BREAKING: Scientists just named a brand-new magic mushroom species — and it’s rewriting the entire origin story of psychedelic fungi 🌍🍄
Meet Psilocybe ochraceocentrata — discovered growing on dung in the grasslands of South Africa and Zimbabwe.
This isn’t just “new to science.” It’s the closest wild relative of Psilocybe cubensis (the world’s most common magic mushroom). DNA analysis shows the two species split from a common ancestor about 1.5 million years ago — long before humans or cattle existed. The evolutionary cradle of these sacred fungi? Deep in Africa.
(Fun grower plot twist: The underground scene has been cultivating this exact mushroom for years under the name P. natalensis / Natal Super Strain / NSS. We only recently learned it’s actually P. ochraceocentrata. The real P. natalensis is a totally different, much rarer species.)
The mycelial network just dropped a massive plot twist in the ancient story of magic mushrooms — and we’re only beginning to understand it.
This is exactly why we keep exploring: the fungi still have so many secrets waiting underground.
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What’s the most mind-blowing mushroom fact you’ve learned lately? The network wants to hear it! 👇
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