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Psilocybe mairei

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Kingdom
  
Fungi

Class
  
Agaricomycetes

Family
  
Hymenogastraceae

Scientific name
  
Psilocybe mairei

Division
  
Basidiomycota

Order
  
Agaricales

Genus
  
Psilocybe

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Psilocybe muliercula, Psilocybe heimii, Psilocybe hispanica

Psilocybe mairei fungi kingdom


Psilocybe mairei is a species of mushroom in the family Hymenogastraceae. It is found in Algeria and Morocco and contains the medicinal compound psilocybin. The oldest example of rock art suggesting use of psychedelic mushrooms might depict P. mairei. In 1992, the Italian ethnobotanist Giorgio Samorini reported finding a painted mural from Tassili n'Ajjer, in the Sahara desert in southeast Algeria dated 7000 to 9000 BCE portraying mushrooms, later tentatively identified as P. mairei.

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Psilocybe mairei Wikipedia