Mushroom causes fairytale-like hallucinations
The same peculiar hallucinations are independently reported across distant cultures.
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Psychoactive psilocybin’s evolution in ‘magic mushrooms’
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Largest diversity study of the genus Psilocybe investigates the evolution of psilocybin production. They found that Psilocybe arose around when the dinosaur-killing asteroid caused a mass extinction event.
Read MoreA tale of terroir: Porcinis evolved to the local environment
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The first-of-its-kind genetic survey of porcini mushrooms across the Northern Hemisphere found that the delicious fungi evolved in surprising ways.
Read MoreFerocious fungus
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U engineers discover what makes a tree-killing fungus so hard to put down.
Read MoreFood claiming to have ‘wild mushrooms’ rarely does
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Research reveals that food products labeled with wild mushrooms mostly contained cultivated fungi and a few poisonous mushrooms.
Read MoreFungi that live in the gut influence health and disease
Vaccines that balance gut microbial communities may one day be used to improve gastrointestinal health.
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