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The mushroom was named after Paul Stamets, the most famous mycologist in the world

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...

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

<p style="text-align:start">The genomic analysis of 52&nbsp;<em>Psilocybe&nbsp;</em>specimens includes 39 species that have never been sequenced.&nbsp;<em>Psilocybe&nbsp;</em>arose much earlier than previously thought&mdash;about 65 million years ago, and the authors found that psilocybin was first synthesized in mushrooms in the genus&nbsp;<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 ge...

Here's what Cordyceps are and if they exist in the real world.