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Florida mushroom found to produce psilocybin and amatoxins

Researchers reported that Galerina indica is the first known mushroom to produce both psilocybin and amatoxins.

The fungus was found in Florida wetlands and produces psilocybin along with amatoxins, a group of potentially lethal compounds.

The researchers said the combination may help protect the mushroom from animals that eat fungi.

Sources

  1. Nature — This little brown mushroom is laced with a hallucinogen — and lethal toxins ↗