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New African species confirms evolutionary origin of magic mushrooms

A long-standing debate about the evolutionary origin of the world's most widely cultivated "magic mushroom"—Psilocybe cubensis—may now have been settled by scientists from southern Africa and the United States.

New African species confirms evolutionary origin of magic mushrooms
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A long-standing debate about the evolutionary origin of the world's most widely cultivated "magic mushroom"—Psilocybe cubensis—may now have been settled by scientists from southern Africa and the United States.

Originally published at Phys.org

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