en Psilocybe congolensis

Psilocybe congolensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Hymenogastraceae
Genus:	Psilocybe
Species:	P. congolensis
Binomial name
	Psilocybe congolensis; Guzmán, S.C.Nixon & Cortés-Pérez (2013)

Psilocybe congolensis is a species of mushroom-forming fungus in the family Hymenogastraceae. It is the only psilocybin mushroom known from the Congo, Africa. It was described as new to science in 2013.^[1]

Genetically it is close to Psilocybe samuiensis, in Psilocybe sect. Mexicanae.

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