Editing Psilocybe cubensis (section)

==Distribution and habitat==
''Psilocybe cubensis'' is a pan-tropical species,<ref name=guzmanchapter/> occurring in the Gulf Coast states and southeastern United States, Mexico, in the Central American countries of Belize, Costa Rica, Panamá, [[El Salvador]] and Guatemala, the Caribbean countries Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guadalupe, Martinique, and Trinidad,  in the South American countries of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Paraguay, Uruguay and Peru, Southeast Asia,<ref name="Guzmán 1998"/> including Thailand,<ref name=allenmerlin92/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Brand |first=Danielle Simone |date=2023-07-21 |title=Pink Buffalo Mushrooms Are "Smooth and Kind," Say Enthusiasts |url=https://doubleblindmag.com/thai-pink-buffalo-mushrooms/ |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=DoubleBlind Mag |language=en-US}}</ref> Vietnam, Cambodia and Malaysia, India, Australia, Fiji, and possibly Nepal and Hawaii.<ref name="Guzmán 1998">{{cite journal |last1=Guzmán |first1=Gaston | last2= Allen | first2=John W. | last3= Gartz | first3= Jochen |title=A worldwide geographical distribution of the neurotropic fungi, an analysis and discussion |journal=Annali del Museo Civico di Rovereto |year=1998 |volume=14 |page=207 |url=http://www.fungifun.org/docs/mushrooms/Psilocybe/World_Wide_Distribution_of_Magic_Mushrooms.pdf}}</ref>

''Psilocybe cubensis'' is found on cow (and occasionally horse) dung, sugar cane mulch or rich pasture soil, with mushrooms appearing from February to December in the northern hemisphere, and November to April in the southern hemisphere.<ref name=singer1958/> In Asia, the species grows on water buffalo dung.<ref name=allenmerlin92/> Along with other fungi that grow on cow dung, ''P.&nbsp;cubensis'' is thought to have colonized Australia with the introduction of cattle there, 1800 of which were on the Australian mainland by 1803—having been transported there from the [[Cape of Good Hope]], Kolkata and the American west coast. In Australia, the species grows between northern Queensland to southern New South Wales.<ref name=allenmerlin1991>{{cite journal |doi=10.1080/02791072.1991.10472573|title=An Ethnomycological Review of Psychoactive Agarics in Australia and New Zealand|year=1991|last1=Allen|first1=John W.|last2=Merlin|first2=Mark D.|last3=Jansen|first3=Karl L.R.|journal=Journal of Psychoactive Drugs|volume=23|issue=1|pages=39–69|pmid=1941366}}</ref>

In March 2018, several ''Psilocybe cubensis'' specimens were collected in [[Zimbabwe]] in the [[Wedza District]] of Mashonaland East province, approx. 120&nbsp;km &nbsp;southeast of Harare. This was the first reported occurrence of a psilocybin mushroom in Zimbabwe. The mushrooms were collected on Imire Rhino & Wildlife Conservation—a nature reserve that is home to both wildlife and cattle, as well as cattle egrets.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mushroom Observer|url=http://mushroomobserver.org/observer/show_observation/311217|access-date=2021-02-23|website=mushroomobserver.org}}</ref>