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Researchers report that a widely cultivated "Psilocybe cubensis" strain is a distinct species, Psilocybe ochraceocentrata, a ...

Scientists just discovered a new species of magic mushroom, Psilocybe ochraceocentrata, that appears to have shared a common ancestor with the popular Psilocybe cubensis some 1.5 million years ago ...

A team of biologists, mycologists and microbiologists in the U.S., South Africa and Zimbabwe reports that a species of mushroom growing in parts of Africa is the closest relative of Psilocybe cubensis ...

A long-standing debate about the evolutionary origin of the world's most widely cultivated "magic mushroom"—Psilocybe cubensis—may now have been settled by scientists from southern Africa and the ...

The closest wild relative to the world's most popular "magic mushroom" Psilocybe cubensis has been given a preliminary name: Psilocybe ochraceocentrata. The two species shared a common ancestor 1.5 ...

Google “grow your own magic shrooms,” and you’ll find no end of YouTube tutorials, online books, and less-than-reputable websites. But cultivating these fungi containing psilocybin, a psychedelic ...