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B. van der Merwe

Stellenbosch UniversityORCID 0000-0003-0546-5619Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Evolutionary BiologyProceedings of the Royal Society B Biological SciencesPeer-reviewedMar 11, 2026

Discovery of the closest free-living relative of the domesticated "magic mushroom" Psilocybe cubensis in Africa

Alexander James Bradshaw, Cathy Sharp, B. van der Merwe…·Bryn T. M. Dentinger

The paper identifies the closest wild relative of Psilocybe cubensis in sub-Saharan Africa, P. ochraceocentrata nom. prov., and shows its divergence from P. cubensis occurred 1.5 million years ago, predating cattle domestication.

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