Psilocybe ochraceocentrata mushrooms, a new species found in Zimbabwe and South Africa
Cathy Sharp
Psychedelic mushrooms growing in southern Africa have been identified as a new species, the closest relative. Psilocybe cubensis, the most popular species of magic mushrooms. The discovery brings scientists one step closer to understanding the evolutionary origins of these psychoactive fungi.
Alex Bradshaw Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts and his colleagues named the newly described species Psilocybe ochraceocentra, because of the ocher color of the middle of the cap. It was collected in various areas in Zimbabwe and South Africa between 2013…
