Psilocybin Mushrooms Date Back 65 Million Years to Dinosaur Extinction hightimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from hightimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The use of psilocybin fungi, commonly known as “magic mushrooms,” has been quickly growing in popularity in recent years to help treat depression and as a therapeutic tool, but much is still unknown about the whole genus of psilocybe fungi, which many magic mushrooms fall under. Researchers at the University of Utah and the Natural.
Largest diversity study of 'magic mushrooms' investigates the evolution of psychoactive psilocybin production sciencedaily.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sciencedaily.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The genomic analysis of 52 Psilocybe specimens includes 39 species that have never been sequenced. The authors found that Psilocybe arose about 65 million years
Psychoactive psilocybin's evolution in magic mushrooms phys.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from phys.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
<p style="text-align:start">The genomic analysis of 52 <em>Psilocybe </em>specimens includes 39 species that have never been sequenced. <em>Psilocybe </em>arose much earlier than previously thought—about 65 million years ago, and the authors found that psilocybin was first synthesized in mushrooms in the genus <em>Psilocybe.</em> Their analysis revealed two distinct gene orders within the gene cluster that produces psilocybin. The two gene patterns correspond to an ancient split in the genus, suggesting two independent acquisitions of psilocybin in its<u> </u>evolutionary history. The study is the first to reveal such a strong evolutionary pattern within the gene sequences underpinning the psychoactive proteins synthesis.</p>
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'The fungal awakening': Why some believe the porcini should be Utah's state mushroom – St George News stgeorgeutah.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from stgeorgeutah.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.