A Kilian

A description of two novel Psilocybe species from southern Africa and some notes on African traditional hallucinogenic mushroom use.

Mycologia July 2, 2024 Breyten Van der Merwe, A Rockefeller, A Kilian et al.

Two new Psilocybe species (Hymenogastraceae), P. ingeli and P. maluti, are described from southern Africa. Morphology and phylogeny were used to separate the two novel fungi from their closest relatives in the genus. Psilocybe ingeli was found fruiting on bovine manure–enriched grasslands in the Kwa-Zulu Natal Province of South Africa and differs from its closest relative P. keralensis and...