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Psychedelic mushrooms growing in southern Africa have been identified as a new species that is the closest relative of Psilocybe cubensis. The discovery brings scientists a step closer to understanding the evolutionary origins of these psychoactive fungi.

Alex Bradshaw at Clark University in Worcester, MA, and his colleagues have named the newly described species Psilocybe ochraceocentrata, because of the ochre colour in the centre of the cap. It was collected from multiple sites across Zimbabwe and South Africa between 2013 and 2022.

Read more: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2460465-magic-mushrooms-found-in-africa-are-a-species-new-to-science/

Image: Cathy Sharp
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Lactarius indigo, also known as the indigo milk cap, is a unique mushroom found in North American forests. Its distinctive blue color and latex make it a fascinating subject for mycologists and nature enthusiasts alike. 🍄
If you cultivate a mushroom in a petri bowl on agar, its actual “shape” becomes visible. The essential part of a mushroom, the Mycel, is usually hidden from our eye. What we perceive as a “mushroom” is only its transient fruit body.
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