Potent Psilocybe mushrooms are thriving in landscaped urban environments in the Pacific Northwest—which hints that their future is tied to people
are two of the hundreds of psilocybe mushroom species that contain the hallucinogenic compound psilocybin. Research on these psychedelic fungi is still in its infancy, but most current work is focused on exploring their potential to treat mental health issues such as post-traumatic stress disorder and depression. There is still much to learn about their biology, ecology, and evolutionary history.in the back yard of a home near Bellevue, Washington.
“Humans do extremely unnatural things—erecting large concrete jungles where we lay down copious amounts of wood chips,” says Jordan Jacobs, a fungi forager and chemist who runs “Fungi are really nutritious to eat,” says Slot, and because neither dung nor loose pieces of wood offer much protection, he believes mushrooms likely evolved the ability to produce psychoactive compounds as a defense against grazing animals. Research has shown thatin the brains of rats, so Slot hypothesizes that “high populations of small mammals could provide enough selection pressure on the mushroom to support the evolution of a neuroactive compound.
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