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Four New Psilocybin-Producing Conocybe Species Found in China

Four New Psilocybin-Producing Conocybe Species Found in China

Psilocybin mushrooms

What they found

Four new psilocybin-producing Conocybe species were discovered on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau.

Four new psilocybin-producing Conocybe species were discovered on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau.

The number

Four new

How solid is it?

Field study

Field study

Field/ecology

Field/ecology

Evidence ladder: Lab dish → Animal → Early human → Strong human. Reviews summarize earlier research.

At a glance

Latin name

Conocybe

Conocybe

Compound

psilocybin

psilocybin

Published in

Journal of Fungi

Journal of Fungi

Covered in Shroom Scan

Section

PSILOCYBIN & LEGISLATION

PSILOCYBIN & LEGISLATION

As it ran in Shroom Scan

New Species Alert

New Species Alert

Four new psilocybin-producing Conocybe species were discovered on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau in China.

Four new psilocybin-producing Conocybe species were discovered on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau in China.

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