Psilocybe congolensis is a species of mushroom-forming fungus in the family Hymenogastraceae. It is the only psilocybin mushroom known from the Congo, Africa. It was described as new to science in 2013.[1]
| Psilocybe congolensis | |
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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. congolensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Psilocybe congolensis Guzmán, S.C.Nixon & Cortés-Pérez (2013)
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Genetically it is close to Psilocybe samuiensis, in Psilocybe sect. Mexicanae.