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