Psilocybin mushrooms are found worldwide, yet I have long argued (based on direct evidence) that traditional use is confined to Mesoamerica.
I was wrong!
In a new paper led by @eselster.bsky.social, we document Indigenous psilocybin mushroom use—potentially very old—in highland southern Africa.
manvir singh
People claim that psychedelics have been used by Indigenous groups around the world for millennia. But clear evidence of serotonergic psychedelic use has long been confined to the Americas.
Until now. Here, we document clear evidence of Indigenous psilocybin use in Lesotho. 🍄
osf.io/preprints/so...
