Psilocybe ochraceocentrata sp. nov

The "magic mushroom" genus Psilocybe is globally distributed and has a hotspot of diversity in the temperate regions of the Americas, particularly in Mesoamerica. However, many undersampled regions of the world are known to have endemic species but lack historical sampling. Here, we describe a new species of Psilocybe from Zimbabwe, Southern Africa, an area undersampled for fungi in general. Using multiple DNA barcode regions extracted from genomic sequencing data from type specimens across the Cubenseae complex, we show that this new species, described here as Psilocybe ochraceocentrata sp. nov, is the sister clade to Psilocybe cubensis. This suggests that the cubensae complex is more diverse than previously thought and further expands upon the hidden diversity of Psilocybe derived from Africa.