Psilocybe maluti

Psilocybe maluti is a species of mushroom in the family Hymenogastraceae. Described from South Africa in 2024 by Breyten van der Merwe, Alan Rockefeller & Karin Jacobs, Psilocybe maluti is named after the Maluti Mountains where it occurs. ^[1] It is in the section Cubensae of the genus Psilocybe, other members of this section include Psilocybe cubensis, Psilocybe chuxgionensis, Psilocybe niveotropicalis, Psilocybe wayanadensis, Psilocybe thaiaerugineomaculans, Psilocybe thaiduplicatocystidiata and Psilocybe ovoideocystidiata. ^[2]

Psilocybe maluti
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Hymenogastraceae
Genus:	Psilocybe
Species:	P. maluti
Binomial name
Psilocybe maluti B. van der Merwe, A. Rockefeller & K. Jacobs

See also

• List of Psilocybin mushrooms
• Psilocybin mushrooms
• Psilocybe

References

1. van der Merwe, B.; Rockefeller, A.; Kilian, A.; Clark, C.; Sethathi, M.; Moult, T.; Jacobs, K. (2024-07-02). "A description of two novel Psilocybe species from southern Africa and some notes on African traditional hallucinogenic mushroom use". Mycologia. 116 (5): 821–834. doi:10.1080/00275514.2024.2363137. ISSN 0027-5514. PMID 38953774.
2. "Psilocybe niveotropicalis: a new species of psilocybin containing mushroom from South Florida" (PDF). Retrieved 2024-07-03.

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