-forming fungus in the family Hymenogastraceae. It is the only psilocybin mushroom known from the Congo, Africa. It was described as new to science in 2013.[1]

Genetically it is close to Psilocybe samuiensis, in Psilocybe sect. Mexicanae.

See also

References

  1. ^ "SYDOWIA - an International Journal of Mycology".
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