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Spore secrets: African ‘magic mushroom’ finally reveals its origins
After decades of mystery, the evolutionary tale of the world’s most famous “magic mushroom”, Psilocybe cubensis, is finally coming to light and it’s rooted in Africa. Scientists from Southern Africa and the US have uncovered a previously unknown relative, the cryptic Psilocybe ochraceocentrata, thriving in the grasslands of South Africa and Zimbabwe. Their findings are…