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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Hymenogastraceae |
| Genus: | Psilocybe |
| Species: | P. maluti
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| Psilocybe maluti B. van der Merwe, A. Rockefeller & K. Jacobs
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "Psilocybe niveotropicalis: a new species of psilocybin containing mushroom from South Florida" (PDF). Retrieved 2024-07-03.
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